Yo Shiomi Movies

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin....

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

Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English....

A 1943 film.

On a Sunday morning, young dentist Toshio Ezaki wakes up with a hangover, on a bench in his office. He finds a poisoned woman in a green-striped...

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many...

Part one of two.

First "Maboroshi tantei" film, based on the manga by Jiro Kuwata.

Japanese drama film.

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

Japanese film.

Part two of two.

Jidaigeki from 1940

Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accept changes in their home during the...

A jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.

One of three titles released the same year, with the same title based on the same story. This is the P.C.L. (Toho) Version