Yōko Umemura
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The 47 Ronin (1941)
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences...

Osaka Elegy (1936)
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.

Sandai no sakazuki (1942)
1942 Japanese movie

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he...

Oyuki the Virgin (1935)
When a civil war threatens to break out, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. During the long journey, the socially inferior women...

Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-nihen (1928)
Silent Japanese film.

Sisters of the Gion (1936)
Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and...

A Mermaid on Land (1926)
Directed by Yutaka Abe (as Jack Abe).

晴小袖 (1940)
A lost film directed by Ushihara Kiyohiko based on a story published in the Mainichi Sunday Newspaper entitled '恋女扇.' It stars a wild man who...

Mistress of a Foreigner (1930)
Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been...

Poppy (1935)
Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Fujio is beautiful,...

A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring (1926)
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...

The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen (1938)
A quintessential example of the period "ghost cat" (bakeneko or kaibyo) movie, this was one of at least six such titles released by the studio Shinko...

The Woman Who Touched The Legs (1926)
A twice-remade ironic comedy about a writer's encounter with a female thief.

Five Women Around Him (1927)
Directed by Yutaka Abe.

Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One (1930)
A Japanese silent film

And Yet They Go On (1931)
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film.

Akanishi Kakita (1936)
A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

Miss Okichi (1935)
Kenji Mizoguchi is credited as “supervisor” on this rare Japanese genre film, which stars the stunning Isuzu Yamada (Osaka Elegy, Throne...

New Clothing (1936)
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...

Masujiro Omura (1942)
A story about Ômura Masujirô

Osaka Woman (1940)
When Ochika, from a rich family, marries Danpei, a poor Shamissen player, she devotes herself completely to him and takes over her business, to the...

A Man of the Arts (1941)
Based on Matsutaro Kawaguchi's novel "Geido Ichidai Otoko." Considered a lost film.

Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-ippen (1928)
Silent Japanese film.

Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen (1928)
Silent Japanese film.

The Kasahara School (1929)
Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.