Videoteca

Oda Nobunaga 1940
A classic wartime jidaigeki about the life of the famous samurai and first of the "Great Unifiers" of Japan, Oda Nobunaga, with Kataoka Chiezo and Shimura Takashi

Devoted Servant Naosuke 1939
Naosuke, a servant of Okajima Yasoemon, devoted himself to his master. One day, his master Okajima Yasoemon, lost his face in front of people. It was a revenge by Oono, a karo (minister) who lost his chance to earn money by selling a fake antique to the lord. Okajima told the lord it was fake. Okajima endured Oono's humiliation. But, his servant Naosuke, could not. But what could he do? Oono is superior of his master. Naosuke would not hesitate to lay down his life for his master. But killing Oono would ruin his master. He wanted to clear his master's disgrace. What to do?

Shunjû ittôryû 1939
After being expelled from the Chiba Dojo , Hirate Zoshu , along with his acquaintances Tadaki Ganryu and Tamon Jubei, were hired as bodyguards by Sasagawa Shigezo, and became embroiled in a gamblers' feud known as the "Tenpo Suikoden.

Taiko's Rising in the World 1938
Taikoki is a legendary biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who rose to the office of taikō. And the story of this film is about the rise to power of Toyotomi Hideyoshi from a farmer's son.

Giant Cat Den 1938
Film about Ghost-Cat.

Kurama Tengu 1938
This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent companies went bankrupt shortly after the transition to sound). As he is mostly famous for his portrait of Kurama tengu (and on the other hand, he's the definitive actor for Kurama Tengu as well), Nikkatsu made another version of Kurama tengu, co-directed by Masahiro Makino & Sadatsugu Matsuda who are both sons of Shozo Makino. Scripted by Yoshitake Hisa, a jidaigeki specialist who later scripted several Toei All-Star Jidaigeki.

Kuriyama Daizen 1936
Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki 1934
Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

The Conjuror in the Town 1925
Directed by Minoru Murata.

Moken no himitsu 1924
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

Seisaku no tsuma 1924

Eikichi the Chauffeur 1924
Directed by Minoru Murata.

Iwami Jûtarô 1924

Nabeshima no nekô 1922
Film about Ghost-Cat.

Shibukawa Bangorō 1922 star_border 5.2
A film on the life of Shibukawa Bangorō, the founder of the Shibukawa-ryū school of jūjutsu. To paraphrase Satō Tadao’s blurb on the back cover of the video, this is an important film for three reasons. 1. it is an almost perfectly well preserved copy of one of only a few full-length movies still available of the first superstar in Japanese cinema history, the very famous Onoe Matsunosuke. 2. it uses a method that was common in the silent era, the dyeing/tinting of film to mark given moments of day (for ex., blue for night-time) or given situations (for ex., red for fire) – and even though most films that used this technique have been redeveloped in straight b&w, this one is available in its original form. 3. it is an early SFX (special effects) movie that uses the basic tools of the trade - a great action movie full of swordsmanship and monsters (bakemono).

Iwami Jûtarô 1922

Tenjiku Tokubei 1921
Japanese horror movie from 1921.

Saga no yozakura 1921
Japanese horror movie from 1921.

Nabeshima neko sōdō 1921
Film about Ghost-Cat.

Arima no neko 1920
Film about Ghost-Cat.

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