Hisao Yoshitani Movies

A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.

Lost silent film

Hideki Yamaga runs a used bookstore in Ginza. He is a man known for his great physical strength, helping the weak and standing up to the strong, and...

A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his...

Yoshio Kawai is a lowly singer at the Bonbon-za, a third-rate theater in Asakusa. Together with fellow low-ranking actors Tokuri, Kameda, and...

Raucous small-time thief Kenji falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, but when she finds out what kind of guy he really is, she leaves him until...

Japanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year.

Kamezo, a manzai comedian, had been taking a break from performing while his partner Tsuruko was giving birth, but Tsuruko announced that she was...

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...

A counterintelligence film about an American spy who conspires to spread infectious bacteria inside a Japanese factory.

Japanese silent film from 1929.

In 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams.

A state-sponsored film featuring singers who embodied the joys of rural life.

A dead beauty is found in the trunk. Kubota (Miaki), Okayama (Kawazu) and Tsuji (Funakoshi) begin investigating this mysterious crime at the...

A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of...

Depicting the International Disarmament Conference and the Japanese Navy’s Struggle.

Two friends accidentally run into a young, homeless woman, so they take her in.