Tatsuo Saitō Movies

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience....

A young couple jump into the sea as part of a suicide pact. The man is rescued and subsequently discovers that his lover is also alive and working in...

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

Shochiku melodrama about the loves of the humble people living in the poor tenament called the Ryuheiso.

Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce...

Living Things a film by Heinosuke Gosho

Hana wa itsuwarazu (1941) is the second directorial work by Shochiku's Oba Hideo. Oba had previously worked as an assistant director to Shimizu...

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...

Lost silent film

At the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of wind. As if manipulated by the mysterious voice,...

A widow works as an insurance seller to raise her three children

A hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts with her and humiliates him, he decides to get revenge...

1945 Japanese movie

A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.