Dekao Yokoo
Nascimento : 1899-08-09, Saga Prefecture, Japan
Morte : 1956-07-05
Based on the comic by Machiko Hasegawa
Two American G.I.s visiting Tokyo find themselves mixed up with espionage, a pretty flight attendant, a mad scientist, geisha girls, and a goofy magician-hypnotist and his white rabbits.
Hidachibo
Depois de vencer uma sangrenta batalha naval contra o clã rival Heike, o triunfante senhor Yoshitsune Minamoto retorna a Kyoto para assumir o comando. No entanto, seu irmão ciumento e invejoso, Shogun Yoritomo, ordena que seus homens prendam Yoshitsune e todos os seus camaradas. Devido a uma circunstância de sorte, Yoshitsune e seis de seus leais guardas samurais são capazes de escapar. Para ficarem verdadeiramente seguros, eles precisam viajar pelo país e encontrar abrigo na casa de uma única amiga, Idehira Fukiwara.
Este filme foi proibido no Japão por quase 8 anos. O lançamento original previsto foi em 1945. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
Bouncer
Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa
A Communist spy ring in Japan is hard at work trying to sabotage the American war effort during the Korean War, using kidnapping, murder and a disturbed former kamikaze pilot. A U.S. secret agent, posing as a reporter, is dispatched to Tokyo to put a stop to these nefarious activities.
Aosuke
The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elephant that died in a zoo. The elephant's corpse however, was infested with deadly bacteria and the men have only 30 hours left to live...
Toho's production of the classic Japanese fairytale.
The film generally regarded as Japan’s first true musical was also the first film made entirely in-house by the pioneering studio P.C.L., a company founded specifically to take advantage of emergent sound technology. P.C.L. worked in collaboration with a brewer’s firm, Dai Nihon Biru, who met the production costs of the film in full, and whose products are featured in the film in an example of the sophisticated and modern merchandising typical of the studio’s early work. The film is partially set in a beer hall, and its story concerns a beer seller at a train station and her relationship with a music student trying to create a hit song. Director Sotoji Kimura was to become a company stalwart, making such films as Ino and Mon, while actress Sachiko Chiba would emerge the studio’s first real star, appearing in such films as Wife Be Like a Rose.
A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his new home, too.
Grand chamberlain
Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journaist, 'young miss'. They decide to team up with her to investigate a secret club for wealthy voyeurs. Considered to be a lost film.
The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.
Comedy by Kiyohiko Ushihara. Once a full-length feature film, now only 14 minutes remain.