Movies

Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Yagibashis and the far less prosperous...

Japanese silent film from 1932.

Japanese silent film from 1928, co-starring Chojiro Hayashi and up-and-coming actress Kinuyo Tanaka.

Japanese silent comedy from 1928.

Because of her husband’s suicide, a young widow finds herself suddenly cast into a life of solitude, with only her beloved child in her arms....

Japanese film from 1933, adapted from Masao Kume's serialized newspaper novel.

Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to marry a wealthy banker’s son....

It is considered to be a lost film.

The Japanese debut film of silent-era star Sessue Hayakawa, in which he not only starred but directed.

Directed by Eizo Tanaka. Only 8 minutes of film is known to have survived.

First chapter of Tasujiro Shimazu's ABC Lifeline, released two months before ABC Lifeline: Part 1 and ABC Lifeline: Part 2.

Japanese silent film from 1925 featuring Kinuyo Tanaka.

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

Japanese film from 1932.

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a...

Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she has met through her work.