Shochiku Kinema (Kamata) Studio Details

Crying to the Blue Sky 1932

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

First Steps Ashore 1932

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Early Japanese sound film, a remake of Josef von Sternberg’s DOCKS OF NEW YORK set in Yokohama.

Love and Power 1930

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

Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen 1936

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Kenji and Chuko travel to Hokkaido as migrant workers and enlist as miners under the strict leadership of Guzuyasu. On the boat journey to Hokkaido, Kenji attracts Ohama, who is travelling to Hokkaido to open a bar. When Kenji visits the bar, he chases away a sailor who was hassling a shy girl, Ofuji, which makes Ohama jealous.

Sôbô 1933

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

Aa mujô - Dai ippen: Hôrô no maki 1923

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The Loyal 47 Ronin 1932

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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 feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As the first sound version of the classic narrative, the film was something of an event, and employed a stellar cast, who give a roster of memorable performances. Director Teinosuke Kinugasa was primarily a specialist in jidai-geki (period films), such as the internationally celebrated Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1953), and although he is now most famous as the maker of the avant-garde silent films A Page of Madness (Kurutta ichipeji, 1926) and Crossroads (Jujiro, 1928), Chushingura is in fact more typical of his output than those experimental works. The film ranked third in that year’s Kinema Junpo critics’ poll, and Joseph Anderson and Donald Richie noted that 'not only the sound but the quick cutting was admired by many critics.

Umi no yôbigôe 1922

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A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo 1933

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

Honoo no sora 1927

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Early feature film by Hiroshi Shimizu.

The Life of Workers in the Big City 1929

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The Layabout and Seabathing 1933

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The seventh film in the popular series starring the Yotamono trio (Mitsui, Abe and Isono). Summer came and the three of them decided to open a store on the beach to get rich...