Rikie Sanjō Movies

Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger sister of Jirokichi, a city firefighter from the...

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi

Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

Adaptation of a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya that was serialized in "Shufu no tomo" between 1939 and 1940.

Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows...

Directed by Katsumi Iwauchi

9th directorial work by Yamamoto Satsuo.

The story is based on the life of a poet who lived in Japan in the Taisho era. When her fiancé is arrested she believes he has suddenly...

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

Set against the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion, two Osaka families navigate the radical social shifts of the early Meiji Era. As the merchant class ascends...

Japanese war-era film

Original work by Hyakken Uchida.

Two brothers move to their grandfather's house after their father is drafted and play war games with their new classmates.