Movies: Toho Eiga Co Ltd

  • 1943
    Sanshiro Sugata

    Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

    Sanshiro Sugata

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    The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka....

    Sanshiro Sugata
  • 1943
    音楽大進軍

    音楽大進軍 (1943)

    音楽大進軍

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    A 1943 film....

    音楽大進軍
  • 1940
    The Burning Sky

    The Burning Sky (1940)

    The Burning Sky

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    The film was produced during Second Sino-Japanese War, before the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941. The film mainly concerns the training of newly-recruited pilots and their daily life, then their subsequent fighting experiences in China. Army supported t...

    The Burning Sky
  • 1942
    Wings of Victory

    Wings of Victory (1942)

    Wings of Victory

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    Wings of Victory
  • 1939
    Sincerity

    Sincerity (1939)

    Sincerity

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    Two young girls, Nobiko and Tomiko, go to the same school. The less fortunate girl Nobiko is one of the top students, while the rich girl Tomiko is not. At one time Tomiko's father was quite fond of Nobuko's mother....

    Sincerity
  • 1942
    Green Earth

    Green Earth (1942)

    Green Earth

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    Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many Japanese engineers also move to China, with their families, for the company in order to construct a cana...

    Green Earth
  • 1941
    Horse

    Horse (1941)

    Horse

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    Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the government orders it auctioned and sold to the army. Ine struggles to prevent the sale....

    Horse
  • 1943
    Suicide Troops of the Watchtower

    Suicide Troops of the Watchtower (1943)

    Suicide Troops of the Watchtower

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    Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by "bandits."...

    Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
  • 1940
    The Snake Princess

    The Snake Princess (1940)

    The Snake Princess

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    When Sentarô’s father is killed by a drunken samurai, Sentarô avenges him. His deed puts him on the run and leaves his sister behind. While running from both the authorities and the assassins, Sentarô meets with the beautiful travelling-actress Oshim...

    The Snake Princess
  • 1940
    China Night

    China Night (1940)

    China Night

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    Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from the streets by a kindly Japanese merchant marine officer. Part spy thriller and part Shanghai travelogue, it was part of a popular series k...

    China Night
  • 1938
    Chocolate and Soldiers

    Chocolate and Soldiers (1938)

    Chocolate and Soldiers

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    Chocolate and Soldiers (チョコレートと兵隊, Chokorēto to Heitai) is a 1938 Japanese war film directed by Sato Takeshi and one of the most effective Japanese propaganda films of the late 1930s. The American director Frank Capra said of Chocolate and Soldiers "...

    Chocolate and Soldiers
  • 1940
    The Monkey King

    The Monkey King (1940)

    The Monkey King

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    A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection. As Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku (Kenich...

    The Monkey King
  • 1941
    Iemitsu and Hikoza

    Iemitsu and Hikoza (1941)

    Iemitsu and Hikoza

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    A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal old retainer Hikoza (comedian Roppa, playing somewhat against type)....

    Iemitsu and Hikoza
  • 1942
    The Man Who Waited

    The Man Who Waited (1942)

    The Man Who Waited

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    A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacation. When his hot-blooded wife (Yamada) starts snooping around, however, he finds himself reluctantly drawn in to the case....

    The Man Who Waited
  • 1942
    Ramayana

    Ramayana (1942)

    Ramayana

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    Ravana, while dancing with animals, kidnaps Sita from Rama, and returns to Lanka to hide as Lankapura burns....

    Ramayana
  • 1938
    Shimizu Jirocho

    Shimizu Jirocho (1938)

    Shimizu Jirocho

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    Shimizu Jirocho
  • 1938
    Tojuro's Love

    Tojuro's Love (1938)

    Tojuro's Love

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    A colourful study of theatrical life. Two acting troupes vie for the Kyoto market during the Genroku Era. Tojuro, an extremely popular actor, feels the limits to his acting when he sees his rival troupe put on a new type of play featuring its star, N...

    Tojuro's Love
  • 1939
    Flower Picking Diary

    Flower Picking Diary (1939)

    Flower Picking Diary

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    Based on the book Heaven and Maiko by Yoshiya Nobuko, it is the story of two girls of different family backgrounds in Osaka....

    Flower Picking Diary
  • 1939
    Fighting Soldiers

    Fighting Soldiers (1939)

    Fighting Soldiers

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    Documentary of an Imperial Japanese Army regiment's advance from Shanghai to Wuhan in 1938. This film was shelved before submission to Home Ministry censors amid rumors that Fumio was a Communist....

    Fighting Soldiers
  • 1938
    Ōma no tsuji

    Ōma no tsuji (1938)

    Ōma no tsuji

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    Set in the late Edo period of the assassination of Dairo Ii, the sword and emotional romance that depicts the murderous world. The turmoil of the end of the Edo period is depicted through the nameless Ichii people, centering on the main character of ...

    Ōma no tsuji