
Known for
6.7After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them.
Zatoichi in Desperation
1972
7.8A Japanese silent film
Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One
1930
NRSilent Japanese film.
Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen
1928
7.0Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931
Chiezo Kataoka plays a cowardly samurai, whose honor is on the line when it becomes necessary to avenge the murder of his father. The culminating duel takes place on a night of fireworks.
Fireworks
1931
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Suronin Chuya
1930
Film credits
1930s · 12 titles
7.8A Japanese silent film
Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One
1930
7.0Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931
Chiezo Kataoka plays a cowardly samurai, whose honor is on the line when it becomes necessary to avenge the murder of his father. The culminating duel takes place on a night of fireworks.
Fireworks
1931
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Suronin Chuya
1930
No synopsis available yet.
Gantaro Path
1934
A story about Kinsaburo Kamiya, who infiltrated the Satsuma clan at the end of the Edo period. Based on the novel "Satsuma Hikyaku" by Jiro Daibutsu, and a sequel to Satsuma Hikyaku Tokai Hen (Satsuma Courier: Eastern Sea Story) directed by Daisuke Ito in 1932
Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword
1933
5.6An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
An Actor's Revenge
1935
No synopsis available yet.
Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen
1931
No synopsis available yet.
Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
1936
NRThe ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.
Tsukiyo Karasu
1939
No synopsis available yet.
Ippon-gatana dohyo iri
1931
6.4Jirokichi the Rat is wanted in Edo for robbing the mansions of the rich. While on the run, he falls for Osen, a girl who has been sold to a brothel by her criminal brother, Nikichi. When he goes to find Nikichi, Jirokichi immediately falls for Okino, a poor girl who is also under threat from Nikichi.
Jirokichi the Rat
1931

