Yōko Umemura Movies

When Ochika, from a rich family, marries Danpei, a poor Shamissen player, she devotes herself completely to him and takes over her business, to the...

Silent Japanese film.

Japan's first feature film directed by a female. The film was about the naïve, premature emotions between a young geisha-to-be and a youth...

A quintessential example of the period "ghost cat" (bakeneko or kaibyo) movie, this was one of at least six such titles released by the studio Shinko...

A twice-remade ironic comedy about a writer's encounter with a female thief.

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

A lost Mizoguchi film.

Directed by Yutaka Abe (as Jack Abe).