Yutaka Mimasu

The most complex film of this period is perhaps the least known: The Straits of Love and Hate (1937), loosely inspired by Tolstoy’s ...

Reikichi Kawamura is an executive at his father’s security firm; he knows he has responsibilities, but he’s not terribly enamored of ...

Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been ...

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she’s got a secret: she’s a widow with a son. Kozo and ...