Chiyoko Ôkura Movies

Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.

Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Fujio is beautiful,...

The tale of Nakayama Yasubei’s duel is famous, even if he in reality probably did not cut down 18 opponents. The story has been related in...

Yamanaka Sadao's fourth feature film. The Life of Bangaku

A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief

Forty-seven Ronin of the Ako clan are waiting for the right moment to avenge the insult and death of their master. The film tells the story of one of...

Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly honourable side of himself, and maybe some form...

A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief

There is an inn named Asano Ya in the port town, and a beautiful woman works there. Every year, during a local festival, travelling artists and...

Japan's first feature film directed by a female. The film was about the naïve, premature emotions between a young geisha-to-be and a youth...