Karakuri musume
A married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him. Considered to be a lost film.
Based on the Sakatayama double suicide
Japanese film from 1924.
Japanese film from 1925.
Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female screenwriter in Japan.
Japanese silent film from 1927.
Japanese silent film from 1927. A landmark in the careers of two up-and-coming stars: director Heinosuke Gosho and, newly promoted to a starring role, seventeen-year-old Kinuyo Tanaka.
The logger Yamato has been raising his daughter alone since his wife died in childbirth. The baron who owns the forests where he works convinces him to let him adopt the child, despite his reluctance. Fifteen years of age pass without Yamato seeing his daughter again.
