The Daughter of the Samurai

The Daughter of the Samurai 1937

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Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there studying. Now, he is supposed to marry Mitsuko, the daughter of his adoptive father, to whom Teruo has long been promised. But Teruo, who has gotten to know the freedoms of the western world, would rather marry the woman he loves and behaves brusquely to Mitsuko.

1937

Kaguya Hime

Kaguya Hime 1935

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Toho's production of the classic Japanese fairytale.

1935

Movie Making in Japan: A Screen Snap-shot

Movie Making in Japan: A Screen Snap-shot 1935

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This fragmentary documentary was prepared at the request of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by Yoshio Osawa of the J.O. Studios in Kyoto, Japan, to illustrate current progress in Japanese sound picture technique. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

1935

Yoru no hato

Yoru no hato 1937

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Okiyo runs a restaurant in Asakusa. She struggles with the times and the relationships around her.

1937