Movies: Reikō Tani

  • 1942
    There Was a Father

    There Was a Father (1942)

    There Was a Father

    3.71942HD

    Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects....

    There Was a Father
  • 1934
    A Story of Floating Weeds

    A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)

    A Story of Floating Weeds

    3.71934HD

    An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all....

    A Story of Floating Weeds
  • 1934
    Street Without End

    Street Without End (1934)

    Street Without End

    3.61934HD

    Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some intrigued movie talent scouts, ends up taking a suffocatingly domestic turn after a wealthy businessman ac...

    Street Without End
  • 1936
    Mr. Thank You

    Mr. Thank You (1936)

    Mr. Thank You

    3.81936HD

    In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo....

    Mr. Thank You
  • 1933
    Dragnet Girl

    Dragnet Girl (1933)

    Dragnet Girl

    3.61933HD

    A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him....

    Dragnet Girl
  • 1941
    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    3.71941HD

    After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to move in with one of the former's children, each of whom is scarcely happy to accommodate....

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
  • 1931
    Tokyo Chorus

    Tokyo Chorus (1931)

    Tokyo Chorus

    3.61931HD

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

    Tokyo Chorus
  • 1933
    A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo

    A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo (1933)

    A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo

    0.31933HD

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

    A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo
  • 1937
    Children in the Wind

    Children in the Wind (1937)

    Children in the Wind

    4.11937HD

    On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement....

    Children in the Wind
  • 1931
    The Strength of a Moustache

    The Strength of a Moustache (1931)

    The Strength of a Moustache

    0.31931HD

    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 president of the construction company tries to grow a mustache like Kato's and, failing, orders Kato to sha...

    The Strength of a Moustache
  • 1933
    Every-Night Dreams

    Every-Night Dreams (1933)

    Every-Night Dreams

    3.91933HD

    In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and walked out on her years earlier....

    Every-Night Dreams
  • 1956
    Twice on a Certain Night

    Twice on a Certain Night (1956)

    Twice on a Certain Night

    0.31956HD

    Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to notice the terrible sacrifices made by his wife when she accepts a job at a local inn....

    Twice on a Certain Night
  • 1933
    The Dancing Girl of Izu

    The Dancing Girl of Izu (1933)

    The Dancing Girl of Izu

    3.51933HD

    "The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets there, including their youngest girl. The student finds the naïve girl attractive even though he eve...

    The Dancing Girl of Izu
  • 1933
    Passing Fancy

    Passing Fancy (1933)

    Passing Fancy

    3.61933HD

    In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take her in....

    Passing Fancy
  • 1935
    Burden of Life

    Burden of Life (1935)

    Burden of Life

    3.51935HD

    Family drama. A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted. (British Film Institute)...

    Burden of Life
  • 1937
    Lady Doctor Kinuyo

    Lady Doctor Kinuyo (1937)

    Lady Doctor Kinuyo

    2.61937HD

    Kinuyo is a daughter of doctor of Chinese medicine, and Yasuo is a son of surgeon. Their families always fight like cat and dog. This relationship is ancestral. Although Kinuyo and Yasuo love each other, they have different thoughts toward treatments...

    Lady Doctor Kinuyo
  • 1937
    Don't Tell Your Wife About It

    Don't Tell Your Wife About It (1937)

    Don't Tell Your Wife About It

    3.31937HD

    A Japanese screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes: two timid men, egged on by their wives, end up in a bitter duel over an expensive lace handkerchief....

    Don't Tell Your Wife About It
  • 1933
    The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

    The Bride Talks in Her Sleep (1933)

    The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

    0.31933HD

    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 early Japanese sound cinema and the social milieux that Shochiku tended to depict. 'Virtually plotless, ...

    The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
  • 1936
    The New Road: Akemi

    The New Road: Akemi (1936)

    The New Road: Akemi

    3.81936HD

    The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. This part is told from the perspective of Akemi....

    The New Road: Akemi
  • 1937
    Song of the Flower Basket

    Song of the Flower Basket (1937)

    Song of the Flower Basket

    0.31937HD

    Three men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the Shitamachi district of Tokyo....

    Song of the Flower Basket