Sôjin Kamiyama Movies

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...

Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the...

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.

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...

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and...

Japanese war movie.

Directed by Daisuke Itô.

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki...

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

A Japanese comedy from the end of the silent era (it has music) from a popular series. A feud, a practical joke and romance are the set up for some...

The Siege of Osaka

After forming his own studio in 1925, Cecil B. DeMille produced this exuberant blend of orientalist melodrama and gender-bending comedy featuring his...

Directed by Daisuke Ito.

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

A Japanese woman, the mistress of an American, falls in love with her servant.

A young man of society wants to make an expedition to Africa, but his fiancée asks him for help about one of her fathers guests shortly before...

A detective goes in search for the villain responsible for several burglaries and a murder.

A businessman runs afoul of the law and commits suicide, leaving behind a wife and five children. The eldest son takes the family to Tokyo and labors...

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara