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Keiji Matsuzaki

Production

Known For

Sanshiro Sugata
6.5

A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshirō matures, he proves judo’s spirit against old-guard challengers—including a deadly duel—while falling for his vanquished opponent’s daughter. Based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo.

Sanshiro Sugata

1943
No Regrets for Our Youth
6.9

After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.

No Regrets for Our Youth

1946
Lady From Hell
9.0

Three and a half years after Japan was bombed, the tax authorities organized the T-Men. Nango is in love with a girl called Mibu, and the two are against the T-Men organization. Mibu whats to kill all of the T-Men one-by-one.

Lady From Hell

1949
Those Who Make Tomorrow
10.0

In postwar Japan, two sisters—a film studio script girl and a revue dancer—become swept up in the growing labor movement when workers around them strike for better conditions. As their conservative father opposes their activism, his own dismissal forces him to confront the realities of class struggle and join their fight for a fairer future. Now considered a lost film, Those Who Make Tomorrow was produced by Toho to promote unionization during Japan’s Allied Occupation.

Those Who Make Tomorrow

1946
Currents of Youth
9.0

It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the latter man's daughter (Setsuko Hara) who is both beautiful and aggressive. Yet, he picks a woman who is less assertive as his bride.

Currents of Youth

1942
Actress
7.0

During the late Meiji period, at the beginning of the twentieth century, Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu, a scholar who brought European realism to the Japanese stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society.

Actress

1947
Four Love Stories
6.2

Omnibus of love stories from 1947 directed by famous directors, featuring big stars.

Four Love Stories

1947
Shanghai Moon
8.0

It is presumed to be a lost film.

Shanghai Moon

1941
Fighting Soldiers
7.0

Documentary of an Imperial Japanese Army regiment's advance from Shanghai to Wuhan in 1938. This film was shelved before submission to Home Ministry censors amid rumors that Fumio was a Communist.

Fighting Soldiers

1939
Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô
7.0

Based on the comic by Yutaka Asou

Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô

1934
Nanking
N/A

Propaganda documentary about the fall of Nanking. Considered for a long time as a lost film, it was discovered in Beijing, China, in the year 1995.

Nanking

1938
Tipsy Life
10.0

In 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams.

Tipsy Life

1933
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N/A

A record of the people and culture of Beijing

Peking

1938
Yamamoto Senji Watanabe Masanosuke Worker-Farmer Funeral
N/A

After his Tokyo farewell ceremony, Yamamoto's ashes were sent to Kyoto on March 9. Many friends and citizens gathered at his home in Uji. On the 15th a worker-farmer funeral was held at the Sanjo YMCA. Prokino's Kyoto Branch shot these five days of activities. The long line of cars is filled with taxis, whose drivers deeply admired Yamamoto. The Watanabe in the title refers to the head of the Communist Party of Japan. Watanabe was returning to Japan from Taiwan when he was stopped by authorities. He committed suicide in their custody. Yamamoto and Watanabe were mourned together.

Yamamoto Senji Watanabe Masanosuke Worker-Farmer Funeral

1929
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8.0

1933 film directed for PCL by Sotoji Kimura

Youth Across the River

1933