Musei Tokugawa Movies

1945 Japanese movie

Tobisuke, puppeteer in Kyôtô, saves O-fuku's life. Wounded in the head, it can now count to three. O-fuku invited him to meet her mother...

An adaptation of the famous 16th century novel, Journey to the West.

Tsukitaro, a young man who comes to Edo, meets a blind girl named Ochiyo. Ochiyo’s father, the grinder Yasujiro, was asked to sharpen a sword...

1961 Japanese movie

A large family scrapes by on the meager salaries of the father and three eldest sons, who left school in order to work and support the family. The...

Hikoroku Laughs a lot

A documentary short highlighting the cultural attractions of Ise-Shima National Park in eastern Mie Prefecture, a popular coastal sightseeing...

In 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams.

Dr Sogawa is considering making his son, Taro, take over the family business, but Taro is completely absorbed in music. Nevertheless, he makes him...

1935 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi

The film uses the haiku of early 19th century poet Kobayashi Issa as its motif to portray the lives of farmers residing deep in the mountains of...

An octopus flees a box on the way to the fish market and embarks on a long and perilous journey back to the ocean.

1944 war movie

A chronicle of the eight-year battle against the construction of the Matsubara dam at Ogunimachi Shimouke, Asogun, district of Kumamoto. Tomoyuki...

Based on a novel by Tei Fujiwara

film directed by Tai Katô

A short documentary filmed by staff at the Ueno Zoo that documents the behavior of wild animals in the remote regions of Africa.