Taisho Movies
- 2023
Revolver LILY
Revolver LILY6.62023HD
In 1924 Yuri killed 57 people as a spy before going underground as the madam of a small brothel. There, she encounters an orphan whose family was...
- 2005
Spring Snow
Spring Snow42005HD
Based on the first novel, Spring Snow, of Mishima Yukio's Sea of Fertility tetralogy, it follows the troubled and illicit affair between two...
- 2010
The Fallen Angel
The Fallen Angel6.52010HD
The story of a young man who has felt since childhood utterly alien from others around him. Since that time he has learned to put on a face to hide...
- 1960
Her Brother
Her Brother6.91960HD
Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between...
- 1999
One Summer's Day
One Summer's Day01999HD
Veteran filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi rounds out the second of his two trilogies about his hometown of Onomichi with this film about the budding...
- 1987
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl61987HD
Benio, a peppy tomboy, is surprised to learn that she has been secretly betrothed by her grandfather to a young officer named Shinobu Ijuin. Because...
- 2023
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
Father of the Milky Way Railroad62023HD
Kenji, the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy moneylender, refuses to work in the family business and becomes obsessed with farming, jewelry and...
- 1991
Yumeji
Yumeji6.41991HD
Following the life of Japanese artist and poet Yumeji Takehisa through the imagining of an encounter with a beautiful widow with a dark past.
- 1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
A Wanderer's Notebook7.21962HD
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...
- 1948
The Grand Master
The Grand Master01948HD
Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of...
- 2019
Talking the Pictures
Talking the Pictures7.32019HD
Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a...
- 2006
The Ode to Joy
The Ode to Joy4.52006HD
Based on the true story of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I. It depicts the friendship of the German POWs with the director of the...
- 2023
September 1923
September 19236.3132023HD
Based on the murder of nine street peddlers in the aftermath of the Great Kanto earthquake.
- 1933
The Dancing Girl of Izu
The Dancing Girl of Izu6.51933HD
"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...
- 1974
The Izu Dancer
The Izu Dancer81974HD
While vacationing in the Izu peninsula, a high school student Kawashima becomes intrigued by Kaoru, a pretty young dancer in a troupe of travelling...
- 1969
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin01969HD
Japanese crime film
- 2021
Angry Rice Wives
Angry Rice Wives3.52021HD
In August, 1918, Matsuura Ito lives in a coastal village of Toyama with her husband and three children. During the summer, there wasn't much fish to...
- 1962
The King
The King01962HD
The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional...
- 1937
The Lights of Asakusa
The Lights of Asakusa5.61937HD
Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience....
- 1954
Dancing Girls of Izu
Dancing Girls of Izu01954HD
A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their first love that is very touching and sorrowful. An...