Unpei Yokoyama Movies

A young woman seduced by a rich man, takes revenge on him with the help of a young idealistic worker. Considered a lost film.

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the...

Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been...

Pre-war jidaigeki film from 1936, produced by Uzumasa Hassei Eiga studios

'Armed Robber Shimizu Sadakicchi' is considered Japan's debut film and came on the heels of the country obtaining its first film camera. It famously...

Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the...

Movie version of NHK renzoku drama "Tokyo Romance"

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...

The stories of several young women who work in a 'precision optical instruments' factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and...

1957 crime film

Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord Kira Yoshinaka as detailed in Japan's...

A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane...

Comedy-horror film by Masaki Môri.

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

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film.