Shin'yō Nara Movies

Japanese film from 1925.

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

Tetsuji Takechi's third film is based on two short stories by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. The film depicts the lurid and violently erotic dreams of a...

Japanese silent film from 1927, based on a popular serialized novel by Kan Kikuchi.

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...

Lost Japanese silent film from 1931.

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 (jidaigeki) from 1926.

Japanese silent film from 1932.

1926 jidaigeki (period drama) directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirô Shimazu, originally released as a two-part movie on December 11, 1931.

Second sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

1926 jidaigeki from Japan.

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

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