Yōko Umemura Movies

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

Mitsue is a popular stage actress and the lover of a shamisen player named Seijuro. She jealously murders two other objects of his affection: Okiyo,...

A lost film directed by Ushihara Kiyohiko based on a story published in the Mainichi Sunday Newspaper entitled '恋女扇.' It stars a...

Kenji Mizoguchi is credited as “supervisor” on this rare Japanese genre film, which stars the stunning Isuzu Yamada (Osaka Elegy, Throne...

1942 Japanese movie

Silent Japanese film.

When Ochika, from a rich family, marries Danpei, a poor shamisen player, she devotes herself completely to him and takes over her business, to the...

A lost Mizoguchi film.

Silent Japanese film.

Otane, the daughter of a thread shop owner in Ryogoku, is in love with Sumio, the son of an ivory craftsman who lives nearby. The two are united in a...

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film.

Japanese war film.