Shin'yō Nara Filmes

Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirô Shimazu, originally released as a two-part movie on December 11, 1931.

A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.

A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a new, young and honest subordinate is...

Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with...

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the...

Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day after committing theft, Asako finds out from the...

Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his...

Early feature film by Hiroshi Shimizu.

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.

Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.

A Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she...

The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Japanese war movie.

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.

A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister's a modern girl who's starting...