Cast: Matsuko Miho

Synopsis This tremendously stylish gangster film, about the love-hate relationship between a cop and a criminal who were childhood friends is Uchida’s finest surviving silent film. Its taut, terse style demonstrates a Western influence typical of Japan’s late silent cinema, and...

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Kanashiki kare

1928 · Movie · Japan

Drama Silent Film

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Kyoji Sugi · Hiroshi Tsumura · Shizuko Tsuga · Ranko Mizutani

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Shuzen Temple Riding Ground

1922 · Movie · Japan

Drama Samurai Silent Film

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Komei Minami · Tsukie Matsuura · Shinpei Takagi · Tôroku Makino

Synopsis A samurai named Denpachiro murders a fellow samurai after he loses a mock duel to him. Unable to shake the memory of his ill deed, he realizes that people will come seeking for him to avenge the man he killed.

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Katsujinken: Araki Mataemon

1935 · Movie · Japan

Drama Silent Film

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Shinobu Araki · Kanjuro Arashi · Kitsuemon Arashi · Seizaburô Kawazu

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The Street of Ronin Story 3

1929 · Movie · Japan

Drama Action Samurai Feudal Japan Silent Film

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Kunitaro Sawamura · Shinobu Araki · Tomoko Makino · Toichiro Negishi

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The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen

1938 · Movie · 73 min. · Japan

Horror Feudal Japan

Direction Kiyohiko Ushihara

Cast Tokusaburo Arashi · Shinpachiro Asaka · Yaeko Asano · Yuriko Asano

Synopsis Sumiko Suzuki plays Mitsue, the possessive onna-kabuki actress betrothed to apprentice shamisen player Seijiro. One day Okiyo, a beautiful young girl of samurai class, is led to Seijiro’s house by his lost cat Kuro, and becomes besotted with him. Dark...

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