Reikichi Kawamura Movies

Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her dancing begins...

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

A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.

Mariko is an innocent girl who grew up in the highlands of Shinshu. She moves to Tokyo to live with her father who has successfully returned to...

Shochiku melodrama about the lives of the humble people living in the poor tenement called the Ryuheiso.

A 1937 Japanese film.

The brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when the father becomes sick, and eventually live with their...

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

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The...

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...

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...

A young student of traditional dance falls in love with a handsome young man who visits the dance school in order to take photographs.

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

Three couples connected to rival business and theatrical families navigate complicated romances, workplace disputes, and family opposition.

The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War...

Japanese silent film from 1928.