Masao Inoue
Acting
Known For
A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
A Page of Madness
Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
A blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The blacksmith's younger son is disabled, and the other children in the village tease him. The older son aspires to become a doctor in order to fix his brother's leg. The film depicts the bond between a father and his sons. Only 18 minutes survive.
The Blacksmith of the Forest
Japanese Warmovie
Sinking the Unsinkable
In the 30th year, Nirasaki Den'emon established the Nirasaki Hokkaido Development Company with investment from Sonoi to build railway facilities. However, the endeavor faced criticism for attempting to buy Ainu land at low prices. Tokyo Nippo reporter Toshimasa Matsuzaka, who was actually Nirasaki's son, wants to expose the flawed practices of the company.
Rira no hana wasureji
The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. Second installment of a wartime film trilogy.
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume
The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. First installment of a wartime film trilogy.
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
Government-sponsored film set during the Pacific War, depicting the lives of people working as stevedores.
Harbor of Life
No description available.
Umi no yôbigôe
No description available.
Aa mujô - Dai ippen: Hôrô no maki
No description available.
Return to Japan
Japanese silent film from 1928.
The Glory of the Shōwa Era
The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. Third installment of a wartime film trilogy.
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume
No description available.
Taii no musume
Directed by Masao Inoue.
Dokuso
Directed in 1921
Winter Camellia
No description available.
Aa mujô re mîzerabûru dainihen
Japanese silent film from 1928.
The Face of Humanity
Based on a contemporary set novel by Shunyo Yanagawa, this film was adapted to the Japanese stage with multiple film versions to follow, including director Naruse Mikio’s take in 1932. Director Masao Inoue also stars in this 1916 adaption which follows the destruction of a businessman and his family as mounting scandals reakwaken lingering hatreds and induce new crimes. This surviving fragment features three sequences from the original film, including its denouement.