Shin'yō Nara Filmes

A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for...

1963 Japanese movie

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...

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.

The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide.

Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's...

Weed with Flowers

A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and heads off to war. Script exists - considered to be...

A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is...

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

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

Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the shame. Later she meets the rapist again who is...

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

Early Japanese silent film by Hiroshi Shimizu.