|
海浜の女王 (1927)
Character: N/A
Comedy by Kiyohiko Ushihara. Once a full-length feature film, now only 14 minutes remain.
|
|
|
|
|
無国籍者 (1951)
Character: Bouncer
Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa
|
|
|
|
|
|
月光城の盗賊 (1948)
Character: N/A
Princess Yuzuki, the only daughter of Moonlight Castle had no shortage of people asking for her hand. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, the princess asked the astrologer Priest Jien to divine who her future husband would be. He replied, “The man who touches the rose that blooms at night in the castle will become your husband.” That night, Princess Yuzuki went out to watch the Harvest Festival dance and was accosted by a drunken man. Just then, a young man named Yoshimaru, riding a horse and accompanied by two retainers, appeared dashingly and rescued the princess. Yoshimaru fell in love with her charm at first sight and tried to pluck a rose blooming beneath her window to present to her, but failed. Soon after, following the princess’s wish to choose a husband based on character rather than reputation, a public notice reading “Seeking a Husband for Princess Yuzuki” was posted.
|
|
|
象を喰った連中 (1947)
Character: N/A
The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elephant that died in a zoo. The elephant's corpse however, was infested with deadly bacteria and the men have only 30 hours left to live...
|
|
|
|
感激時代 (1928)
Character: N/A
A young man torn between love and friendship.
|
|
|
陸の王者 (1928)
Character: Ōzeki
Japanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year.
|
|
|
若者よなぜ泣くか (1930)
Character: Newspaper Reporter
A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.
|
|
|
|
むさゝびの三吉 (1927)
Character: Daisaku Matoba
Japanese jidaigeki from 1927. The titular character's nickname may suggest agility, stealth, or other outstanding skills.
|
|
|
お嬢さん (1930)
Character: Grand chamberlain
Lost film. Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journalist, 'young miss'. They decide to team up with her to investigate a secret club for wealthy voyeurs. Considered to be a lost film.
|
|
|
|
石川五右ヱ門の法事 (1930)
Character: N/A
The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.
|
|
|
|
妻君廃業 (1928)
Character: Yota Cafe Husband
Hirano's wife Yasuko had grown weary of her life of poverty. Her feelings of dissatisfaction deepened when she met her elegantly dressed friend Hanako. When Yasuko asked Hanako for advice, Hanako spoke at length about the restrictions and meaninglessness of married life and encouraged Yasuko to divorce her husband. Persuaded by Hanako’s words, Yasuko divorced Hirano and, hoping to emulate Hanako, adorned herself in fine clothes, applied heavy makeup, and sought to revel in her newfound freedom. But instead of admiration, she was met with ridicule and contempt. Even her attempts to gain recognition from magazines like Hanako’s went unanswered. She applied to work as a café waitress but was rejected, and when she became an office clerk at a company advertised publicly, she was treated as a nuisance. After being tossed about by these setbacks, Yasuko finally came to understand the love of her husband, Hirano.
|
|
|
Geisha Girl (1952)
Character: N/A
Two American G.I.s visiting Tokyo find themselves mixed up with espionage, a pretty flight attendant, a mad scientist, geisha girls, and a goofy magician-hypnotist and his white rabbits.
|
|
|
かぐや姫 (1935)
Character: N/A
Toho's production of the classic Japanese fairytale.
|
|
|
進軍 (1930)
Character: Kumakichi Kushiki
A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of the local squire, who introduces the lad to her pilot brother and his flying officer friends; through hard work, and despite the handicap of a lowly class status, he eventually succeeds in qualifying as a pilot and joining the air force.
|
|
|
マダムと女房 (1931)
Character: Painter
A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his new home, too.
|
|
|
ほろよひ人生 (1933)
Character: N/A
In 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams.
|
|
|
落第はしたけれど (1930)
Character: Student
After the plans of a group of college students to cheat on their final exams goes awry, they're left to reassess their lives and educations and get back on track.
|
|
|
虎の尾を踏む男達 (1952)
Character: Hidachibo
A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.
|
|
|
Tokyo File 212 (1951)
Character: N/A
A Communist spy ring in Japan is hard at work trying to sabotage the American war effort during the Korean War, using kidnapping, murder and a disturbed former kamikaze pilot. A U.S. secret agent, posing as a reporter, is dispatched to Tokyo to put a stop to these nefarious activities.
|
|
|
続 南の風 (1942)
Character: N/A
In this comic sequel to Yoshimura Kozaburo's original, Minami no Kaze, ex-baron (Saburi Shin) is in Singapore where he meets an old friend who proposes a scam to make some quick cash. It involved inventing the story that Saigo Takamori didn't actually die in the Satsuma Rebellion but escaped to Southeast Asia to start a new religion and in the process fathered a son who is now the founder. But when they bring the supposed heir and his aide to Japan, chaos ensues...
|
|
