Shin'ichi Akita
Acting
Known For
A hard-working new employee at a trading company is promoted through the company president's business. However, he quarrels with his wife over something trivial, and her wife runs away from home, causing a fuss, but she returns to normal. Selected by Kinema Junpo as the 5th-best Japanese movie of 1926.
Useless Button
Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female screenwriter in Japan.
Young Master
Early Japanese silent film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.
Townspeople
The Seediq tribe (Takasago in Japanese) of Taiwan is famous for its head-hunting rituals. A Chinese dignitary from Fujian, Wu Fong (1699-1766), tries to persuade the tribe to cease the rituals.
The Story of Wu Fong / Gijin Goho
Japanese film from 1925.
The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple
Japanese silent film from 1926, directed by Heinosuke Gosho and featuring Kinuyo Tanaka.