Yōko Umemura Filmes

When a civil war threatens to break out, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. During the long journey, the socially inferior women...

Directed by Yutaka Abe (as Jack Abe).

Mitsue is a popular stage actress and the lover of a shamisen player named Seijuro. She jealously murders two other objects of his affection: Okiyo,...

A lost Mizoguchi film.

Directed by Yutaka Abe.

Silent Japanese film.

Otane, the daughter of a thread shop owner in Ryogoku, is in love with Sumio, the son of an ivory craftsman who lives nearby. The two are united in a...

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

A Japanese silent film

Silent Japanese film.

Japan's first feature film directed by a female. The film was about the naïve, premature emotions between a young geisha-to-be and a youth...

A twice-remade ironic comedy about a writer's encounter with a female thief.