Acting
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Jidaigeki film, only a fragment remains of the original film.
In the early 18th-century, Lord Takuminokami Asano, feuding with Lord Kira, tries to kill his opponent in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Asano to seppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Kira. Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the Lord's dishonour. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi seeks to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses, and Oishi and 46 rōnin are out for revenge.
The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.
A Japanese silent drama about two farmers
A lost film by Masahiro Makino
The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.
A small town boy dreams of being a famous fiddler; Meanwhile, two convicts escape from prison and hide in the woods.
1929 Japanese movie
short film about Banchō Sarayashiki.