Jun Arai Movies

Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female screenwriter in Japan.

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...

Japanese silent film from 1930. Directed by Heinosuke Gosho, the film marked a new stage in the artistry of Kinuyo Tanaka, earning acclaim strong...

Because of her husband’s suicide, a young widow finds herself suddenly cast into a life of solitude, with only her beloved child in her arms....

Living Things a film by Heinosuke Gosho

Japanese film from 1932.

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...

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

Record of Love and Desire a.k.a. Desire of Night (愛慾の記[b], Aiyoku no ki; lit. "Memories of Love and Desire") is a 1930...

1926 silent film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.

Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she has met through her work.

Japanese silent film from 1928.

A Japanese short film, the earliest extant film of the great director Hiroshi Shimizu.

Japanese silent comedy from 1928.

Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to marry a wealthy banker’s son....

Japanese film from 1933, adapted from Masao Kume's serialized newspaper novel.

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Japanese silent film from 1925 featuring Kinuyo Tanaka.