Tatsuo Saitō Movies

A widow works as an insurance seller to raise her three children

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

That Night's Woman

The poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head. With him, the novelist who is always in trouble...

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2

Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.

Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.

A young couple flee their disapproving parents, get lost of Mt. Akagi and find a cache of gold protected by the ghost of a gangster.

In a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their studies and find jobs. Considered a lost film.

A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.

A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner. However his colleagues immediately start...

This pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife and Mine typify both the formal experimentation of...

A young couple jump into the sea as part of a suicide pact. The man is rescued and subsequently discovers that his lover is also alive and working in...

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.

1945 Japanese movie

Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy. However, his father wants him to continue in the...

A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.