Sozo Okada Movies

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

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

Japanese silent film from 1928.

Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. This part is...

Japanese film from 1932, adapted from the novel by Kan Kikuchi. The first sound film from director Yasujiro Shimazu.

The poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head. With him, the novelist who is always in trouble...

Japanese film from 1929.

Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's...

Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.

Japanese film from 1932.

This unusual film uses beautiful images and powerful music to depict the function of lubricants used in steel mill rolls and airplane jet engines.

First chapter of Tasujiro Shimazu's ABC Lifeline, released two months before ABC Lifeline: Part 1 and ABC Lifeline: Part 2.

Based on the Sakatayama double suicide