Kinuyo Tanaka Movies

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka...

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. Told from the...

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial...

It is considered to be a lost film.

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives...

A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his...

A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted.

Japanese silent film from 1931.

1939 Japanese movie

Japanese silent film from 1930 with an acclaimed performance by Sumiko Kurishima.

A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.

Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a gentle heart. Soichi's wife, Kuniko is devoted to...

Japanese film from 1934, based on a novel by Itsuma Maki (real name Kaitarō Hasegawa).

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run...

Kempeitai fights American spies in Japan

Japanese silent film from 1933.

Japanese silent film from 1927, based on a popular serialized novel by Kan Kikuchi.

Silent jidaigeki released on New Year's Eve, 1926.

Most of the students studying Ikebana with Kozoe Iemoto are daughters of rich Tokyo families. Kozoe meets and grows close to a doctor who proposes...