Kenichi Miyajima Movies

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The...

Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.

In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his job.

Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's...

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...

Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.

A Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Yagibashis and the far less prosperous...

The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star.

A dead lover returns as a ghost

1961 Theater of Life adaptation.

A comedy directed by Koji Shima about a men's game. Reckless and exciting, definitely worth watching! Miyoshi Oki was born in Hokkaido and grew up...

Kato's splendid mustache is an obstacle when it comes to finding a job. However, he gets a job as a security guard at a construction site. The...

This is a classic Japanese Ghost Story.

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...

A bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on her aunt to become a maid, and willingly aspires...