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Foundation date 1 january 1912
The Nikkatsu Corporation (日活株式会社, Nikkatsu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese entertainment company known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu amalgamates the words Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Motion Pictures".
Shareholders are Nippon Television Holdings (35%) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (28.4%).
Filmography of Nikkatsu (218 films)
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The Heart (1955)
, 2hDirected by Kon Ichikawa
Genres Drama
Actors Masayuki Mori, Michiyo Aratama, Tatsuya Mihashi, Shōji Yasui, Tanie Kitabayashi, Masami Shimojō
Forever a Woman (1955)
, 1h46Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Yumeji Tsukioka, Hiroko Kawasaki, Shirō Ōsaka, Masayuki Mori, Yōko Sugi, Chōko Iida
Fumiko Shimojō a deux enfants et son mariage avec un homme qui la trompe est malheureux. Poétesse, elle compose des tanka et participe à un cercle littéraire aux côtés de deux amis d'enfances, Kuniko et son mari Takashi Hori. Fumiko est secrètement amoureuse de Takashi Hori. Ce dernier la soutient dans sa création poétique mais il souffre d'une maladie incurable. Après avoir surpris son mari avec une amante, Fumiko demande le divorce et retourne vivre chez sa mère et son frère Yoshio, qui prépare son mariage prochain avec Seiko. Le divorce est à la fois un soulagement mais aussi un déchirement car elle doit laisser partir son fils Noburo vivre chez son ex-mari.
The Moon Has Risen (1955)
, 1h42Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Chishū Ryū, Yōko Sugi, Mie Kitahara, Shōji Yasui, Kinuyo Tanaka
Mokichi Asai vit près du temple bouddhique Tōdai-ji à Nara. Il est le père veuf de trois filles célibataires et en âge de se marier : Chizuru, Ayako et Setsuko.
Wind of Matsuburo (1940)
, 1h36Directed by Kōji Shima
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Actors Ryūji Kita
Saburō Takada transfers from a city to a very small school. The village children suspect that Saburō is actually Matasaburō, the wind sprite.
Singing Lovebirds (1939)
, 1h9Directed by Masahiro Makino
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Chiezō Kataoka, Takashi Shimura, Haruyo Ichikawa, Ryosuke Kagawa
Oharu is the daughter of Kyōsai Shimura, a rōnin who now makes his living making umbrellas. She is in love with another rōnin, Reisaburō Asai, who lives next door, but he is being pursued by two of the town beauties, Otomi and Fujio. To make things even more difficult for Oharu, her father is obsessed with antiques, buying them even though he has little money and even when most of them eventually turn out to be fakes. A mistake, however, puts him deeply in debt to the local lord, Tanbanokami Minezawa, and he is confronted with having to sell Oharu in order to pay it off.
The Daughter of the Samurai (1937)
, 2h7Directed by Mansaku Itami, Arnold Fanck
Origin German
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Setsuko Hara, Sessue Hayakawa, Ruth Eweler, Isamu Kosugi, Haruyo Ichikawa, Yuriko Hanabusa
Yamato Teruo (Isamu Kosugi) returns to Japan after spending six years at an agricultural college in Germany. Teruo is the adopted son of an old samurai family, and is expected to marry the eldest daughter, Mitsuko (Setsuko Hara). However, Teruo has become infected with the idea of Western individualism during his stay in Europe, and refuses to bow to the demands of society. Instead, he confounds his future father-in-law Yamato Iwao (Sessue Hayakawa) by announcing that he intends to marry a German journalist, Gerda Storm (Ruth Eweler), whom he met on the ship back to Japan. Gerda, however, is a blond, chaste, Aryan woman, and will not agree to a mixed-race relationship. She attempts to convince him of his duty to the Japanese race and traditions and to reconcile him with his family.
, 1h32Directed by Sadao Yamanaka
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Denjirō Ōkōchi, Kunitarō Sawamura, Minoru Takase, Ranko Hanai
À l'occasion du mariage de son frère, un seigneur cupide offre en cadeau un pot orné d'une tête de singe. Le marié, désargenté et vexé de recevoir un bien de si peu de valeur s'en débarrasse. C'est un petit orphelin des quartiers pauvres qui le récupère. Lorsque le seigneur et son frère apprennent que le pot vaut un million de ryos, ils se lancent dans une quête effrénée pour le récupérer. Tange Sazen, un samouraï borgne et manchot se voit dans l'obligation de protéger le petit orphelin.
, 1h42Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Isuzu Yamada, Denmei Suzuki, Komako Hara, Tōgō Yamamoto
Les amours tragiques entre un membre du parti libéral, emprisonné suite à l'incident de Chichibu en novembre 1884 et une actrice qui se résout à se prostituer pour l'aider.
Jirokichi the Rat (1931)
, 1hDirected by Daisuke Itō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Denjirō Ōkōchi, Minoru Takase, Nobuko Fushimi
Japon, 1831. Jirokichi est un célèbre bandit justicier qui ne s'en prend qu'aux plus riches. Les archives de la police rapportent qu'il aurait déjà cambriolé 99 résidences de seigneurs pour un butin estimé de 7931 ryō. Poursuivi par les autorités, Jirokichi fuit vers Osaka par bateau. Lors d'une escale, il échappe à la police qui effectue une fouille grâce à la complicité de la belle Osen. Les deux jeunes gens deviennent amants et Jirokichi apprend que Nikichi, le frère d'Osen, un yakuza endetté, a pour projet de vendre sa sœur à une maison close.
Tokyo March (1929)
, 1h41Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Shizue Natsukawa, Isamu Kosugi, Takako Irie, Kōji Shima
Il existe deux versions de ce film dans son montage court. Une française, muette, restaurée en 1999 par la Cinémathèque française à partir d'une copie-travail nitrate provenant de ses collections et une japonaise presque identique mais plus courte, il manque par exemple quelques scènes du mariage d'Orie et de Yukichi, mais commentée par un benshi. Les intertitres des deux versions comportent des différences. Le synopsis ci-dessous se base sur la version japonaise.
The Morning Sun Shines (1929)
, 1h17Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, Seiichi Ina
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Documentary
Actors Takako Irie, Jōji Oka, Ranko Sawa
Le film est une combinaison d'un drame sur un reporter et de séquences documentaires sur la production de journaux. Seules 25 minutes de séquences ont été conservées.
, 1h36Directed by Daisuke Itō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Yakuza films, Political films, Gangster films
Actors Denjirō Ōkōchi, Ranko Sawa
The three films focus on the travels of the kindly yakuza boss Kunisada Chūji. The existing print begins with Chuji on the road, fleeing the law while taking care of Kantaro, the son of a dead friend. He leaves Kantaro with Kabe Yasuemon, an honorable local boss, but is shocked to find out that his own men have been committing robberies using his own name. Angry, Chuji hits the road and eventually settles in another town, assuming another name and working as a clerk for a sake brewery. Okuma, the daughter of the brewer, falls in love with Chuji, but he ignores her. When he saves her brother from trouble with the Otozo gang, his identity is revealed and the police close in. Okume kills herself and Chuji flees, but the palsy he had been suffering from worsens and he is finally caught. His henchmen, however, succeed in rescuing him and bring him back to his home village. Unable to walk and confined to bed, Chuji is hidden in a storehouse. His woman, Oshina, discovers that one of his men has betrayed him, but it is too late. Despite the valiant efforts of his men to hold off the police, Chuji is finally arrested by the authorities.