Shintarô Takiguchi Movies

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.

Famed swordsman Araki Mataemon must face his best friend as they are forced to take opposite sides in a vendetta caused by the murder of a family...

The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide.

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 blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The...

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 1932.

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

Japanese silent film from 1928.