Hideo Takeda Movies

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience....

Comedy by Kiyohiko Ushihara. Once a full-length feature film, now only 14 minutes remain.

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and...

Japanese silent film from 1931.

Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female screenwriter in Japan.

Japanese silent film from 1931.

A hard-working new employee at a trading company is promoted through the company president's business. However, he quarrels with his wife over...

Japanese silent film from 1927, based on a popular serialized novel by Kan Kikuchi.

Based on the Sakatayama double suicide

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...

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...

The Japanese debut film of silent-era star Sessue Hayakawa, in which he not only starred but directed.

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...

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Japanese home drama starring Kinuyo Tanaka.

It is considered to be a lost film.