Yōko Umemura

A story about Ômura Masujirô

El 14 de Marzo de 1701, en la real capital de Edo, el señor feudal Asano ataca al señor Kiru mientras se encuentra en tierra sagrada. A causa de esta grave ofensa, Asano es obligado a hacerse el harakiri. Sin embargo, 47 de sus samuráis juran vengar a su amo. Estrenada en dos partes en Japón, la primera de 112 minutos el 1 de diciembre de 1941 y la segunda de 111 minutos el 11 de febrero de 1942. (FILMAFFINITY)

A Man of the Arts

Followup film to Osaka Elegy - Osaka Woman

En el Tokyo de 1885, Kikunosuke Onoue, hijo de un importante actor, descubre, desolado, que es aplaudido únicamente por ser el heredero de su padre y que, en realidad, el público se mofa de sus interpretaciones. La única persona que se atreve a ser sincera con él es Otoku, la niñera de los hijos de su hermano. pero precisamente por ello es despedida, y a Kikunosuke le prohiben verla por temor a los rumores que se desatarían por su relación con una sirvienta.

A quintessential example of the period "ghost cat" (bakeneko or kaibyo) movie, this was one of at least six such titles released by the studio Shinko Kinema between 1937-40 featuring Japan's first scream queen, Sumiko Suzuki. Here she plays Mitsue, the possessive onna-kabuki actress betrothed to apprentice shamisen player Seijiro. When one day Okiyo, a beautiful young girl of samurai class, is led to Seijiro's house by his lost cat Kuro, she becomes besotted with him. Dark jealous passions are invoked in Mitsue, which are intensified when Seijiro gifts Okiyo his precious shamisen. The cat is the first to suffer at the end of Mitsue's hairpin, but returns from the grave to assist Okiyo's younger sister Onui avenge her sister's murder.

Las hermanas Omocha y Umekichi son dos geishas que viven en el barrio de Gion, en Kioto. Encarnan dos polos opuestos de la mujer japonesa: mientras Omocha es una chica moderna, Umekichi sigue siendo una tradicional mujer japonesa. Este contraste se agudiza cuando el negocio del mercader Furusawa, su protector y cliente habitual, quiebra.

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

Ayako es una joven operadora telefónica, cuyo novio y compañero de trabajo observa impasible el acoso que sufre la joven por parte de su jefe Asai. Tras enfrentarse a su padre por una deuda que podría hundir a la familia, Ayako, se ve obligada a abandonar su casa, pero no sabe a dónde ir. Llevada por la desesperación, acepta ser la amante de Asai, situación humillante que provoca el rechazo de su familia.

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 destined for Buddhist priesthood; it concluded with their separation.

Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to Munechika, a rising young diplomat. She has promised him a gold watch, a family heirloom, as an emblem of their engagement. But she falls in love with Ono, a student employed to tutor her in English, who is attracted by her beauty and wealth. Ono is himself bound by an engagement to Sayoko, the daughter of his mentor, Professor Inoue. The self-centered Fujio is ready to forsake everything for Ono, but he is prevailed upon to go ahead with his marriage to Sayoko. Fujio then offers the watch to Munechika who, perceiving Fujio’s true feelings, hurls the watch into the sea.

Basada en 'Bola de Sebo', la historia de Maupassant que también inspiró 'La diligencia' de John Ford, 'Oyuki, the Virgin' es la historia de un grupo de personas que tratan de huir de una batalla escapándose en un carruaje de caballos. Cuando son atrapados por el enemigo, ofrecen a una prostituta que viaja con ellos a modo de trato para salvarse.

Kenji Mizoguchi is credited as “supervisor” on this rare Japanese genre film, which stars the stunning Isuzu Yamada (Osaka Elegy, Throne of Blood) as a professional criminal, part con woman and part martial artist, who falls in love with a young man from the straight world.

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931

Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been published on DVD coupled with The Downfall of Osen (1935) by Digital MEME in 2007.

A Japanese silent film

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

Silent Japanese film.

Silent Japanese film.

Silent Japanese film.

Directed by Yutaka Abe.

A twice-remade ironic comedy about a writer's encounter with a female thief.

Directed by Yutaka Abe (as Jack Abe).

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.