Roppa Furukawa

弥次喜多珍道中　中仙道の巻

Japanese comedy film.

若社長と爆発娘

Japanese comedy film.

Tōkaidō yajikita chin dōchū

Japanese comedy film.

Holiday in Japan

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

Botchan no yakyūō

1958 Japanese movie

Queen of Asia

Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut.

坊ちゃんの逆襲

Japanese comedy film.

The President Talks Bank

The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements.

Masura o hashutsu fukai

Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series.

The President's Boss

A new third-class president wins an appointment thanks to his marriage with the former president's daughter.

浮かれ狐千本櫻

Japanese comedy film.

Rikidozan no tetsuwan kyojin

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan.

Good Son-in-Law

Asahi Shoji's office girl, Aiko Tatebayashi, is a modern girl of Akira herself. The dentist's father has already cleared up his eldest daughter Keiko to Mizukami, but this time Aiko's turn and her sister's wedding greeting card are handy to add a request for the color of her sister's son. However, Aiko, who wants to be herself, uses the help of her friend, private detective Nobuko Migishi, to break through the behavior of the matchmaker, Mrs. Yamaguchi, who is a matchmaker. However, Nobuko's mistress Rokuro Kojima has become sloppy these days, so when Aiko investigated this time, it was found that the cause was Kojima's best friend Hiroshi Minamimura. Aiko was completely indignant at Minamimura's rude attitude of saying what she thought. In the mouth of Mrs. Yamaguchi's match, Mr. Fumio Kaki, the sales manager, is the best candidate.

A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival

Japanese musical.

Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage

Fourth installment in the "Achako's Notebook of Youth" series.

珍説忠臣蔵

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo

Japanese comedy film.

Dimple of Tokyo

Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The new secretary, Nobuko, suggested her "shacho-san" (the president) run away from the job. Nobuko took Buntaro to her home and introduced him to her own family as friend, "Sachio-san"...

娘十八びっくり天国

Japanese comedy film.

大当りパチンコ娘

Japanese comedy film.

Kōmon to yajikita kara su-gumi ihen

1951 Japanese movie. The characters of Mito Kōmon and Yaji and Kita are brought together

情艶一代女

Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her dancing begins training with the Onnagata Kikugoro VI as a dancer. She leaves her geisha life to pursue this new path, but falls in love with a naval officer who is the younger brother of Kikugoro and who saves her from a stalker monk. Kikugoro hears of this and becomes enraged. The naval officer dies in the Second Sino-Japanese War, causing the lead to go back home to her mother where she meets, and falls in love with, a poet who resembles her now-deceased fiancé. This poet leaves her in order to force her to dedicate her entire life to dancing, which he sees as her true pursuit.

Enoken roppa no yajikita bugiugi dōchū

1950 Japanese movie

A Mother's Love

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

憧れのハワイ航路

Akogare no Hawaii kôro

Odoroki ikka

1949 Japanese film

Living Image

A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period.

Golden Devil Part 2

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2

Golden Devil

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil

Todoroki Sensei

Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi

The Okagura Brothers

1946 Japanese movie

Tokkan ekichô

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

Until Victory Day

An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket that could be delivered to the front in order to entertain and amuse the national troops. Inside this rocket would be tiny performers. Once launched from the laboratory and landed amidst the Japanese troops the soldiers could enjoy the performers. The laboratory succeeds and the rocket is built. It bears the insignia, 'until the victory days.' The Japanese government began a program of shooting and disseminating propaganda and entertainment movies for its troops during World War II. It is a lost film.

敵は幾万ありとても

1944 war movie

The Way of Drama

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical styles like those used by amateur actors to dramatise contemporary events.

音楽大進軍

A 1943 film.

Onna keizu

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.

Iemitsu and Hikoza

A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal old retainer Hikoza (comedian Roppa, playing somewhat against type).

Roppa's Honeymoon

A Kajirô Yamamoto directed comedy starring Roppa Furukawa.

The Kingdom of Spectacles

Hide-chan (Hideko Takamine) and her family are on a trip to Tokyo. While visiting a fairground, a pickpocket (Kamatari Furukawa) steals the father's wallet. While everyone is trying to hunt down the thief, Hide-chan decides to make the most of it and enjoy her stay, while the thief and his main pursuer (Akira Kishii) play hide-and-seek among the funfair's spectacles and freakshows

Harikiri Boy

An early Tōhō salaryman musical.

Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô

Based on the comic by Yutaka Asou

Tipsy Life

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.

Namiko

An early Japanese sound film, notable for being the only Japanese film ever to use the Western Electric Sound System. Contrary to most Western sources that give sole directing credit to Eizo Tanaka, it was actually co-directed by six different directors, Tanaka, Kazue Kimura, Kazuo Takimura, Ryoji Mikami and Hidekuni Ouchi.