Kaichi Yamamoto
1877 - 1939Byakuya no kyoen
Masahiro Makino
Chiezō Kataoka, Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
In old Edo, Kakunojo (Chiezo), a dandy about town, falls in love with Oichi (Isuzu Yamada), whose merchant family is much beyond Kakunojo's status. He nevertheless pursues her until her initial disgust breaks down into fondness, then romantic feelings, inducing her to abandon her fiance on their wedding day.
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
続水戸黄門
Tomiyasu Ikeda
Kaichi Yamamoto, Gorō Kawabe
The earliest existing version (incomplete) of Mito Komon history. It was one of the most famous (and most filmed) Jidaigeki stories. Lord Mito is the sage who wanders the countryside rectifying government corruption along with his faithful attendants Suke-san and Kaku-san.
Zoku Mito Kōmon
建国史 尊王攘夷
Tomiyasu Ikeda
Denjirō Ōkōchi, Tamitaro Onoe
For nearly 300 years, Japan had been hermetically sealed to the outside world. When, in that pivotal year of 1854, the American Admiral Perry took the direct approach that the Dutch had been unwilling to take, the ruling Shogun knew that the dynasty was over. As the shogun began to open up to the outside world, the Sonno Joi movement called for this to be reversed...
Sonno Joi
愛に甦る日
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kaichi Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Mori
An old potter despairs of having only two daughters and no son, hoping his apprentice will one day bring him an heir. The apprentice meets the eldest daughter but is disgusted by her. He decides to marry the younger daughter, who is in love with another man.
The Day Love Came Back
唐人お吉
Kenji Mizoguchi
Yōko Umemura, Reiji Ichiki
Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been published on DVD coupled with The Downfall of Osen (1935) by Digital MEME in 2007.
Mistress of a Foreigner