Tomio Aoki Movies

A romantic adventure tale about a young guy working on a whale-hunting vessel and his love for a childhood sweetheart.

Three WWII veterans, reunited by family circumstances, quickly find their life savings threatened by a private corporation; they band together to...

When Tsukamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he investigates other employment opportunities. Considered to be a...

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...

Kenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, and she finds out what kind of guy he...

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

A Japanese film

Silent comedic short by Mikio Naruse

The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.

A newlywed couple faces tension when the wife, after her husband leaves for work, becomes completely unmotivated to handle household chores and goes...

Kato's splendid mustache is an obstacle when it comes to finding a job. However, he gets a job as a security guard at a construction site. The...

If you throw this child away

Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.

Period film from 1934.

A businessman runs afoul of the law and commits suicide, leaving behind a wife and five children. The eldest son takes the family to Tokyo and labors...

This film was mainly shot in the Japanese skiing resort Hokkaido in 1937-38 and was intended to create support for the coming winter olympics of 1940...