List of Japanese films of the 1920s

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

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1920
Saraba seishunIyokichi Kondo
Norimasa Kaeriyama
Sugisaku Aoyama
Minoru Murata
Released 28 July.[1] Studio: Eiga Geijutsu Kyōkai.
Utsukushiki NipponThomas Kurihara
Nichiren shōnin: Tatsunokuchi hōnanJirō YoshidaIchikawa EnjūrōReleased 1 October.[2] Studio: Kokusai Katsuei. One 22-minute and one 34-minute print extant.[3][4]
Tenjiku TarōShiro NakagawaRitoku ArashiReleased 13 November.[5] Studio: Teikoku Kinema.
Amachua kurabuThomas KuriharaMichiko Hayama
Tomu Uchida
Released 19 November.[6] Studio: Taishō Katsuei.
Seikatsu antei no makiToyojirō Takamatsu
Tatsumi Iwaoka
Studio: Katsudō Shashin Shiryō Kenkyūkai. Print in National Film Center.[7]
1921
Gōketsu JiraiyaShōzō MakinoMatsunosuke OnoeReleased 1 February.[8] Studio: Nikkatsu. 21-minute print in

National Film Center.[9]

Hinamatsuri no yoruKisaburo KuriharaHayama MichikoReleased 30 March.[10] Studio: Taishō Katsuei.
Rojo no ReikonMinoru MurataKaoru Osanai
Zeya Togo
Released 8 April.[11] Studio: Shochiku. Print in National Film Center.[12]
KantsubakiRyoha HatanakaMasao Inoue
Yaeko Mizutani
Released 24 April.[13] Studio: Kokusai Katsuei. Print in National Film Center.[14]
GubijinsōHenry KotaniSumiko KurishimaReleased 29 April.[15] Studio: Shochiku.
Yama kururuKiyohiko UshiharaKomei Minami
Haruko Sawamura
Released 1 July.[16] Studio: Shochiku.
Kimi yo shirazu yaMinoru MurataEliana Pavlova
Komei Minami
Released 16 July.[17] Studio: Shochiku.
Ono ga tsumiZanmu KakoGoro Okamoto
Sumiko Kurishima
Released 8 September.[18] Studio: Shochiku.
Yaji Kita Zenkōji mairi no makiKichirō Tsuji
Yaroku Kobayashi
Matsunosuke Onoe
Sentarō Nakamura
Released 30 September.[19] Studio: Nikkatsu. Print in National Film Center.[20]

1922

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1922
Konjiki yashaZanmu KakoTsuzuya Moroguchi
Yoshiko Kawada
RomanceReleased 1 February.[21] Studio: Shochiku
HototogisuYoshinobu IkedaYūkichi Iwata
Sumiko Kurishima
Released 9 March.[22] Studio: Shochiku. 19-minute print in National Film Center.[23]
Futari ShizukaGengo ŌboraUtako NakayamaReleased 25 April.[24] Studio: Nikkatsu. Print extant.[25]
Shibukawa BangorōKōkichi TsukiyamaMatsunosuke OnoeReleased 5 May.[26] Studio: Nikkatsu. Print extant.[25]
Chirinishi hanaYasujirō ShimazuYuriko Hanabusa
Goro Okamoto
Released 21 June.[27] Studio: Shochiku
Aa, Ono kundōZanmu KakoYuriko Hanabusa
Yoko Umemura
Released 23 July.[28] Studio: Shochiku
Kagayaki no michi eYasujirō ShimazuGoro Okamoto
Akio Isono
Released 10 August.[29] Studio: Shochiku
Ai no kusabiYasujirō ShimazuYotaro Katsumi
Nobuko Satsuki
Released 20 September.[30] Studio: Shochiku
Aa, Konishi junsaTeinosuke Kinugasa
Tomu Uchida[31] [debut]
Teinosuke KinugasaReleased 28 November[32] (some sources say 29 October[33]). Studio: Makino Kyōiku Eiga
Kyōya erimiseEizo TanakaHideo FujinoReleased 30 December.[34] Studio: Nikkatsu.

1923

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1923
Sendō koutaYoshinobu IkedaYukichi Iwata
Sumiko Kurishima
Released 8 January.[35] Studio: Shochiku.
KohitsujiZanmu KakoTsuzuya Moroguchi
Yuriko Hanabusa
Released 1 February.[36] Studio: Shochiku. Print in National Film Center.[37]
Ai ni yomigaeru hiKenji MizoguchiKaichi YamamotoReleased 4 February.[38] Studio: Nikkatsu.
KokyoKenji MizoguchiKaichi YamamotoReleased 25 February.[39] Studio: Nikkatsu.
Aa mujō - Dai ippen: Hōrō no makiKiyohiko UshiharaMasao Inoue
Sumiko Kurishima
DramaReleased 1 April.[40] Studio: Shochiku. 9-minute print in National Film Center.[41]
Joen no chimataKenji MizoguchiKomei MinamiReleased 20 April.[42] Studio: Nikkatsu.
Aa mujō - Dai nihen: Shichō no makiYoshinobu IkedaMasao Inoue
Yukichi Iwata
DramaReleased 30 April.[43] Studio: Shochiku.
Haizan no uta wa kanashiKenji MizoguchiHaruko SawamuraReleased 13 May.[44] Studio: Nikkatsu.
Jinniku no ichiYasujirō ShimazuNobuko SatsukiReleased 15 June.[45] Studio: Shochiku
Kiri no minatoKenji MizoguchiHaruko SawamuraReleased 29 July.[46] Studio: Nikkatsu.
Mizumo no hanaYoshinobu IkedaYukichi Iwata
Sumiko Kurishima
Mori kundo tetsuro no tsuyuZanmu KakoTaisuke Matsumoto
Seishun no yumejiKenji MizoguchiTetsuya Yoshimura
Yoneko Sakai
Ono ga tsumiUnpei Yokoyama
Touge no utaKenji Mizoguchikaichi Yamamoto
Haruko Sawamura
Yama no senrobanYasujirō ShimazuMitsuko Takao
Zoku Amateur ClubThomas KuriharaHenry Kotani
Michiko Hayama
Haikyo no nakaKenji MizoguchiHaruko SawamuraReleased 30 September.[47] Studio: Nikkatsu.
Chi to reiKenji MizoguchiChiyoko Eguchi
Yoneko Sakai
Released 9 November.[48] Studio: Nikkatsu.
Kosuzume TōgeKōroku NumataHataya Ichikawa
Tsumasaburo Bando
Released 30 November.[49] Studio: Makino Film Productions. Print in National Film Center.[50]
RyōbensugiShirō NakamuraRitoku ArashiStudio: Teikoku Kinema. Print in National Film Center.[51]
Shigeki Wake no Kiyomaru kōToyojirō TakamatsuReizō InoueStudio: Katsudō Shashin Shiryō Kenkyūkai. Print in National Film Center.[52]

1924

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1924
Sarutobi no ninjutsuJiro YoshinoShirogoro Sawamura
Chairo no onna
Kanashiki hakuchiKenji MizoguchiYoneko Sakai
Akatsuki no shiKenji MizoguchiHaruko Sawamura
Koi no misshiHenry Kotani
Mouken no himitsuMinoru MurataHaruko Sawamura
Ryotaro Mizushima
Rutsubo wa nieruKensaku SuzukiKaichi Yamamoto
Yoneko Sakai
Gendai no jo-ouKenji MizoguchiYoneko Sakai
Komei Minami
Josei wa tsuyoshiKenji MizoguchiYutaka Mimasu
Yoneko Sakai
Hanasaka jijiiTeinosuke KinugasaMisao Seki
Koi to bushidoGoro HiroseRitoku Arashi
Shichimencho no yukueKenji MizoguchiJun'ichi Kitamura
Yoshiko Tokugawa
Chichi yo izukuNorimasa KaeriyamaTappatsu Sekine
Teruko Azuma

Released 31 August.[53] Studio: Teikoku Kinema. Other sources give title as Chichi yo izuko e and the year 1923.[54]

Itō junsa no shiKensaku Suzuki
Kenji Mizoguchi
Gengo Ohora
Iyokichi Kondo
Enji Sato
Samidare zoshiKenji MizoguchiUtako Suzuki
Hiroshi Inagaki
Kanraku no zeiKouroku NumataKashichi Shimada
Shizuko Mori
Shiota MondoGoro Hirose
SohtohBansho KanamoriMisao Seki
Shizuko Mori
Ningyo no seiShiro NakagawaRitoku Arashi
Shimizu Jirochō: Dai-ippenGoro HiroseRitoku Arashi
Momonosuke Ichikawa
Robin Hood no yume
Shōjo no nayamiMitsuko Takao
Kōmori-yasuGoro HiroseRikaku Arashi
Kanraku no onnaKenji Mizoguchikaichi Yamamoto
Yoneko Sakai
Nukiuchi GonpachiGoro HiroseMomonosuke Ichikawa
Nageki no kujakuYoshinobu IkedaSumiko Kurishima
Shinyo Nara
Shinshutsu kibotsuGoro HiroseMomonosuke Ichikawa
Kyokubadan no jo-oKenji MizoguchiKumeko Urabe
Denmei Suzuki
Mura no bokujoHiroshi ShimizuKinuyo Tanaka
Kunisada ChūjiShōzō MakinoShōjirō SawadaReleased 31 December.[55] Studio: Tōa Kinema. 33 min. print in National Film Center.[56]
SutotonbushiYoshinobu IkedaJun Arai
Chōko Iida
Studio: Shochiku. Print in National Film Center.[57] Also titled Koutashū dainihen sutoton.[58]

1925

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1925
Uchen-PuchanKenji MizoguchiKaichi Yamamoto
Kumeko Urabe
GiketsuTomu UchidaKashichi Shimada
Edo kaizoku-den: Kagebōshi - ZempenBuntaro FutagawaTsumasaburo Bando
Shinpei Takagi
Edo kaizoku-den: KagebōshiBuntaro FutagawaTsumasaburo Bando
Shinpei Takagi
Hō wo shitau onnaMinoru Murata
Genjiro Saegusa
Kumeko Urabe
Takasugi ShinsakuGoro HiroseMichisaburo Segawa
Aiyoku no kiro
Nantoh no haruYasujirō ShimazuTokuji Kobayashi
Chieko Matsui
Gakuso o ideteKenji MizoguchiKomei Minami
Iyokichi Kondo
Daichi wa Hohoemu: Zenpen (1925 Shochiku film)Kiyohiko Ushihara
Yasujirō Shimazu
Masao Inoue
Yuriko Hanabusa
Daichi wa Hohoemu: ChuhenKiyohiko Ushihara
Yasujirō Shimazu
Masao Inoue
Hideo Fujino
Daichi wa Hohoemu: Kōhen (1925 Shochiku film)Kiyohiko Ushihara
Yasujirō Shimazu
Masao Inoue
Sumiko Kurishima
Daichi wa Hohoemu: Dai ippenKenji MizoguchiEiji Takagi
Eiji Nakano
Daichi wa Hohoemu: Dai nihenOsamu WakayamaEiji Nakano
Yoshiko Okada
Daichi wa Hohoemi: Dai sanpenKensaku SuzukiEiji Nakano
Yoko Umemura
KomoriutaEiichi MatsumotoYaeko Utagawa
Kokuten Takado
Ah tokumukan kantoOsamu Wakayama
Kensaku Suzuki
Kenji Mizoguchi
Komei Minami
Kaichi Yamamoto
Rakka no Mai: Zenpen (1925 Nikkatsu film)Tomiyasu Ikeda
Rakka no Mai: ChuhenTomiyasu IkedaHaruko Sawamura
Rakka no Mai: ShuhenTomiyasu IkedaYoneko Sakai
Yotsuya kaidanNobuko Satsuki
Shirayuri wa nagekuKenji MizoguchiYoshiko Okada
Daikon wa hohoemuTakuji Furumi
Nagaruru sakeEiichi MatsumotoTaisuke Matsumoto
Akai yuhi ni terasareteKenji Mizoguchi
Genjiro Saegusa
Eiji Nakano
Komei Minami
HoraijimaTakuji FurumiRintaro Fujima
Ranko Sawa
Seinan sensō hishi: Kōjo Shiragiku
Kanashiki koi no gensōYoshinobu IkedaSumiko Kurishima
Shinyo Nara
Meiken jakkuTaisuke Matsumoto
Ijin musume to bushiShōzō MakinoTsumasaburo Bando
Shizuko Mori
Yōsei chi ni otsurebaYasujirō ShimazuDenmei Suzuki
Yuriko Hanabusa
Murasaki no nisouEiichi MatsumotoTaisuke Matsumoto
Ranko Sawa
Toyo no CarmenFrank TokunagaKaichi Yamamoto
Komamo Sunada
Araki MataemonTomiyasu IkedaMatsunosuke Onoe
Goro Kawabe
Eien no nazoMasaru OmoriTaisuke Matsumoto
Ranko Sawa
OrochiBuntaro FutagawaTsumasaburo Bando
Utako Tamaki
Machi no SuketchiKenji MizoguchiYasunaga Higashibojo
Yoshiko Okada
Ningen: ZenkohenKenji MizoguchiEiji Nakano
Yoshiko Okada
Furusato no utaKenji MizoguchiMasujiro Takagi
Gokurakutō no jo-ouMeiho OgasawaraAiko Takashima
Thomas Kurihara
Maboroshi
Nogi taisho to KumasanKenji Mizoguchikaichi Yamamoto

1926–1929

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1926
Kurutta Ippeji
(A Page of Madness)
Kinugasa TeinosukeMasao Inoue24 September
Storm of PassionSeiichi KameiTeruko Asahi, Momoko Ashiya
1927
Blood of PenitenceYasujirō Ozu
1928
Edo Sangokushi (The Three Patriots of Edo)Seika Shiba
Jujiro (Crossways)Kinugasa Teinosuke11 May
Kurama Tengu: Kyōfu JidaiTeppei YamaguchiKanjuro Arashi, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Takasaburo Nakamura, Tokusho Arashi
Kurama TenguTeppei YamaguchiKanjuro Arashi, Takesaburo Nakamura, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Tokusho Arashi
Wakodo no yumeYasujirō OzuTatsuo Saitō, Nobuko WakabaComedy[59]
1929
Daigaku wa detakeredoYasujirō OzuMinoru Takada, Kinuyo TanakaComedy[60]
Days of YouthYasujirō OzuIchiro Yuki, Tatsuo SaitōComedy
Monkey Sun

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