Shochiku Kinema Kamata Movies

Early feature film by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Short feature by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Early silent film from Hiroshi Shimizu.

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

Japanese film from 1929.

Japanese film from 1925.

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

After losing their parents, Eiichi and his sister Kikue are taken in by their aunt and uncle. Kikue is sent to Tokyo to work as a servant. Left...

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.

Early Japanese silent film by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

Japanese silent film from 1930.

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

Kato's splendid mustache is an obstacle when it comes to finding a job. However, he gets a job as a security guard at a construction site. The...

Japanese silent jidaigeki from 1927.

A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him.

A dramatized chapter in the life of Shimizu Jirocho, a famous yakuza boss, gambler, and folk hero of the 1800s.