Fujiko Fukamizu

Two private detectives go in search of a silent film actress trapped eternally within the frame of a scratchy old period film from 1915. Hayashi's stunning homage to the early days of cinema is a visual fest. (The Midnight Eye Guide To New Japanese Film)

1930s Japanese film based upon the novel series Daibosatsu toge by Kaizan Nakazato.

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

During the Shogunate, the government in Edo pursued a policy of curbing the powerful feudal lords. One technique was to require them to maintain a home in Edo and house their wives and children there. This kept them in the capital much of the time, and left hostages when they were absent. Denjirô Ôkôchi is one such lord; while he is gone, local power is wielded by..... call him a majordomo.