Kinuyo Tanaka Movies

A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.

Japanese film from 1925.

Early silent film from Hiroshi Shimizu.

Japanese silent film from 1930.

Japanese silent film from 1930 with an acclaimed performance by Sumiko Kurishima.

Japanese silent jidaigeki from 1927.

Japanese film from 1925.

Japanese silent film from 1930. Directed by Heinosuke Gosho, the film marked a new stage in the artistry of Kinuyo Tanaka, earning acclaim strong...

Japanese film from 1924.

A young man torn between love and friendship.

Japanese film from 1924.

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a coworker and is...

Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female screenwriter in Japan.

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him...

The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from...

In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend...

Record of Love and Desire a.k.a. Desire of Night (愛慾の記[b], Aiyoku no ki; lit. "Memories of Love and Desire") is a 1930...

Japanese silent film from 1925.