An incomplete list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1920s. For an A-Z of films see :Category:Japanese films. Also see cinema of Japan.
1920–1921
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1920Saraba seishunIyokichi KondoNorimasa KaeriyamaSugisaku AoyamaMinoru Murata Released 28 July. Studio: Eiga Geijutsu Kyōkai.Utsukushiki NipponThomas Kurihara Nichiren shōnin: Tatsunokuchi hōnanJirō YoshidaIchikawa Enjūrō Released 1 October. Studio: Kokusai Katsuei. One 22-minute and one 34-minute print extant.Tenjiku TarōShiro NakagawaRitoku Arashi Released 13 November. Studio: Teikoku Kinema.Amachua kurabuThomas KuriharaMichiko HayamaTomu Uchida Released 19 November. Studio: Taishō Katsuei.Seikatsu antei no makiToyojirō TakamatsuTatsumi Iwaoka Studio: Katsudō Shashin Shiryō Kenkyūkai. Print in National Film Center. 1921 Gōketsu JiraiyaShōzō MakinoMatsunosuke Onoe Released 1 February. Studio: Nikkatsu. 21-minute print in National Film Center.Hinamatsuri no yoruKisaburo KuriharaHayama Michiko Released 30 March. Studio: Taishō Katsuei.Rojo no ReikonMinoru MurataKaoru OsanaiZeya Togo Released 8 April. Studio: Shochiku. Print in National Film Center.KantsubakiRyoha HatanakaMasao InoueYaeko Mizutani Released 24 April. Studio: Kokusai Katsuei. Print in National Film Center.GubijinsōHenry KotaniSumiko Kurishima Released 29 April. Studio: Shochiku.Yama kururuKiyohiko UshiharaKomei MinamiHaruko Sawamura Released 1 July. Studio: Shochiku.Kimi yo shirazu yaMinoru MurataEliana PavlovaKomei Minami Released 16 July. Studio: Shochiku.Ono ga tsumiZanmu KakoGoro OkamotoSumiko Kurishima Released 8 September. Studio: Shochiku.Yaji Kita Zenkōji mairi no makiKichirō TsujiYaroku KobayashiMatsunosuke OnoeSentarō Nakamura Released 30 September. Studio: Nikkatsu. Print in National Film Center.
1922 Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1922Konjiki yashaZanmu KakoTsuzuya MoroguchiYoshiko KawadaRomanceReleased 1 February. Studio: ShochikuHototogisuYoshinobu Ikeda Yūkichi IwataSumiko Kurishima Released 9 March. Studio: Shochiku. 19-minute print in National Film Center.Futari ShizukaGengo Ōbora Utako Nakayama Released 25 April. Studio: Nikkatsu. Print extant.Shibukawa BangorōKōkichi Tsukiyama Matsunosuke Onoe Released 5 May. Studio: Nikkatsu. Print extant.Chirinishi hanaYasujirō ShimazuYuriko HanabusaGoro Okamoto Released 21 June. Studio: ShochikuAa, Ono kundōZanmu KakoYuriko HanabusaYoko Umemura Released 23 July. Studio: ShochikuKagayaki no michi eYasujirō ShimazuGoro OkamotoAkio Isono Released 10 August. Studio: ShochikuAi no kusabiYasujirō ShimazuYotaro KatsumiNobuko Satsuki Released 20 September. Studio: ShochikuAa, Konishi junsaTeinosuke KinugasaTomu Uchida [debut]Teinosuke Kinugasa Released 28 November (some sources say 29 October). Studio: Makino Kyōiku EigaKyōya erimiseEizo TanakaHideo Fujino Released 30 December. Studio: Nikkatsu.
1923 Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1923Sendō koutaYoshinobu IkedaYukichi IwataSumiko Kurishima Released 8 January. Studio: Shochiku.KohitsujiZanmu KakoTsuzuya MoroguchiYuriko Hanabusa Released 1 February. Studio: Shochiku. Print in National Film Center.Ai ni yomigaeru hiKenji MizoguchiKaichi Yamamoto Released 4 February. Studio: Nikkatsu.KokyoKenji MizoguchiKaichi Yamamoto Released 25 February. Studio: Nikkatsu.Aa mujō - Dai ippen: Hōrō no makiKiyohiko UshiharaMasao InoueSumiko KurishimaDramaReleased 1 April. Studio: Shochiku. 9-minute print in National Film Center.Joen no chimataKenji MizoguchiKomei Minami Released 20 April. Studio: Nikkatsu.Aa mujō - Dai nihen: Shichō no makiYoshinobu IkedaMasao InoueYukichi IwataDramaReleased 30 April. Studio: Shochiku.Haizan no uta wa kanashiKenji MizoguchiHaruko Sawamura Released 13 May. Studio: Nikkatsu.Jinniku no ichiYasujirō ShimazuNobuko Satsuki Released 15 June. Studio: ShochikuKiri no minatoKenji MizoguchiHaruko Sawamura Released 29 July. Studio: Nikkatsu.Mizumo no hanaYoshinobu IkedaYukichi IwataSumiko Kurishima Mori kundo tetsuro no tsuyuZanmu KakoTaisuke Matsumoto Seishun no yumejiKenji MizoguchiTetsuya YoshimuraYoneko Sakai Ono ga tsumi Unpei Yokoyama Touge no utaKenji MizoguchiKaichi YamamotoHaruko Sawamura Yama no senrobanYasujirō ShimazuMitsuko Takao Zoku Amateur ClubThomas KuriharaHenry KotaniMichiko Hayama Haikyo no nakaKenji MizoguchiHaruko Sawamura Released 30 September. Studio: Nikkatsu.Chi to reiKenji MizoguchiChiyoko EguchiYoneko Sakai Released 9 November. Studio: Nikkatsu.Kosuzume TōgeKōroku NumataHataya IchikawaTsumasaburo Bando Released 30 November. Studio: Makino Film Productions. Print in National Film Center.RyōbensugiShirō NakamuraRitoku Arashi Studio: Teikoku Kinema. Print in National Film Center.Shigeki Wake no Kiyomaru kōToyojirō TakamatsuReizō Inoue Studio: Katsudō Shashin Shiryō Kenkyūkai. Print in National Film Center.
1924 Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1924Sarutobi no ninjutsuJiro Yoshino Shirogoro Sawamura Chairo no onna Kanashiki hakuchiKenji MizoguchiYoneko Sakai Akatsuki no shiKenji MizoguchiHaruko Sawamura Koi no misshiHenry Kotani Mouken no himitsuMinoru MurataHaruko SawamuraRyotaro Mizushima Rutsubo wa nieruKensaku SuzukiKaichi YamamotoYoneko Sakai Gendai no jo-ouKenji MizoguchiYoneko SakaiKomei Minami Josei wa tsuyoshiKenji MizoguchiYutaka MimasuYoneko Sakai Hanasaka jijiiTeinosuke KinugasaMisao Seki Koi to bushidoGoro HiroseRitoku Arashi Shichimencho no yukueKenji MizoguchiJun'ichi KitamuraYoshiko Tokugawa Chichi yo izukuNorimasa KaeriyamaTappatsu SekineTeruko Azuma Released 31 August. Studio: Teikoku Kinema. Other sources give title as Chichi yo izuko e and the year 1923.Itō junsa no shiKensaku SuzukiKenji MizoguchiGengo OhoraIyokichi KondoEnji Sato Samidare zoshiKenji MizoguchiUtako SuzukiHiroshi Inagaki Kanraku no zeiKouroku NumataKashichi ShimadaShizuko Mori Shiota MondoGoro Hirose SohtohBansho KanamoriMisao SekiShizuko Mori Ningyo no seiShiro NakagawaRitoku Arashi Shimizu Jirochō: Dai-ippenGoro HiroseRitoku ArashiMomonosuke Ichikawa Robin Hood no yume Shōjo no nayami Mitsuko Takao Kōmori-yasuGoro HiroseRikaku Arashi Kanraku no onnaKenji Mizoguchikaichi YamamotoYoneko Sakai Nukiuchi GonpachiGoro HiroseMomonosuke Ichikawa Nageki no kujakuYoshinobu IkedaSumiko KurishimaShinyo Nara Shinshutsu kibotsuGoro HiroseMomonosuke Ichikawa Kyokubadan no jo-oKenji MizoguchiKumeko UrabeDenmei Suzuki Mura no bokujoHiroshi ShimizuKinuyo Tanaka Kunisada ChūjiShōzō MakinoShōjirō Sawada Released 31 December. Studio: Tōa Kinema. 33 min. print in National Film Center.SutotonbushiYoshinobu IkedaJun AraiChōko Iida Studio: Shochiku. Print in National Film Center. Also titled Koutashū dainihen sutoton.
1925 Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1925Uchen-PuchanKenji MizoguchiKaichi YamamotoKumeko Urabe GiketsuTomu UchidaKashichi Shimada Edo kaizoku-den: Kagebōshi - ZempenBuntaro FutagawaTsumasaburo BandoShinpei Takagi Edo kaizoku-den: KagebōshiBuntaro FutagawaTsumasaburo BandoShinpei Takagi Hō wo shitau onnaMinoru MurataGenjiro SaegusaKumeko Urabe Takasugi ShinsakuGoro HiroseMichisaburo Segawa Aiyoku no kiro Nantoh no haruYasujirō ShimazuTokuji KobayashiChieko Matsui Gakuso o ideteKenji MizoguchiKomei MinamiIyokichi Kondo Daichi wa Hohoemu: Zenpen (1925 Shochiku film)Kiyohiko UshiharaYasujirō ShimazuMasao InoueYuriko Hanabusa Daichi wa Hohoemu: ChuhenKiyohiko UshiharaYasujirō ShimazuMasao InoueHideo Fujino Daichi wa Hohoemu: Kōhen (1925 Shochiku film)Kiyohiko UshiharaYasujirō ShimazuMasao InoueSumiko Kurishima Daichi wa Hohoemu: Dai ippenKenji MizoguchiEiji TakagiEiji Nakano Daichi wa Hohoemu: Dai nihenOsamu WakayamaEiji NakanoYoshiko Okada Daichi wa Hohoemi: Dai sanpenKensaku SuzukiEiji NakanoYoko Umemura KomoriutaEiichi MatsumotoYaeko UtagawaKokuten Takado Ah tokumukan kantoOsamu WakayamaKensaku SuzukiKenji MizoguchiKomei MinamiKaichi Yamamoto Rakka no Mai: Zenpen (1925 Nikkatsu film)Tomiyasu Ikeda Rakka no Mai: ChuhenTomiyasu IkedaHaruko Sawamura Rakka no Mai: ShuhenTomiyasu IkedaYoneko Sakai Yotsuya kaidan Nobuko Satsuki Shirayuri wa nagekuKenji MizoguchiYoshiko Okada Daikon wa hohoemuTakuji Furumi Nagaruru sakeEiichi MatsumotoTaisuke Matsumoto Akai yuhi ni terasareteKenji MizoguchiGenjiro SaegusaEiji NakanoKomei Minami HoraijimaTakuji FurumiRintaro FujimaRanko Sawa Seinan sensō hishi: Kōjo Shiragiku Kanashiki koi no gensōYoshinobu IkedaSumiko KurishimaShinyo Nara Meiken jakku Taisuke Matsumoto Ijin musume to bushiShōzō MakinoTsumasaburo BandoShizuko Mori Yōsei chi ni otsurebaYasujirō ShimazuDenmei SuzukiYuriko Hanabusa Murasaki no nisouEiichi MatsumotoTaisuke MatsumotoRanko Sawa Toyo no CarmenFrank TokunagaKaichi YamamotoKomamo Sunada Araki MataemonTomiyasu IkedaMatsunosuke OnoeGoro Kawabe Eien no nazoMasaru OmoriTaisuke MatsumotoRanko Sawa OrochiBuntaro FutagawaTsumasaburo BandoUtako Tamaki Machi no SuketchiKenji MizoguchiYasunaga HigashibojoYoshiko Okada Ningen: ZenkohenKenji MizoguchiEiji NakanoYoshiko Okada Furusato no utaKenji MizoguchiMasujiro Takagi Gokurakutō no jo-ouMeiho OgasawaraAiko TakashimaThomas Kurihara Maboroshi Nogi taisho to KumasanKenji Mizoguchikaichi Yamamoto
1926–1929 Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1926Kurutta Ippeji(A Page of Madness)Kinugasa Teinosuke Masao Inoue 24 SeptemberStorm of Passion Seiichi Kamei Teruko Asahi, Momoko Ashiya 1927Blood of Penitence Yasujirō Ozu 1928Edo Sangokushi (The Three Patriots of Edo) Seika Shiba Jujiro (Crossways)Kinugasa Teinosuke 11 MayKurama Tengu: Kyōfu JidaiTeppei Yamaguchi Kanjuro Arashi, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Takasaburo Nakamura, Tokusho Arashi Kurama Tengu Teppei Yamaguchi Kanjuro Arashi, Takesaburo Nakamura, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Tokusho Arashi Wakodo no yume Yasujirō Ozu Tatsuo Saitō, Nobuko Wakaba Comedy 1929Daigaku wa detakeredo Yasujirō Ozu Minoru Takada, Kinuyo Tanaka Comedy Days of Youth Yasujirō Ozu Ichiro Yuki, Tatsuo Saitō Comedy Monkey Sun
References
External links Japanese film at the Internet Movie Database