Hatsuko Natsume

Botchan (1935)

1935 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kajirō Yamamoto
CAST:  Hiroshi Uruki  •  Sadao Maruyama  •  Musei Tokugawa  •  Kamatari Fujiwara

1935 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kajirō Yamamoto
CAST:  Hiroshi Uruki  •  Sadao Maruyama  •  Musei Tokugawa  •  Kamatari Fujiwara

Enoken's Kondo Isami (1935)

Enoken plays both Kondo Isami and his deadly enemy Sakamoto Ryoma in this comedic, song-filled vision of the Meiji Restoration.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kajirō Yamamoto
CAST:  Kenichi Enomoto  •  Teiichi Futamura  •  Zeko Nakamura  •  Sadaichi Yanagida

Enoken plays both Kondo Isami and his deadly enemy Sakamoto Ryoma in this comedic, song-filled vision of the Meiji Restoration.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kajirō Yamamoto
CAST:  Kenichi Enomoto  •  Teiichi Futamura  •  Zeko Nakamura  •  Sadaichi Yanagida

Morning's Tree-Lined Street (1936)

As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of traveling shots from Chiyo's point of view on a bus leaving the countryside and entering the metropolitan cityscape. After some fruitless job hunting in downtown Tokyo, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Sachiko Chiba  •  Heihachirō Ōkawa  •  Ranko Akagi  •  Nijiko Kiyokawa

As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of traveling shots from Chiyo's point of view on a bus leaving the countryside and entering the metropolitan cityscape. After some fruitless job hunting in downtown Tokyo, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Sachiko Chiba  •  Heihachirō Ōkawa  •  Ranko Akagi  •  Nijiko Kiyokawa