Filmes

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

Japanese war film.

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

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...

This is the story of a samurai who falls on hard times due to misunderstandings and follows the plots of his enemies.

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

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...

The doomed love story between a young courtesan and a samurai, in Kyoto.

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.

In medieval Japan, a brutal and corrupt magistrate is planning to kill the child who is about to become the heir to the estate and position of the...

Period film from 1934.

A nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song made popular by singer Hamako Watanabe during the Second...

First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor...

A 1930 silent film from director Eichi Koishi, following the adventures of Edo firefighter Sanji.

Yano is a small delivery boy for his uncle, who keeps a curio shop in Chinatown. His loves are Tama, his sweetheart, and Bengi, his dog. Bengi is...