Shin'yō Nara Movies

Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirô Shimazu, originally released as a two-part movie on December 11, 1931.

Tetsuji Takechi's third film is based on two short stories by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. The film depicts the lurid and violently erotic dreams of a...

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

A Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.

Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day after committing theft, Asako finds out from the...

A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.

Japanese silent film from 1927, based on a popular serialized novel by Kan Kikuchi.

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

Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with...

Japanese silent film (jidaigeki) from 1926.

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the...

Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his...

Lost Japanese silent film from 1931.

A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for...

Three couples connected to rival business and theatrical families navigate complicated romances, workplace disputes, and family opposition.

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.

Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.