Shochiku Kinema Kamata Movies

Short feature by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Early feature film by Hiroshi Shimizu.

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...

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

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

Japanese silent film from 1930.

Early silent film from Hiroshi Shimizu.

In medieval Japan, a brutal and corrupt magistrate is planning to kill the child who is about to become the heir to the estate and position of the...

A blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The...

This bittersweet comedy tells the tale of a group of college roommates attempting to cheat their way through their exams. As the title goes, things...

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

Japanese film from 1929.

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...

Japanese silent film from 1928.

Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a...

Japanese silent film from 1930. Directed by Heinosuke Gosho, the film marked a new stage in the artistry of Kinuyo Tanaka, earning acclaim strong...