Atsushi Watanabe Movies

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a...

Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

Kotaro Shimoyama, once a government official, loses his job and separates from his wife, Sachie. He now resides with his daughter, Haruko. By chance,...

Original work by Hyakken Uchida.

Japanese silent film from 1930 with an acclaimed performance by Sumiko Kurishima.

Japanese silent film from 1928.

Japanese comedy film.

A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of...

This happened at a post station on the Shinshu road. Takizo Hoshigoe, a wanted man who has been missing since breaking through the Oto checkpoint,...

A feature-length work based on Kan Kikuchi’s newspaper novel, adapted for the screen by Kōgo Noda. With performances by stars such as...

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Because of her husband’s suicide, a young widow finds herself suddenly cast into a life of solitude, with only her beloved child in her arms....

Japanese silent film from 1929.