Eiji Takagi
Acting
Known For
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
Oda Nobunaga
A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in Taishō-era Japan, The nostalgic scenes of 1920s Tokyo provides a valuable visual experience set against the background of the title song, "Tokyo March." (Sadly, less than a half hour of the footage has been recovered and restored.)
Tokyo March
Shizuko hesitates between two suitors. While the one she marries commits suicide following a scandal, the other refuses to marry out of love for her. Considered a lost film.
Jihishincho
No description available.
Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen
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Gion Shigure
Lost film, directed by Tomu Uchida. This film is a very funny comedy that makes fun of the moral code of the samurai Bushido, which has become obsolete and turned into an empty form during the period of feudalism.
The Revenge Champion
A man rises in society by cheating, but the institutions in turn take their revenge.
A Living Puppet
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Theater of Life: Youth Version
A Japanese silent film
Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One
Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there studying. Now, he is supposed to marry Mitsuko, the daughter of his adoptive father, to whom Teruo has long been promised. But Teruo, who has gotten to know the freedoms of the western world, would rather marry the woman he loves and behaves brusquely to Mitsuko.
The Daughter of the Samurai
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Daichi wa hohoemu daisanpen
A young woman seduced by a rich man, takes revenge on him with the help of a young idealistic worker. Considered a lost film.
Metropolitan Symphony
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Matenro sôtohen
Yamanaka Sadao's fourth feature film. The Life of Bangaku
Bangaku no issho
1938 Theater of Life adaptation.
Jinsei Gekijo: Zankyaku hen
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Daichi wa hohoemu dainihen
Chiezo Kataoka plays a cowardly samurai, whose honor is on the line when it becomes necessary to avenge the murder of his father. The culminating duel takes place on a night of fireworks.
Fireworks
Silent Japanese film.
Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-nihen
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The Woman and the Pirate
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