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The Elegant Swordsman (1934) IMDb TMDB

風流活人剣

director: Sadao Yamanaka actor: Chiezo Kataoka / Isuzu Yamada …

other title: 風流活人剣 / 風流活人劍

This film tells the story of a ronin's search for his parents, but primarily is a group portrait of life in a Tokugawa-era tenement. Considered a lost film.

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Martial Arts Encyclopedia (1934) IMDb TMDB

武道大鑑

director: Mansaku Itami actor: Kunitaro Bando / Seinosuke Hayashi …

other title: 武道大鑑

Martial Arts Encyclopedia

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A Living Puppet (1929) WikiData IMDb TMDB

生ける人形

director: Tomu Uchida actor: Isamu Kosugi / Takako Irie …

other title: 生ける人形 / La Poupée vivante …

A man rises in society by cheating, but the institutions in turn take their revenge.

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Ashes (1929) IMDb TMDB

灰燼

director: Minoru Murata actor: Yuriko Hanabusa / Eiji Nakano …

other title: 灰燼

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The 26 Martyrs of Japan (1931) WikiData IMDb TMDB

殉教血史 日本二十六聖人

director: Tomiyasu Ikeda actor: Kaichi Yamamoto / Yutaka Mimasu …

other title: 殉教血史 日本二十六聖人 / Sangre en el Japón …

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.

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The Revenge Champion (1931) IMDb TMDB Douban

仇討選手

director: 内田吐梦 actor: 大河内伝次郎 / 三桝豊 …

other title: 复仇选手 / 仇討選手

Lost film, directed by Tomu Uchida. This film is a very funny comedy that makes fun of the moral code of the samurai Bushido, which has become obsolete and turned into an empty form during the period of feudalism.