Shochiku Kinema Kamata Movies

Story of two close friends who long to become pilots in the air corps. Only one succeeds in entering the service, while the other finds a job in...

Short feature by Hiroshi Shimizu.

A young man torn between love and friendship.

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

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

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

Kenji and Chuko travel to Hokkaido as migrant workers and enlist as miners under the strict leadership of Guzuyasu. On the boat journey to Hokkaido,...

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

In medieval Japan, a brutal and corrupt magistrate is planning to kill the child who is about to become the heir to the estate and position of the...

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

Japan's first feature film directed by a female. The film was about the naïve, premature emotions between a young geisha-to-be and a youth...

Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the shame. Later she meets the rapist again who is...

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...

Early feature film by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Early Japanese sound film, a remake of Josef von Sternberg’s DOCKS OF NEW YORK set in Yokohama.

The Siege of Osaka