Misao Seki

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

The Loyal 47 Ronin

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura s…

Nogitsune Sanji

A 1930 silent film from director Eichi Koishi, following the adventures of Edo firefighter Sanji.…

Yôma kitan

Japanese horror movie from 1929.…

Man-Slashing Horse-Piercing Sword

In medieval Japan, a brutal and corrupt magistrate is planning to kill the child who is about to bec…

Kagaribi

A young vassal is betrayed by his corrupt lord.…

Benten kozo

First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and giv…

Tôribêyama shinjû

The doomed love story between a young courtesan and a samurai, in Kyoto.…

Crossroads

After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believ…