Category Silent Movie

1900s, 1920s, 1930s, Buddhism, Cinema, College, Domestic drama, Drama, Japan, Japanese Cinema, Meiji, Politics, Poverty, Silent Film, Silent Movie, Social justice, Students, Taisho, Tragedy, Violence, Yakuza

Theater of Life: Youth Version [Fragment] (Jinsei gekijō – Seishun hen, 人生劇場・青春篇),1936

A young Japanese man in traditional clothing from the early 20th Century, sitting in a semi-darkened room, his head bowed in grief

Production Company Nikkatsu (Tamagawa) Scenarists Yagi Yasutarō (adaptation); Kameya Gentoku (screenplay) Source Ozaki Shirō (novel) Cinematographer Yokota Tatsuyuki Performers (Note: actors credited in the cast list but who don’t appear in the extant version are noted with an asterisk.) Kosugi…

RebelJack
July 30, 2023

1920s, College, Comedy, Japan, Japanese Cinema, Silent Film, Silent Movie, Slapstick, Sports, Students, Uncategorized

The Rowing King [Fragment] (Sōtei-ō, 漕艇王), 1927

Other titles: The King of Rowing, Rowing King (alternate English titles) Production Company Nikkatsu Scenarist Yano Yoshiaki Source Yano Yoshiaki (story) Cinematography Kiga Yasugō Performers Hirose Tsunemi (Mochizuki Eiichi, the Rowing King); Natsukawa Shizue (Mitsuko, the Rector’s niece); Kanbe Hikaru…

RebelJack
May 10, 2022

1930s, Capitalism, Cinema, Comedy, Depression, Japan, Satire, Silent Film, Silent Movie, Slapstick, Uncategorized

Return to Heaven [Fragment] (Tengoku sono higaeri, 天国其日帰り), 1930

A 20th Century Japanese man in a bus driver's uniform looks up at somthing in a state of shock

Alternative titles: Heaven Day Return, Heaven Day Trip (literal English titles) Production Company Nikkatsu Uzumasa (Taiso) Scenarist Kobayashi Masashi Cinematographer Matsuzawa Matao Performers Tamura Kunio (Asahina Takuhachi, a bus driver); Sakuma Taeko (Kawai Kimiko); Mine Ginko (Kinoshita Akako); Miake Bontarō…

RebelJack
March 16, 2022

1930s, Capitalism, Cinema, Depression, Domestic drama, Drama, Japan, Silent Film, Silent Movie, Uncategorized

Crown of Life (Seimei no kanmuri, 生命の冠), 1936

Two modern Japanese women, a young girl and a middle-aged housewife, in traditional dress looking solemnly at someone beyond camera range

The Crown of Life (alternate English title) Production Company Nikkatsu Tamagawa (Chōfu) Scenarist Yagi Yasutarō Source Yamamoto Yūzō (play) Cinematographer Yokota Tatsuyuki Performers Oka Jōji (Arimura Kotarō); Takihana Hisako (Masako, his wife); Izome Shirō (Kinjirō, his younger brother); Hara Setsuko…

RebelJack
January 30, 2022

1920s, Cinema, Japan, Satire, Silent Movie, Uncategorized

Sweat (Kigeki: Ase, 喜劇・汗), 1929

A Japanese man in ragged clothes sits in the middle of a roadway, facing the camera

Other Titles: Perspiration (alternative English title); Comedy: Sweat (literal English title) Production Company Nikkatsu Uzumasa (Kyoto) Scenarist Kobayashi Masashi Cinematographer Matsuzawa Matao Set Decorator Ikeda Enjiro Performers Shima Kōji (Kitayama Heizaemon, a wealthy heir); Yoshii Yasushi (Gembei); Takihana Hisako (Oshizu);…

RebelJack
August 29, 2021
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Cinema, Cities, Communists, Japan, Police, Silent Movie, Tokyo, Uncategorized

Police Officer (Keisatsukan, 警察官), 1933

Other titles: Policeman, Police (alternate English titles); Policial (alternate Portuguese title) Production Company Shinkō Distributor Asakusa Denkikan Scenarist Yamauchi Eizo Source Takeda Toshihiko, Ōmori Bank Robbery (play) Cinematographer Aisaka Sōichi Art Director Mizutani Hiroshi Performers Nakano Eiji (Tomioka Tetsuo); Kosugi…