Eiji Oshimoto Movies

Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female screenwriter in Japan.

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...

Japanese silent film from 1929.

This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film...

1945 Japanese movie

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the...

An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.

Japanese silent film from 1930 with an acclaimed performance by Sumiko Kurishima.

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...

A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of...

Japanese silent film from 1927.

A band of guerrillas fight against occupying British forces in Malaya.

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Japanese silent film from 1926, directed by Heinosuke Gosho and featuring Kinuyo Tanaka.

The debut film of Hiroshi Shimizu is about a man who, while searching for his lost daughter, encounters a young woman and her mother who are also...

Japanese silent film from 1928.