Kōmei Minami Movies

A small town boy dreams of being a famous fiddler; Meanwhile, two convicts escape from prison and hide in the woods.

1929 Japanese movie

Bored Hatamoto film #8

One of Mizoguchi's first films, considered lost.

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku, the harem of Edo Castle in which the Shogun’s mother, wife and concubines resided, forbidden from contact with any other man except in the...

A Japanese silent drama about two farmers

Period film from 1934.

Directed by Kensaku Suzuki.