Taisho Period Movies

  • 1977
    Ballad of Orin

    Ballad of Orin

    Ballad of Orin

    7.11977HD

    A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.

    Ballad of Orin
  • 2010
    The Fallen Angel

    The Fallen Angel

    The Fallen Angel

    6.52010HD

    The story of a young man who has felt since childhood utterly alien from others around him. Since that time he has learned to put on a face to hide...

    The Fallen Angel
  • 1980
    The Bear Storm

    The Bear Storm

    The Bear Storm

    01980HD

    An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the Taishō era. About 15 families who moved in...

    The Bear Storm
  • 1960
    The Izu Dancer

    The Izu Dancer

    The Izu Dancer

    01960HD

    Love story between a student and girl whose parents are itinerant entertainers. Set in Japan in the 1920's.

    The Izu Dancer
  • 1964
    The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

    7.21964HD

    After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life...

    The Scent of Incense
  • 1954
    Dancing Girls of Izu

    Dancing Girls of Izu

    Dancing Girls of Izu

    01954HD

    A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their first love that is very touching and sorrowful. An...

    Dancing Girls of Izu
  • 1962
    The King

    The King

    The King

    01962HD

    The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional...

    The King
  • 1963
    The Incorrigible

    The Incorrigible

    The Incorrigible

    6.31963HD

    Based on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars as Togo Konno, the titular bastard.

    The Incorrigible
  • 2017
    Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1

    Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1

    Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1

    5.8332017HD

    The story follows Benio "Haikara-san" Hanamura, who lost her mother when she was very young and has been raised by her father, a high-ranking...

    Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1
  • 1970
    A Wad of Notes

    A Wad of Notes

    A Wad of Notes

    7.21970HD

    A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back...

    A Wad of Notes
  • 1981
    Kagero-za

    Kagero-za

    Kagero-za

    6.5371981HD

    A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.

    Kagero-za
  • 1991
    Yumeji

    Yumeji

    Yumeji

    6.3281991HD

    Following the life of Japanese artist and poet Yumeji Takehisa through the imagining of an encounter with a beautiful widow with a dark past.

    Yumeji
  • 1971
    Challenge at Dawn

    Challenge at Dawn

    Challenge at Dawn

    01971HD

    Set in Kawasaki in 1925, Challenge at Dawn is based on the Tsurumi Riot Incident, which actually ocurred in Yokohama that year and was sparked by...

    Challenge at Dawn
  • 1933
    The Dancing Girl of Izu

    The Dancing Girl of Izu

    The Dancing Girl of Izu

    6.51933HD

    "The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...

    The Dancing Girl of Izu
  • 1963
    Life of Hishakaku

    Life of Hishakaku

    Life of Hishakaku

    81963HD

    After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Indebted to Boss Kogane for his kindness,...

    Life of Hishakaku
  • 1999
    One Summer's Day

    One Summer's Day

    One Summer's Day

    01999HD

    Veteran filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi rounds out the second of his two trilogies about his hometown of Onomichi with this film about the budding...

    One Summer's Day
  • 2025
    Yasuko, Songs of Days Past

    Yasuko, Songs of Days Past

    Yasuko, Songs of Days Past

    7.8572025HD

    In the early 1920s, Yasuko, a budding actress, crosses paths with Chūya Nakahara, a young poet destined to be revered as a genius. Drawn to each...

    Yasuko, Songs of Days Past
  • 1962
    A Wanderer's Notebook

    A Wanderer's Notebook

    A Wanderer's Notebook

    7.21962HD

    Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...

    A Wanderer's Notebook
  • 2021
    Angry Rice Wives

    Angry Rice Wives

    Angry Rice Wives

    2.6672021HD

    In August, 1918, Matsuura Ito lives in a coastal village of Toyama with her husband and three children. During the summer, there wasn't much fish to...

    Angry Rice Wives
  • 2023
    Father of the Milky Way Railroad

    Father of the Milky Way Railroad

    Father of the Milky Way Railroad

    62023HD

    Kenji, the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy moneylender, refuses to work in the family business and becomes obsessed with farming, jewelry and...

    Father of the Milky Way Railroad