Tatsuo Saitō Movies

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big...

Hisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.

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...

Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with...

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2

Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.

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...

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil

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 man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.

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

Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew,...

Shochiku melodrama about the loves of the humble people living in the poor tenament called the Ryuheiso.

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithful wife.

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...

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run...

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.