Kanji Kawara Movies
- 1927
Sword of Penitence
Sword of Penitence01927HD
Two criminal brothers try to go straight but face opposition from one of their criminal cohorts. Considered to be a lost film.
- 1941
Introspection Tower
Introspection Tower6.71941HD
A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is ofte...
- 1929
The Dawning Sky
The Dawning Sky5.51929HD
A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.
- 1956
Warning from Space
Warning from Space5.11956HD
Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To prevent panic about their appearance, one alien ta...
- 1937
The Lights of Asakusa
The Lights of Asakusa61937HD
Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience. Pr...
- 1939
Warm Current
Warm Current41939HD
Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's daughter...
- 1942
There Was a Father
There Was a Father6.9711942HD
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
- 1937
Children in the Wind
Children in the Wind7.61937HD
On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement.
- 1953
Brother and Sister
Brother and Sister6.61953HD
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that...
- 1943
Port of Flowers
Port of Flowers7.21943HD
The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’ plan backf...
- 1966
The Great White Tower
The Great White Tower6.71966HD
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant...
- 1932
No Blood Relation
No Blood Relation7.11932HD
An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years be...
- 1934
My Elder Brother
My Elder Brother61934HD
Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his mother. J...
- 1936
Men vs. Women
Men vs. Women01936HD
A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.
- 1931
Tokyo Chorus
Tokyo Chorus6.7261931HD
In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his job.
- 1940
The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi
The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi61940HD
Following a young man through his childhood ambition to follow his father into the military to losing his life in combat in China.
- 1956
Children Seeking a Mother
Children Seeking a Mother01956HD
While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.
- 1958
A Mother's Journey
A Mother's Journey51958HD
- 1958
The Lowest Man
The Lowest Man01958HD
A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to kil...
- 1958
Mother
Mother01958HD