Shin'yō Nara Movies

Early silent film from Hiroshi Shimizu.

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...

Eiko is an innocent young lady born into a wealthy family with nothing to offer. She was good at singing, and lived her life playing around with her...

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for...

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

Second sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Weed with Flowers

Jie attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha and became a lawyer. The aim. Michiko, one of the seven best...

Second film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

1926 jidaigeki from Japan.

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

Japanese silent film from 1929.

1926 jidaigeki (period drama) directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.