Yōko Umemura Movies

Silent Japanese film.

Directed by Yutaka Abe.

When Ochika, from a rich family, marries Danpei, a poor Shamissen player, she devotes herself completely to him and takes over her business, to the...

Silent Japanese film.

Directed by Yutaka Abe (as Jack Abe).

A twice-remade ironic comedy about a writer's encounter with a female thief.

Japan's first feature film directed by a female. The film was about the naïve, premature emotions between a young geisha-to-be and a youth...

Otane, the daughter of a thread shop owner in Ryogoku, is in love with Sumio, the son of an ivory craftsman who lives nearby. The two are united in a...