Shin'yō Nara Movies

Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirô Shimazu, originally released as a two-part movie on December 11, 1931.

Japanese silent film from 1927, based on a popular serialized novel by Kan Kikuchi.

Tetsuji Takechi's third film is based on two short stories by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. The film depicts the lurid and violently erotic dreams of a...

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day after committing theft, Asako finds out from the...

Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.

A Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with...

Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his...

A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.

A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.

Lost Japanese silent film from 1931.

Three couples connected to rival business and theatrical families navigate complicated romances, workplace disputes, and family opposition.

Japanese silent film (jidaigeki) from 1926.

Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in love with Inokichi's virtuous character and...