Yo Shiomi Movies

A jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.

A woman falls in love with her sister's fiancé.

Soemon, the master of Gidayū-style madcap performances, has gathered the entire tenement block again tonight and is tormenting everyone with his...

Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from the streets by a kindly Japanese...

1952 Japanese movie

Based on the story "Phantom Castle" by Hitomi Takagaki.

A moving episode in which a war criminal in the Philippines, having faced death, pleads earnestly while trembling with fear.

Japanese crime film.

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal old retainer Hikoza (comedian Roppa, playing...

A biographical film chronicling the life of composer Setoguchi Tōkichi (1868-1941) from his early days as a clarinetist in the Imperial Japanese...