Den Obinata Movies

The film was produced during Second Sino-Japanese War, before the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941. The film mainly concerns the training of...

A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and...

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil

Adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya's story.

Adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s story.

The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokudani, a place along his journey through various...

Part one of two.

An early Japanese sound film, notable for being the only Japanese film ever to use the Western Electric Sound System. Contrary to most Western...

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...

Film by Kon Ichikawa

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a...

It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the...

Japanese film from 1933, adapted from a story serialized in the entertainment magazine "Fuji."

Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.

A large family scrapes by on the meager salaries of the father and three eldest sons, who left school in order to work and support the family. The...

A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets...

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2