A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

This is the story of a samurai who falls on hard times due to misunderstandings and follows the plots of his enemies.

The Vermilion Pencil is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Norman Dawn, and produced and distributed by Robertson–Cole. It is based on...

A 1930 silent film from director Eichi Koishi, following the adventures of Edo firefighter Sanji.

Japanese war film.

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.

After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the blindness permanent and his opponent...

Yano is a small delivery boy for his uncle, who keeps a curio shop in Chinatown. His loves are Tama, his sweetheart, and Bengi, his dog. Bengi is...

In medieval Japan, a brutal and corrupt magistrate is planning to kill the child who is about to become the heir to the estate and position of the...

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged...

Japanese horror movie from 1929.

The doomed love story between a young courtesan and a samurai, in Kyoto.

The Chinese prince T'Su Wong Shih loves Quan Yin, the daughter of a gardener, but his uncle wants him to marry a girl of his own class. Leaving to...

While attending college in Washington, D.C., Yuki Onda, the daughter of a Japanese samurai, meets and falls in love with Pierre Le Beau, a...