Tamizo Ishida
Directing
Known For
The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times.
Military Song of the Morning Mist
Set against the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion, two Osaka families navigate the radical social shifts of the early Meiji Era. As the merchant class ascends to economic prominence, the former samurai class faces a steady decline in status and traditional structure.
Old Songs
Based on "Heaven and Maiko", a short story from the book "Chiisaki Hanabana" by Yoshiya Nobuko, it is the story of two girls of different family backgrounds in Osaka.
Flower Picking Diary
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Sagohei the Three-footer
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Keshô yuki
Following Flower Picking Diary (1939), Tamizo directed another film starring Hideko Takamine, based on a story by Nobuko Yoshiya. Takamine plays a poor young girl, trying to become a teacher on her quest to become independent to be able to look after her younger brother. But then tragedy strikes...
Bellflower
The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows of women in a geisha house in Kyoto by recounting the relationships of its inhabitants.
Fallen Blossoms
Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger sister of Jirokichi, a city firefighter from the Ha-gumi group, from a samurai who is trying to kidnap her. Oshimo has feelings for Kichigoro. At this moment, a fire warning bell sounds in the city...
The Fighting Firemen
Okiyo runs a restaurant in Asakusa. She struggles with the times and the relationships around her.
Yoru no hato
A man attacks the shogun, but does not succeed in his assassination attempt. He flees to the mountains and hides in a shed. There he finds an old man and a girl. The latter is the daughter of Shogun's former wife and also has revenge on her mind. The former is also connected to the castle. Separately a girl lives at the shogun's castle and believes in god.
The Woman Aiming for the Shogun
Adaptation of the story “Peony Lantern” from 1928.