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京屋襟店 (1922)
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Directed by Eizo Tanaka. Only 8 minutes of film is known to have survived.
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親 (1929)
Character: N/A
A Japanese short film, the earliest extant film of the great director Hiroshi Shimizu.
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愛よ人類と共にあれ 前篇 日本篇 (1931)
Character: Clerk
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 lumberland epic with a forest fire on Sakhalin Island, turns into a tragedy of King Lear dimensions, and manages to amaze the blasé audience with a happy end in the Wild West.
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愛よ人類と共にあれ 後篇 米国篇 (1931)
Character: Clerk
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 lumberland epic with a forest fire on Sakhalin Island, turns into a tragedy of King Lear dimensions, and manages to amaze the blasé audience with a happy end in the Wild West.
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お坊ちゃん (1926)
Character: Matsudaira Naoyoshi
Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female screenwriter in Japan.
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彼女 (1926)
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1926 silent film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.
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巨船 (1930)
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Japanese silent film from 1930.
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愛慾の記 (1930)
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Record of Love and Desire a.k.a. Desire of Night (愛慾の記[b], Aiyoku no ki; lit. "Memories of Love and Desire") is a 1930 Japanese silent film directed by Heinosuke Gosho, starring Kinuyo Tanaka and Ichirō Yuki.
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生活線ＡＢＣ 藤枝の巻 (1931)
Character: N/A
First chapter of Tasujiro Shimazu's ABC Lifeline, released two months before ABC Lifeline: Part 1 and ABC Lifeline: Part 2.
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金色夜叉 (1932)
Character: Kanichi's Father
Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to marry a wealthy banker’s son. Heartbroken, Kan’ichi becomes a moneylender, and years later their paths cross again under changed circumstances. Adapted from a popular serialized novel of the same name.
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暴風帯 (1932)
Character: Uncle
Japanese silent film from 1932.
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沈丁花 (1933)
Character: Iba
Japanese film from 1933, adapted from Masao Kume's serialized newspaper novel.
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朧夜の女 (1936)
Character: A neighbor
Otoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed everything but who now seems to be headed for a wastrel life. Bunkichi admonishes the boy to study harder, but it seems his uncle's advice may already be too late.
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七つの海・後篇・貞操篇 (1932)
Character: Yamaman
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 Sone family.
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荒城の月 (1937)
Character: Doctor
Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.
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忠臣蔵 (1932)
Character: Miyauchi Saito
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 feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As the first sound version of the classic narrative, the film was something of an event, and employed a stellar cast, who give a roster of memorable performances. Director Teinosuke Kinugasa was primarily a specialist in jidai-geki (period films), such as the internationally celebrated Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1953), and although he is now most famous as the maker of the avant-garde silent films A Page of Madness (Kurutta ichipeji, 1926) and Crossroads (Jujiro, 1928), Chushingura is in fact more typical of his output than those experimental works. The film ranked third in that year’s Kinema Junpo critics’ poll, and Joseph Anderson and Donald Richie noted that 'not only the sound but the quick cutting was admired by many critics.
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愛撫 (1933)
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Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the life of his son. The sister Machiko is the essential link that will allow everyone to apologize to each other and achieve reconciliation.
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村の花嫁 (1928)
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Japanese silent film from 1928. Kinema Junpo ranked it among the ten best Japanese movies of the year.
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若者よなぜ泣くか (1930)
Character: Juzo Yamakawa
A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.
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蝕める春 (1932)
Character: N/A
Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.
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チョコレ干支 がある (1932)
Character: N/A
Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.
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蒼氓 (1933)
Character: Jūbē Kakei
Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.
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御意見御無用 (1925)
Character: President
Japanese silent film from 1925 featuring Kinuyo Tanaka.
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地下室 (1927)
Character: N/A
Japanese silent film from 1927.
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海国記 (1928)
Character: Yuzo
Japanese silent film from 1928, co-starring Chojiro Hayashi and up-and-coming actress Kinuyo Tanaka.
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輝く昭和 (1928)
Character: Teacher
Japanese silent film from 1928.
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青春交響楽 (1928)
Character: Kankichi Yoda
Japanese silent film from 1928.
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母よ君の名を汚す勿れ (1930)
Character: N/A
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. At first, her pure devotion is directed toward the memory of her late husband, but before long it transforms into a fierce, consuming love for her child. That very love, however, drives her onto a perilous path, leading inexorably toward the tragic fate of a doomed flower. Ah, Mother! For what sin must you endure the scourge of the world? This work is offered in silence and reverence—above all to mothers everywhere. [Adapted from the promotional poster.]
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絹代物語 (1930)
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Japanese silent film from 1930. Directed by Heinosuke Gosho, the film marked a new stage in the artistry of Kinuyo Tanaka, earning acclaim strong enough to greatly expand her following as a leading actress.
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太陽は東より (1932)
Character: Garage Keeper
The Japanese debut film of silent-era star Sessue Hayakawa, in which he not only starred but directed.
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カラボタン (1926)
Character: N/A
A hard-working new employee at a trading company is promoted through the company president's business. However, he quarrels with his wife over something trivial, and her wife runs away from home, causing a fuss, but she returns to normal. Selected by Kinema Junpo as the 5th-best Japanese movie of 1926.
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あら！呑気だね (1926)
Character: N/A
Short Japanese silent comedy from 1926. Directed by "Kamata Nonkinosuke," a probable pseudonym for a junior director (literally "Carefree Man from Kamata," the location of Shochiku studios).
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御苦労様 (1928)
Character: N/A
Japanese silent comedy from 1928.
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七つの海・前篇・処女篇 (1931)
Character: Yamaman
The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its heroine, Yumie Sone. Over two hours long, Seven Seas was released theatrically in two parts, with the first part entitled "Virginity Chapter" coming out in December 1931, while the second part, "Chastity Chapter," followed in March 1932. Near the beginning of the narrative, at a garden party given by the wealthy Yagibashi family in Tokyo, Yumie meets Takehiko, the Yagibashis' playboy son and the brother of Yumie's fiancé, Yuzuru. Yumie, a young middle-class woman, lives with her ailing father, a retired ministry official, an older sister, and a younger sister still a child (played by a very young Hideko Takamine). Takehiko, who has just returned from a trip to Europe, is attracted to Yumie and contrives to have her stay overnight at his family's mansion where he takes advantage of her.
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男性対女性 (1936)
Character: N/A
A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.
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夜ごとの夢 (1933)
Character: Neighbor
In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and walked out on her years earlier.
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不壊の白珠 (1929)
Character: Kosuke Katayama
Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she has met through her work.
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恋の花咲く 伊豆の踊子 (1933)
Character: Zenbei, master of 'Yukawarô'
"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets there, including their youngest girl. The student finds the naïve girl attractive even though he eventually has to part with the family after spending memorable time together.
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君と別れて (1933)
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An aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young geisha, resentful of her family for forcing her into a life of ignominy.
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兄とその妹 (1939)
Character: N/A
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 to receive romantic attention from one of her co-workers.
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人生のお荷物 (1935)
Character: N/A
A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted.
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