Movies: Toho Eiga Co Ltd

  • 1943
    Sanshiro Sugata

    Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

    Sanshiro Sugata

    6.51943HD

    The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka....

    Sanshiro Sugata
  • 1942
    Wings of Victory

    Wings of Victory (1942)

    Wings of Victory

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    Wings of Victory
  • 1939
    Song of the White Orchid

    Song of the White Orchid (1939)

    Song of the White Orchid

    01939HD

    Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region of Manchuria, and the first film in the Kazuo Hasegawa/Shirley Yamaguchi (Ri Koran) “Continental Trilogy.” Handsome Hasegawa (representing ...

    Song of the White Orchid
  • 1942
    Green Earth

    Green Earth (1942)

    Green Earth

    01942HD

    Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many Japanese engineers also move to China, with their families, for the company in order to construct a cana...

    Green Earth
  • 1939
    The Whole Family Works

    The Whole Family Works (1939)

    The Whole Family Works

    6.21939HD

    Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are encouraged by both parents to hold down menial jobs and contribute to the family expenses....

    The Whole Family Works
  • 1943
    The Song Lantern

    The Song Lantern (1943)

    The Song Lantern

    6.81943HD

    A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him, leading the once promising actor to a life on the streets. But his desire to win back the respect of his f...

    The Song Lantern
  • 1940
    Travelling Actors

    Travelling Actors (1940)

    Travelling Actors

    6.11940HD

    This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan....

    Travelling Actors
  • 1942
    Currents of Youth

    Currents of Youth (1942)

    Currents of Youth

    01942HD

    It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the latter man's daughter (Setsuko Hara) who is both beautiful and aggressive. Yet, he picks a woman who is ...

    Currents of Youth
  • 1938
    The Abe Clan

    The Abe Clan (1938)

    The Abe Clan

    01938HD

    “19 vassals of Lord Hosokawa ask permission to commit harakiri with him, as a demonstration of their loyalty. Only Yaichiemon Abe is refused permission, forced instead into the vassalage of his lord’s successor. Humiliated and derided, Yaichiemon eve...

    The Abe Clan
  • 1939
    The Day Before

    The Day Before (1939)

    The Day Before

    01939HD

    A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of violence, is reduced to apathy or victimhood....

    The Day Before
  • 1941
    Life Begins at 61

    Life Begins at 61 (1941)

    Life Begins at 61

    01941HD

    Japanese war-era film...

    Life Begins at 61
  • 1939
    Shanghai Landing Party

    Shanghai Landing Party (1939)

    Shanghai Landing Party

    51939HD

    This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a documentary mode. In the film story, Japan's marine regiment protects Japanese residents and Chinese refugee...

    Shanghai Landing Party
  • 1941
    Kodakara fūfu

    Kodakara fūfu (1941)

    Kodakara fūfu

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    Kodakara fūfu
  • 1940
    Navy Bomb Squadron

    Navy Bomb Squadron (1940)

    Navy Bomb Squadron

    01940HD

    Japanese propaganda film...

    Navy Bomb Squadron
  • 1940
    The Monkey King

    The Monkey King (1940)

    The Monkey King

    01940HD

    A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection. As Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku (Kenich...

    The Monkey King
  • 1941
    Horse

    Horse (1941)

    Horse

    5.81941HD

    Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the government orders it auctioned and sold to the army. Ine struggles to prevent the sale....

    Horse
  • 1940
    Keshô yuki

    Keshô yuki (1940)

    Keshô yuki

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    Keshô yuki
  • 1942
    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (1942)

    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

    01942HD

    Japanese Navy air cadets train for the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the HMS Prince of Wales....

    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
  • 1942
    Sky of Hope

    Sky of Hope (1942)

    Sky of Hope

    01942HD

    What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy in 1942....

    Sky of Hope
  • 1940
    Harmonica Boy

    Harmonica Boy (1940)

    Harmonica Boy

    01940HD

    The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his own way....

    Harmonica Boy