Torajirō Saitō

A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.

If you throw this child away

If you throw this child away

The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his own way.

My Daughter's Only Wish tells the story of a poorly paid and clumsy office clerk, played with much comedic talent by Atsushi Watanabe. His biggest problem: His daughter Hideko is too clever and is expected by her teachers to enter the school for higher girls after graduating from primary school. But how is our poor clerk supposed to pay the school fees? How does poor Hideko feel about the situation? How can they cope with the envious colleagues who have less brighter daughters? And - an important question for Hideko's mother - what will the neighbours think? What's the point about getting a good education for girls anyway?

Kodakara Sodo (The Treasure That Is Children) is a 1935 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Torajiro Saito. This is a rare example of a silent Japanese slapstick film that has survived to this day.

A young boy named Chomatsu (Misora Hibari) lives with an old man Denbei near the grounds of Asakusa temple as bell ringers. In their house is an Echigo lion mask, a memento of Chomatsu's deceased father. After several incidents of Echigo lion masks being destroyed in the area, a local kingpin Saheiji shows up at Denbei's demanded he hand over the mask, a request Denbei rejects out of pity for Chomatsu. However, after it is accidentally revealed that the mask contains an important map, Saheiji plots to steal the mask. Chomatsu gets involved after his mother makes a sudden reappearance that sends the boy on a roundabout journey that will reveal the truth about his family.

The story of a ghostly thief in Edo who calls himself the fireball guy.

1944 war movie

1950 drama film

1949 Japanese film

Hibari Misora musical.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

Comedy movie

This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip" is an 80-minute compilation of the first (東海道の巻 or "Tokaido no maki") and second (日本晴れの巻 or "Japan's Fine Weather Reel") parts (147 minutes), which were re-edited and screened at a time when presentable films were dried up immediately after the defeat of the war.

Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period

Comedy directed by Torajiro Saito about swordsmen in the era of feudal Japan.

Akogare no Hawaii kôro

The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

An irreverent take on a medieval Noh drama, Hokaibo sees Enoken play the titular monk whose lusts drive him to murder.

A young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather unlikely, and unwilling, parental figure, while avoiding her wealthy, absentee father, his hired goons, and the neighborhood fortune teller (Enoken) who's after the reward money.

A 1954 film.

1940 Japanese movie

A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi (The Millionaire of a Night) and shot by Hiro Imai (Akado Suzunosuke (1957)). Starring Achako Hanabishi (Segedei Momoshiki Goten), Tamao Nakamura (Akado Suzunosuke (1957)), Seinen Hayashi (Nijunin no Kenka-jou) and Sumire Harukaze (Harukaze Sumire). Also Rumiko Komachi, Shunji Sakai, Yoshio Tabata and Mieko Suzuki.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

A man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.

A frenzy of goodwill, tears, laughter, and a lot of fun, caused by thirteen children under the guise of a good-natured fruit vendor and his wife.

The feudal lord Kisaragi Yae no Kami (Minami Komyo) searches for a child he had with a low-borne woman, that was sent away from his home 16 years ago while carrying a special seal. At that time, Kanda's detective Zenshichi (Ichikawa Kodayu II) had three daughters, the third of whom, Omiyo (Misora ​​Hibari), was a skilled singer and an expert with the lasso.

A human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her foster parents and ends up with her mother in Kyoto, who divorced her father, but her father in Tokyo, who has another family, takes her to himself out of guilt for breaking up with her. How does the daughter feel?

A silent 3-reel comedy short that uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story. It was produced by Shochiku Studios (who released the original 1933 film in Japan on behalf of RKO). It is now considered to be a lost film.

Two criminal brothers try to go straight but face opposition from one of their criminal cohorts. Considered to be a lost film.

Japanese war-era film

A young couple flee their disapproving parents, get lost of Mt. Akagi and find a cache of gold protected by the ghost of a gangster.

Saito Torajiro directed this light comic musical about the lives and loves of three cheerful, lively young men on the R University Rugby Club, Toshio (Tsuruta Koji), Kenkichi (Tabata Yoshio), and Shunzo (Kawada Haruhisa).

A parody of the Kabuki play about thieves, "Five Men of the White Waves".

A parody based on Kabuki plays about thieves led by the famous Soshun Kochiyama.

Japanese silent drama from 1927.

Japanese silent film from 1927.

Japanese jidaigeki from 1927.

Japanese silent film from 1928.