Senji Itô

A samurai rescues a mischievous tanuki from hunters and sets it free. When the samurai's wastrel son hatches a plot to kill his father for his fortune, the magical tanuki is determined to protect its rescuer.

Part 2 of adventure movie

First part of adventure movie

Suspense film based on the "Carbine Gang Incident" that happened in June 1954 in Japan.

Japanese film.

En el Tokio de la posguerra, los miembros de una familia convencional llevan una vida tranquila y serena. Su única preocupación es la soltería de Noriko, la hija mayor, que ya tiene 28 años. Pero la sociedad está cambiando, y Noriko, que trabaja y se divierte con sus amigas, no siente la menor necesidad de tener un marido. Sin embargo, su hermano considera muy imprudente la actitud independiente de la chica. (FILMAFFINITY)

Somiya era un viudo viejo con una hija, Noriko, madura para el matrimonio, pero curiosamente sigue viviendo con su padre. Para hacerla cambiar de manera de pensar, Somiya finje tomar una esposa joven e intentar que su hija se de cuenta de su situación...

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, just as the party is being disbanded by the government.

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for treatment but has no way of paying. She resorts to prostitution. One month later her husband returns from WWII to find his desperate wife, who tells him the truth. Together they must deal with the consequences.

La película se centra en la difícil situación de diez huérfanos de guerra procedentes de diferentes ciudades de Japón. Sin ningún lugar a donde ir, hurgan en las estaciones de tren, descubriendo una existencia por medio del trabajo en el mercado negro para un vagabundo con una sola pierna mientras evitan ser recogidos por la policía por vagancia. Pronto, sin embargo, encuentran un modelo a seguir más inspirador en la figura de un soldado sin nombre que acaba de ser repatriado después de la guerra. Huérfano, el soldado tampoco tiene un hogar al que regresar, por lo que se embarca por todo el país con los niños a cuestas en busca de trabajo antes de decidirse por el objetivo de llevarlos al orfanato donde él mismo creció.

Film producer Lee Yeong-il is introduced to Jeong-hee, his friend's little sister. Unable to find an appropriate slot for her in his movie, he gets her a job in a record company and watches out for her. In time, their love grows deeper. Meanwhile, director Heo Hoon, who is making the film 'The Story of Chun-hyang' with Yeong-il, fires the lead actress of the film, Anna, when she causes too much trouble. Instead, Jeong-hee is hired in her place. Just as Jeong-hee proves herself worthy of the casting and the film-making progresses smoothly, Yeong-il and Heo Hoon face financial difficulties. Yeong-il turns to embezzlement in desperation and is thrown in jail.

A city boy moves to the countryside and the kids there pick on him.

In the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were called kyuji (給仕), which means “waiter” literally. They are doing odd jobs in the company including serving tea, ushering visitors, buying tobacco, etc. Ordering lunch for the individual requests was also an important job. Those boys were hired often as soon as they graduated from elementary school.

Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a traveller’s life when her grandmother died, and now she is a dancer and part of a family of actors who travel from town to town, setting up street performances. A way of escape from this marginal existence arises when she gets the chance to move to tea merchant Hiramatsu’s place, where she is asked to teach his daughter to dance.

Después de la muerte del patriarca, los Toda, una familia de clase alta, está posando para una foto. Al mismo tiempo que todos lamentan la muerte del padre, se enteran de que éste les ha dejado una deuda considerable.

A Man of the Arts

A propaganda film used by the Japanese military to recruit young Korean men as soldiers to defend the northwest border from possible Chinese attacks during World War II

Followup film to Osaka Elegy - Osaka Woman

A film based on the memoir of a 4th grade student who received the grand prize in a writing contest sponsored by Gyeongseong Daily. A boy, whose parents sell brass spoons on the street while his grandmother is sick in bed, never has money for his tuition. Fortunately, his aunt offers to pay for his tuition and his classmates raising funds for him. To top it all off, his parents return a few days later to promise him that they will pay for his tuition the next time.

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

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.

Weed with Flowers

Japanese war movie

Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’ families, and all is well. Then the disagreements start...

Dos invidentes se ganan la vida trabajando como masajistas en varios balnearios. En uno de ellos coinciden con una misteriosa mujer de Tokio, de la que muchos sospechan que es la culpable de los robos que se están produciendo en las posadas de ese balneario. Uno de los dos masajistas se enamora de la mujer...

Japanese movie

Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows of women in a geisha house in Kyoto by recounting the relationships of its inhabitants.

On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement.

Yuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.

During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman who may be a prostitute.

El profesor Komiya está casado con Tokiko, una mujer muy estricta y dominante. El matrimonio tiene que hacerse cargo de la custodia de su sobrina Setsuko que, aunque menor de edad, ya es una mujer liberada, que fuma y sale de noche. Un sábado Komiya va a un bar, donde encuentra accidentalmente a Setsuko. Cuando Tokiko ve que la chica llega a casa con uno de los estudiantes de su marido y, además, se entera de que éste no ha dormido en casa, empieza a alimentar toda clase de sospechas.

A 1937 Japanese film.

Una campesina se esfuerza al máximo para que su hijo pueda recibir en Tokio una buena educación. Algunos años después, lo va a visitar, dando por supuesto que será feliz y tendrá una buena posición social. Pero, nada más llegar, se encuentra con la triste realidad: su hijo, que está casado, es profesor de la escuela nocturna y vive sumido en la miseria.