Atsushi Watanabe Movies

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

A hard-working new employee at a trading company is promoted through the company president's business. However, he quarrels with his wife over...

Shinzō, the heir of the prominent Edo lumber dealer Yamashiroya, left home when his stubborn father, Chōzaemon, dismissed his lover, the...

Fourth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

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...

A ghost interrupts the journey of two young noblemen who are disguised as merchants.

The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.

The film tells the story of a young nobleman who finds himself alone in the midst of turmoil in his 70,000 koku estate, where he is surrounded by his...

Bored Hatamoto film #19

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

Japanese silent film from 1930 with an acclaimed performance by Sumiko Kurishima.

This happened at a post station on the Shinshu road. Takizo Hoshigoe, a wanted man who has been missing since breaking through the Oto checkpoint,...

In the eleventh year of the Tenpō era, the Kawarazaki-za theater in Edo buzzed with excitement for a new production of "Kanjinchō" by...

1962 Japanese movie

Japanese silent film from 1929.

In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later,...

This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei. When the Yagyu clan falls victim to rival...