Movies: Toho Eiga Co Ltd

  • 1943
    Sanshiro Sugata

    Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

    Sanshiro Sugata

    6.51943HD

    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
  • 1942
    Wings of Victory

    Wings of Victory (1942)

    Wings of Victory

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    Wings of Victory
  • 1939
    Song of the White Orchid

    Song of the White Orchid (1939)

    Song of the White Orchid

    01939HD

    Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region of Manchuria, and the first film in the Kazuo Hasegawa/Shirley Yamaguchi (Ri Koran) “Continental Trilogy.” Handsome Hasegawa (representing ...

    Song of the White Orchid
  • 1939
    The Whole Family Works

    The Whole Family Works (1939)

    The Whole Family Works

    6.21939HD

    Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are encouraged by both parents to hold down menial jobs and contribute to the family expenses....

    The Whole Family Works
  • 1940
    Travelling Actors

    Travelling Actors (1940)

    Travelling Actors

    6.11940HD

    This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan....

    Travelling Actors
  • 1942
    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (1942)

    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

    01942HD

    Japanese Navy air cadets train for the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the HMS Prince of Wales....

    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
  • 1942
    The Man Who Waited

    The Man Who Waited (1942)

    The Man Who Waited

    01942HD

    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
  • 1941
    Yukiko and Natsuyo

    Yukiko and Natsuyo (1941)

    Yukiko and Natsuyo

    61941HD

    Adaptation of a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya that was serialized in "Shufu no tomo" between 1939 and 1940....

    Yukiko and Natsuyo
  • 1939
    The Day Before

    The Day Before (1939)

    The Day Before

    01939HD

    A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of violence, is reduced to apathy or victimhood....

    The Day Before
  • 1941
    Horse

    Horse (1941)

    Horse

    5.81941HD

    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
    The Song Lantern

    The Song Lantern (1943)

    The Song Lantern

    6.81943HD

    A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him, leading the once promising actor to a life on the streets. But his desire to win back the respect of his f...

    The Song Lantern
  • 1942
    Currents of Youth

    Currents of Youth (1942)

    Currents of Youth

    01942HD

    It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the latter man's daughter (Setsuko Hara) who is both beautiful and aggressive. Yet, he picks a woman who is ...

    Currents of Youth
  • 1938
    The Giant

    The Giant (1938)

    The Giant

    61938HD

    Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be ...

    The Giant
  • 1940
    Navy Bomb Squadron

    Navy Bomb Squadron (1940)

    Navy Bomb Squadron

    01940HD

    Japanese propaganda film...

    Navy Bomb Squadron
  • 1942
    Sky of Hope

    Sky of Hope (1942)

    Sky of Hope

    01942HD

    What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy in 1942....

    Sky of Hope
  • 1943
    音楽大進軍

    音楽大進軍 (1943)

    音楽大進軍

    01943HD

    A 1943 film....

    音楽大進軍
  • 1939
    Shanghai Landing Party

    Shanghai Landing Party (1939)

    Shanghai Landing Party

    51939HD

    This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a documentary mode. In the film story, Japan's marine regiment protects Japanese residents and Chinese refugee...

    Shanghai Landing Party
  • 1940
    The Burning Sky

    The Burning Sky (1940)

    The Burning Sky

    01940HD

    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
  • 1941
    Life Begins at 61

    Life Begins at 61 (1941)

    Life Begins at 61

    01941HD

    Japanese war-era film...

    Life Begins at 61
  • 1941
    Kodakara fūfu

    Kodakara fūfu (1941)

    Kodakara fūfu

    01941HD

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    Kodakara fūfu