Taisho Period Movies

  • 2023
    September 1923

    September 1923

    September 1923

    6.552023HD

    Based on the murder of nine street peddlers in the aftermath of the Great Kanto earthquake.

    September 1923
  • 2025
    Yasuko, Songs of Days Past

    Yasuko, Songs of Days Past

    Yasuko, Songs of Days Past

    7.92025HD

    In the early 1920s, Yasuko, a budding actress, crosses paths with Chūya Nakahara, a young poet destined to be revered as a genius. Drawn to each...

    Yasuko, Songs of Days Past
  • 1988
    Dogra Magra

    Dogra Magra

    Dogra Magra

    6.61988HD

    A young man kills his bride on the day of his marriage and goes insane. He wakes up in an asylum with no memory, left in the hands of two mysterious...

    Dogra Magra
  • 1973
    The World of Geisha

    The World of Geisha

    The World of Geisha

    4.3571973HD

    The world is in turmoil with the October Revolution of 1917, riots over the inflationary price of rice, and the military expedition to Siberia in...

    The World of Geisha
  • 1933
    The Dancing Girl of Izu

    The Dancing Girl of Izu

    The Dancing Girl of Izu

    6.51933HD

    "The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...

    The Dancing Girl of Izu
  • 1988
    A Chaos of Flowers

    A Chaos of Flowers

    A Chaos of Flowers

    7.51988HD

    Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much...

    A Chaos of Flowers
  • 1957
    Untamed Woman

    Untamed Woman

    Untamed Woman

    7.41957HD

    A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive...

    Untamed Woman
  • 1977
    Ballad of Orin

    Ballad of Orin

    Ballad of Orin

    7.11977HD

    A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.

    Ballad of Orin
  • 1999
    One Summer's Day

    One Summer's Day

    One Summer's Day

    01999HD

    Veteran filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi rounds out the second of his two trilogies about his hometown of Onomichi with this film about the budding...

    One Summer's Day
  • 1973
    The King

    The King

    The King

    01973HD

    Based on a popular play from 1947.

    The King
  • 1964
    The Flower and the Angry Waves

    The Flower and the Angry Waves

    The Flower and the Angry Waves

    6.91964HD

    A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before fleeing with her. In Tokyo, he hides under the identity...

    The Flower and the Angry Waves
  • 2006
    The Ode to Joy

    The Ode to Joy

    The Ode to Joy

    4.52006HD

    Based on the true story of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I. It depicts the friendship of the German POWs with the director of the...

    The Ode to Joy
  • 1970
    A Wad of Notes

    A Wad of Notes

    A Wad of Notes

    7.21970HD

    A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back...

    A Wad of Notes
  • 1962
    A Wanderer's Notebook

    A Wanderer's Notebook

    A Wanderer's Notebook

    7.21962HD

    Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...

    A Wanderer's Notebook
  • 1967
    The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding

    The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding

    The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding

    01967HD

    A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local yakuza.

    The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
  • 1954
    Hana to ryû - Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô

    Hana to ryû - Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô

    Hana to ryû - Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô

    01954HD

    Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô - Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie.

    Hana to ryû - Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô
  • 2018
    The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

    The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

    The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

    6.22018HD

    In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called...

    The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
  • 2023
    Revolver LILY

    Revolver LILY

    Revolver LILY

    6.9172023HD

    In 1924 Yuri killed 57 people as a spy before going underground as the madam of a small brothel. There, she encounters an orphan whose family was...

    Revolver LILY
  • 1963
    Love Comes with Youth

    Love Comes with Youth

    Love Comes with Youth

    81963HD

    During his idle journey on the Izu Peninsula, a university student, Kawasaki, encounters a group of traveling entertainers – including Kaoru...

    Love Comes with Youth
  • 1964
    The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

    7.21964HD

    After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life...

    The Scent of Incense