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While attending college in Washington, D.C., Yuki Onda, the daughter of a Japanese samurai, meets and falls in love with Pierre Le Beau, a diplomatic attaché. At the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, Pierre is sent to Japan as attaché to the Australian ambassador. When Yuki's father discovers his daughter's romance with a foreigner, he becomes enraged and betroths her to Prince Hagane for political reasons.
A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
The doomed love story between a young courtesan and a samurai, in Kyoto.
First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor...
This is the story of a samurai who falls on hard times due to misunderstandings and follows the plots of his enemies.
A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke
Yano is a small delivery boy for his uncle, who keeps a curio shop in Chinatown. His loves are Tama, his sweetheart, and Bengi, his dog. Bengi is seized by dog catchers, but is rescued by Letty Stanford, for which Yano promises his fealty. Later Letty is kidnapped by Germans because of her war activities, and it is Yano who goes to her rescue and gets her free in spite of his diminutive size. The Little Japanese has paid his debt.
Japanese war film.