Hideo Fujino Movies

Directed by Yasujirô Shimazu.

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

1939 Japanese movie

This was 1942, so it was a national policy film, no matter what you call it. But when the war was still on the winning side, there wasn't even a...

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run...

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

Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’...

The Siege of Osaka

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

Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.

Eiko is an innocent young lady born into a wealthy family with nothing to offer. She was good at singing, and lived her life playing around with her...

The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.

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