BÚSQUEDA
A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
A Page of Madness
The doomed love story between a young courtesan and a samurai, in Kyoto.
Tôribêyama shinjû
First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor...
Benten kozo
The Cuckoo
In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he...
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the blindness permanent and his opponent...
Crossroads
A 1930 silent film from director Eichi Koishi, following the adventures of Edo firefighter Sanji.
Nogitsune Sanji
A semidocumentary film about female pearl divers and fishermen.
Undersea Girls
Nanjo Mikisaburo is a young samurai trying to restore his ruined family to its past glory. Enduring the contempt and disdain of high-ranking samurai,...
Backward Flow
A samurai returns to his homeland after a three year absence and finds his fiance is now one of the prince's concubines.
Castle of Wind and Clouds
The Lamb
This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...
The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
Period film from 1934.
With a Single Sword Bale