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Melodrama about the life of an unfortunate composer of the Meiji era, Rentaro Taki, who became known only after his death.

A Japanese film

Nezumi, Jack the Mouse is a Japanese urban legend. His passion for money drives a cynical, duplicitous coffin maker to take on Nezumi’s mantle....

A recording of a play based on a quarrel in the late Edo period of Japan. Recorded in May 2012.

1966 Japanese movie

The story of a beautiful model from the flesh-pots of Tokyo.

An early Japanese film

A western occupation propaganda film in which a boy repairs a western style doll that comes to life and uses a magic pen to rebuild his bleak and war...

A city boy moves to the countryside and the kids there pick on him.

Silent comedic short by Mikio Naruse

Film about Ghost-Cat.

The play is based on a real event that happened in Osaka in 1703. It tells the story of a forbidden love between a clerk Tokubei and a famous...

A conversation about Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu and his working methods between child-actor and sound technician Kojiro Suematsu, assistant...

1962 Japanese movie

Film about Ghost-Cat.