Hisao Yoshitani Movies

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...

Yoshio Kawai is a lowly singer at the Bonbon-za, a third-rate theater in Asakusa. Together with fellow low-ranking actors Tokuri, Kameda, and...

A state-sponsored film featuring singers who embodied the joys of rural life.

Raucous small-time thief Kenji falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, but when she finds out what kind of guy he really is, she leaves him until...

Hideki Yamaga runs a used bookstore in Ginza. He is a man known for his great physical strength, helping the weak and standing up to the strong, and...

Lost silent film

A counterintelligence film about an American spy who conspires to spread infectious bacteria inside a Japanese factory.

Kamezo, a manzai comedian, had been taking a break from performing while his partner Tsuruko was giving birth, but Tsuruko announced that she was...

Depicting the International Disarmament Conference and the Japanese Navy’s Struggle.

A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.

Japanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year.

In 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams.

Hirano's wife Yasuko had grown weary of her life of poverty. Her feelings of dissatisfaction deepened when she met her elegantly dressed friend...

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...

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

A dead beauty is found in the trunk. Kubota (Miaki), Okayama (Kawazu) and Tsuji (Funakoshi) begin investigating this mysterious crime at the...

Two friends accidentally run into a young, homeless woman, so they take her in.

Film about poet Ishikawa Takuboku