Matsutarō Kawaguchi Movies

The tragedy of the geiko girl Ume and the men who try to pursue her.

A story of a servant girl whose life is upturned by her doomed love for a spineless young man.

A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doctor (Sano) who treats her...

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new...

Kenji Mizoguchi is credited as “supervisor” on this rare Japanese genre film, which stars the stunning Isuzu Yamada (Osaka Elegy, Throne...

Based on Kōda Rohan's novella The Five-Storied Pagoda.

1948 Japanese movie

Brings Shingo face to face against Yagyu Tajima, the Shogun’s fencing instructor in a match that could save a domain near Osaka. ...

A story of aristocratic star-crossed love.

A lost film directed by Ushihara Kiyohiko based on a story published in the Mainichi Sunday Newspaper entitled '恋女扇.' It stars a...

In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city.

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

Drama about a couple and how they found themselves related with music, their egos and each other.

A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catches the eye of a businessman while working at a...

A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.

Two sisters, Kyoko and Hisako, run a restaurant in Kyoto. But an incident with the latter's fiancé puts their relationship, and the future of...