Reikichi Kawamura Movies

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The...

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

The movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and his neglected mistress, as she struggles to ease her...

Japanese silent film.

A dramatized chapter in the life of Shimizu Jirocho, a famous yakuza boss, gambler, and folk hero of the 1800s.

Japanese silent film from 1928.

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...

Japanese film from 1925.

Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy. However, his father wants him to continue in the...

Film can be viewed on the National Film Archive of Japan YouTube channel under the title...

Early Japanese silent film by Hiroshi Shimizu.

The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star.

A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doctor (Sano) who treats her...

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the...

Japanese silent film from 1927.

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Japanese film from 1924.

Japanese silent film from 1928.

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