Kenji Mizoguchi
- 1956
Street of Shame
Street of Shame7.702 Mar. 18, 1956 HD
The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Genre: Drama
Actors:Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao, Kenji Sugawara, Machiko Kyō, Michiyo Kogure
- 1955
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Princess Yang Kwei-fei6.7 May. 03, 1955 HD
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that ...
Actors:Eitarō Ozawa, Eitarō Shindō, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, Sō Yamamura
- 1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff8.1 Mar. 31, 1954 HD
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family’s patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
Genre: Drama
Actors:Eitarō Shindō, Ichirō Sugai, Kyōko Kagawa, Yoshiaki Hanayagi
- 1954
The Crucified Lovers
The Crucified Lovers7.777 Nov. 23, 1954 HD
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find ...
Actors:Eitarō Ozawa, Eitarō Shindō, Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyōko Kagawa, Yōko Minamida
- 1953
Ugetsu
Ugetsu7.999 Mar. 26, 1953 HD
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local ...
Actors:Eitarō Ozawa, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, Mitsuko Mito
- 1953
A Geisha
A Geisha7.519 Aug. 12, 1953 HD
Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Eitarō Shindō, Ichirō Sugai, Michiyo Kogure, Seizaburō Kawazu
- 1952
The Life of Oharu
The Life of Oharu7.753 Apr. 17, 1952 HD
In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman’s banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
Genre: Drama
Actors:Hisako Yamane, Ichirō Sugai, Toshirō Mifune, Tsukie Matsuura
- 1946
Utamaro and His Five Women
Utamaro and His Five Women7.1 Dec. 17, 1946 HD
Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Bandō Mitsugorō VIII, Hiroko Kawasaki, Kōtarō Bandō, Toshiko Iizuka
- 1941
The 47 Ronin
The 47 Ronin6.882 Dec. 08, 1941 HD
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun’s palace. The Shogun ...
Actors:Chōemon Bandō, Chōjūrō Kawarasaki, Kan'emon Nakamura, Kikunojo Segawa, Kunitarō Kawarasaki
- 1939
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum7.852 Oct. 13, 1939 HD
In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that ...
Actors:Gonjurô Kawarazaki, Kakuko Mori, Kōkichi Takada, Shōtarō Hanayagi, Tokusaburo Arashi
- 1936
Osaka Elegy
Osaka Elegy6.7 May. 28, 1936 HD
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father’s debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.
Genre: Drama
Actors:Benkei Shiganoya, Chiyoko Ôkura, Isuzu Yamada, Shinpachirō Asaka, Yōko Umemura
- 1936
Sisters of the Gion
Sisters of the Gion7.158 Oct. 15, 1936 HD
Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Benkei Shiganoya, Fumio Okura, Isuzu Yamada, Namiko Kawashima, Yōko Umemura