Joji Oka

Great Bodhisattva Pass

1930s Japanese film.…

The Genealogy of Women

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparentl…

Sôbô

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.…

Dragnet Girl

A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealo…

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich,…

Until the Day We Meet Again

A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and h…

First Steps Ashore

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

No Blood Relation

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her ga…