Movies

A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doctor (Sano) who treats her...

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience....

Early Japanese silent film by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Japanese silent film from 1928.

Japanese silent comedy from 1930. The directorial debut of Hiromasa Nomura.

Japanese silent film.

Japanese silent film from 1927.

Midori (Misora), the adopted daughter of Kinnosuke (Kawamura), a ship carpenter in a port town, was born a good singer. Her mother is dead, her...

Japanese film from 1924.

This was 1942, so it was a national policy film, no matter what you call it. But when the war was still on the winning side, there wasn't even a...

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...

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...

Film can be viewed on the National Film Archive of Japan YouTube channel under the title...

Japanese silent jidaigeki from 1927.