Reikichi Kawamura Movies

Shochiku melodrama about the lives of the humble people living in the poor tenement called the Ryuheiso.

Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako...

A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period.

A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister's a modern girl who's starting...

In a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was overwhelmed to make a presentation for the summer...

Amusing masterpiece from director Yoshimura Kazusabu divided in two parts taken from the newspaper serial novel of Shishiko Shishi. Like in "Warm...

Japanese silent film from 1928.

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

Mariko is an innocent girl who grew up in the highlands of Shinshu. She moves to Tokyo to live with her father who has successfully returned to...

1950s Japanese comedy.

The love of an older sister who worked as a geisha but decided to open a bar under the auspices of a millionaire

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to marry a wealthy banker’s son....

The poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head. With him, the novelist who is always in trouble...

A period drama about samurai who survived a loss in battle. An early jidaegeki by Hiroshi Shimizu.