Den Obinata Movies

A large family scrapes by on the meager salaries of the father and three eldest sons, who left school in order to work and support the family. The...

Adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya's story.

Adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s story.

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2

Film by Kon Ichikawa

This is the only surviving "Mito Komon Manyu-ki" film. This release also known as Adrift Tour Memoir is an 80-minute compilation of the first and...

Based on that testimony, an investigation is launched in the entertainment district, and through a brief conversation between Toda and Nanako at the...

An early Japanese sound film, notable for being the only Japanese film ever to use the Western Electric Sound System. Contrary to most Western...

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil

The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two families. Shusuke Tokuyama (Den Obinata) runs an...

Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accept changes in their home during the...

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a...

The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokudani, a place along his journey through various...

Part one of two.