Reikichi Kawamura Movies

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

A young student of traditional dance falls in love with a handsome young man who visits the dance school in order to take photographs.

A lost film by Masahiro Makino

The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War...

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the...

A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.

Movie about a devoted and single woman and her daughter. The mother's nickname is "Bokuseki" (wooden head) because of his supposed stubbornness....

Japanese silent film.

The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star.

Japanese silent film from 1927.

A period drama about samurai who survived a loss in battle. An early jidaegeki by Hiroshi Shimizu.

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

Japanese silent film from 1925.

Japanese silent film from 1929.