Reikichi Kawamura Movies

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

Amusing masterpiece from director Yoshimura Kazusabu divided in two parts taken from the newspaper serial novel of Shishiko Shishi. Like in "Warm...

A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.

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

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

A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.

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

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

A young yakuza student is led back to the straight and narrow path by his uncle.

A family story in the year of 1943 during the war. The director is Shunkai Mizuho, who worked on "Hibari no Circus Sad Kobato" starring Hibari Misora...

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...

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 1929.

On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement.

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...

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.