Eizo Tanaka Movies

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the...

Directed by Yutaka Abe.

An early Japanese sound film, notable for being the only Japanese film ever to use the Western Electric Sound System. Contrary to most Western...

Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Directed by Eizo Tanaka.

A film adaptation of the play by Leo Tolstoy.

Directed by Eizo Tanaka.

Directed by Eizo Tanaka.

Directed by Eizo Tanaka.

Otane, the daughter of a thread shop owner in Ryogoku, is in love with Sumio, the son of an ivory craftsman who lives nearby. The two are united in a...

Directed by Eizo Tanaka. Only 8 minutes of film is known to have survived.