Matsutarō Kawaguchi Movies

A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doctor (Sano) who treats her...

A woman has a brief, intense affair with a younger man while awaiting her trial for the murder of her husband's mistress.

The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.

A lost film directed by Ushihara Kiyohiko based on a story published in the Mainichi Sunday Newspaper entitled '恋女扇.' It stars a...

A film commemorating the 25th anniversary of Hibari Misora's performing career. Written by Matsutaro Kawaguchi for Hibari Misora to celebrate her...

Drama about a couple and how they found themselves related with music, their egos and each other.

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big...

A young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his birth father, he travels to Edo to find Shogun...

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

The tragedy of the geiko girl Ume and the men who try to pursue her.

A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this...

1954 Japanese movie

Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.

Young Sentaro struggles to avenge the murder of his younger sister Osuga and their father.

A lost film directed by Mori Kazuo.

In 19th century Japan, a young swordsmith is determined to make the best sword possible after an inferior one he made indirectly led to the death of...

Based on Kōda Rohan's novella The Five-Storied Pagoda.