Movies: Roppa Furukawa

Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut....

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1948 adaptation of Golden Devil...

Japanese comedy film....

1950 Japanese movie...

1951 Japanese movie. The characters of Mito Kōmon and Yaji and Kita are brought together...

Hide-chan (Hideko Takamine) and her family are on a trip to Tokyo. While visiting a fairground, a pickpocket (Kamatari Furukawa) steals the father's wallet. While everyone is trying to hunt down the thief, Hide-chan decides to make the most of it and...

An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket that could be delivered to the front in order to entertain and amuse the national troops. Inside this rocket would be tiny performers. Once launched f...

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The film generally regarded as Japan’s first true musical was also the first film made entirely in-house by the pioneering studio P.C.L., a company founded specifically to take advantage of emergent sound technology. P.C.L. worked in collaboration wi...

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives....

Fourth installment in the "Achako's Notebook of Youth" series....

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel....

Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her dancing begins training with the Onnagata Kikugoro VI as a dancer. She leaves her geisha life to pursue this new path, but falls in love with a naval offic...

A new third-class president wins an appointment thanks to his marriage with the former president's daughter....

The main focus is on the 5 member band of a small circus as it runs into problems while touring rural Japan. It also pays lots of attention to the two daughters of the aging and irascible ringmaster-circus owner. The high points are the sound (and sc...

The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements....

Japanese comedy film....

Japanese musical....

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan....