Movies: Toho Eiga Co Ltd

  • 1943
    Sanshiro Sugata

    Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

    Sanshiro Sugata

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    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

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    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
  • 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
  • 1943
    Suicide Troops of the Watchtower

    Suicide Troops of the Watchtower (1943)

    Suicide Troops of the Watchtower

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    Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by "bandits."...

    Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
  • 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
  • 1938
    Composition Class

    Composition Class (1938)

    Composition Class

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    Based on an autobiographical story by Toyota Masako....

    Composition Class
  • 1942
    Sky of Hope

    Sky of Hope (1942)

    Sky of Hope

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    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
  • 1941
    Life Begins at 61

    Life Begins at 61 (1941)

    Life Begins at 61

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    Japanese war-era film...

    Life Begins at 61
  • 1939
    The Day Before

    The Day Before (1939)

    The Day Before

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    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
  • 1939
    The Whole Family Works

    The Whole Family Works (1939)

    The Whole Family Works

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    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
  • 1939
    Shanghai Landing Party

    Shanghai Landing Party (1939)

    Shanghai Landing Party

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    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
    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
  • 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

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    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
  • 1938
    The Giant

    The Giant (1938)

    The Giant

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    Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be ...

    The Giant
  • 1942
    Onna keizu

    Onna keizu (1942)

    Onna keizu

    01942HD

    1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel....

    Onna keizu
  • 1941
    The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

    The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday (1941)

    The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

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    The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
  • 1940
    Navy Bomb Squadron

    Navy Bomb Squadron (1940)

    Navy Bomb Squadron

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    Japanese propaganda film...

    Navy Bomb Squadron
  • 1942
    Green Earth

    Green Earth (1942)

    Green Earth

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    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
  • 1938
    Fallen Blossoms

    Fallen Blossoms (1938)

    Fallen Blossoms

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    Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows of women in a geisha house in Kyoto by recounting the relationships of its inhabitants....

    Fallen Blossoms