Kokuten Kōdō Movies

Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin....

Okiyo runs a restaurant in Asakusa. She struggles with the times and the relationships around her.

Following Flower Picking Diary (1939), Tamizo directed another film starring Hideko Takamine, based on a story by Nobuko Yoshiya. Takamine plays a...

Hiromasa Nomura World War II era film

Hanjiro of Kusama searches for his little sister Oyuki, who went missing after being desecrated by Hikosaku Tokurai three years ago. The first film...

Japanese horror movie from 1932.