Movies: Daiichi Eiga

  • 1936
    Sisters of the Gion

    Sisters of the Gion (1936)

    Sisters of the Gion

    7.21936HD

    Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a ...

    Sisters of the Gion
  • 1936
    Osaka Elegy

    Osaka Elegy (1936)

    Osaka Elegy

    6.71936HD

    Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement....

    Osaka Elegy
  • 1935
    The Downfall of Osen

    The Downfall of Osen (1935)

    The Downfall of Osen

    7.51935HD

    In Tokyo, Osen is the servant girl of an unscrupulous antiques dealer, Kumazawa, who takes in the penniless Sokichi Hata. Kumazawa mistreats Sokichi and Osen, while swindling some Buddhist monks out of their temple treasures. When Kumazawa is arreste...

    The Downfall of Osen
  • 1935
    Oyuki the Virgin

    Oyuki the Virgin (1935)

    Oyuki the Virgin

    5.31935HD

    When a civil war threatens to break out, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. During the long journey, the socially inferior women prove to be morally superior to their betters....

    Oyuki the Virgin
  • 1935
    Poppy

    Poppy (1935)

    Poppy

    6.11935HD

    Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to Munechika, a rising young diplomat. She has promised him a gold watch, a ...

    Poppy
  • 1935
    Miss Okichi

    Miss Okichi (1935)

    Miss Okichi

    61935HD

    Kenji Mizoguchi is credited as “supervisor” on this rare Japanese genre film, which stars the stunning Isuzu Yamada (Osaka Elegy, Throne of Blood) as a professional criminal, part con woman and part martial artist, who falls in love with a young man ...

    Miss Okichi
  • 1935
    The Comb of Oroku

    The Comb of Oroku (1935)

    The Comb of Oroku

    01935HD

    Once a wealthy local land owner, Toranosuke has long since fallen on hard times. Social ostracism befalls those who neglect communal duties and Toranosuke's life goes down hill by being exiled from the village. The story evolves around brother and si...

    The Comb of Oroku