Shin'yō Nara Movies

Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.

The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star.

A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister's a modern girl who's starting...

1945 Japanese movie

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Second sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in love with Inokichi's virtuous character and...

1951 Japanese movie

Japanese war movie.

Eiko is an innocent young lady born into a wealthy family with nothing to offer. She was good at singing, and lived her life playing around with her...

The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War...