Reikichi Kawamura Movies

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience....

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

A story of a store that makes Tabi socks.

Kinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's boyfriend. It is a story whose theme is warm human...

Sabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an archaeologist at an inn in Izu, where he is visiting...

Shochiku melodrama about the lives of the humble people living in the poor tenement called the Ryuheiso.

Midori (Misora), the adopted daughter of Kinnosuke (Kawamura), a ship carpenter in a port town, was born a good singer. Her mother is dead, her...

Two criminal brothers try to go straight but face opposition from one of their criminal cohorts. Considered to be a lost film.

On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement.

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

1939 Japanese movie

A Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doctor (Sano) who treats her...

The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star.

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.

Mariko is an innocent girl who grew up in the highlands of Shinshu. She moves to Tokyo to live with her father who has successfully returned to...