A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun...

The orphaned son of a count who was assassinated by his subordinates in a conspiracy during the Pacific War becomes obsessed with taking revenge on...

Iso no Genta accidentally kills a magistrate and becomes a yakuza. Considered a lost film.

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

Japanese film.

Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy.

The film recounts the tragedy of a young outlaw. Considered a lost film.

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from the streets by a kindly Japanese...

An important silent film survives, Kumahiko Nishina's Umon torimonocho rokuban tegara jinenji kidan (The Samurai Detective, aka The Detective Records...

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events.

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Japanese movie