Kanji Kawara Movies

  • 1927
    Sword of Penitence

    Sword of Penitence

    Sword of Penitence

    01927HD

    Two criminal brothers try to go straight but face opposition from one of their criminal cohorts. Considered to be a lost film.

    Sword of Penitence
  • 1941
    Introspection Tower

    Introspection Tower

    Introspection Tower

    6.71941HD

    A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is ofte...

    Introspection Tower
  • 1929
    The Dawning Sky

    The Dawning Sky

    The Dawning Sky

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    A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.

    The Dawning Sky
  • 1956
    Warning from Space

    Warning from Space

    Warning from Space

    5.11956HD

    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...

    Warning from Space
  • 1937
    The Lights of Asakusa

    The Lights of Asakusa

    The Lights of Asakusa

    61937HD

    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...

    The Lights of Asakusa
  • 1939
    Warm Current

    Warm Current

    Warm Current

    41939HD

    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...

    Warm Current
  • 1942
    There Was a Father

    There Was a Father

    There Was a Father

    6.9711942HD

    Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

    There Was a Father
  • 1937
    Children in the Wind

    Children in the Wind

    Children in the Wind

    7.61937HD

    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.

    Children in the Wind
  • 1953
    Brother and Sister

    Brother and Sister

    Brother and Sister

    6.61953HD

    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...

    Brother and Sister
  • 1943
    Port of Flowers

    Port of Flowers

    Port of Flowers

    7.21943HD

    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...

    Port of Flowers
  • 1966
    The Great White Tower

    The Great White Tower

    The Great White Tower

    6.71966HD

    The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant...

    The Great White Tower
  • 1932
    No Blood Relation

    No Blood Relation

    No Blood Relation

    7.11932HD

    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...

    No Blood Relation
  • 1934
    My Elder Brother

    My Elder Brother

    My Elder Brother

    61934HD

    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...

    My Elder Brother
  • 1936
    Men vs. Women

    Men vs. Women

    Men vs. Women

    01936HD

    A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.

    Men vs. Women
  • 1931
    Tokyo Chorus

    Tokyo Chorus

    Tokyo Chorus

    6.7261931HD

    In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his job.

    Tokyo Chorus
  • 1940
    The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi

    The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi

    The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi

    61940HD

    Following a young man through his childhood ambition to follow his father into the military to losing his life in combat in China.

    The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi
  • 1956
    Children Seeking a Mother

    Children Seeking a Mother

    Children Seeking a Mother

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    While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.

    Children Seeking a Mother
  • 1958
    A Mother's Journey

    A Mother's Journey

    A Mother's Journey

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    A Mother's Journey
  • 1958
    The Lowest Man

    The Lowest Man

    The Lowest Man

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    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...

    The Lowest Man
  • 1958
    Mother

    Mother

    Mother

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    Mother