Tatsuo Saitō Movies

Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew,...

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil

A man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets married... A man's life, full of joy and sorrow,...

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of...

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...

A widow works as an insurance seller to raise her three children

1939 Japanese movie

Shochiku melodrama about the loves of the humble people living in the poor tenament called the Ryuheiso.

Comedy about a young man juggling several girlfriends. Considered to be a lost film.

Melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce...

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

Japanese Warmovie

Hana wa itsuwarazu (1941) is the second directorial work by Shochiku's Oba Hideo. Oba had previously worked as an assistant director to Shimizu...

Second film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Living Things a film by Heinosuke Gosho

Shinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a lethargic life in Oiso. His family is concerned with...