Toho Eiga Movie Trailers
Most Popular Toho Eiga Trailers
Total trailers found: 118
Mother of the Red Hands Trailer (1941)
03 September 1941
The title might sound shocking, but the red hands mean, the hands which drag fishnets. Ohama, 15 or 16 years old girl lost her family and lived alone in a fishermen's village.
Ōma no tsuji Trailer (1938)
01 June 1938
Set in the late Edo period of the assassination of Dairo Ii, the sword and emotional romance that depicts the murderous world.
Harmonica Boy Trailer (1940)
10 July 1940
The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his own way.
Enoken's Bow-Wow General Trailer (1940)
16 July 1940
Enoken no wanwan taishô AKA Wanwan Taisho AKA Bowwow General directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
Shanghai Landing Party Trailer (1939)
19 May 1939
This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a documentary mode.
Living in the Earth Trailer (1941)
28 October 1941
A documentary on the living practices of farmers in rural japan during the 1940s.
Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip Trailer (1938)
18 September 1938
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.
Beautiful Departure Trailer (1939)
21 February 1939
A rich bourgeoisie family has little care in the world and knows no other lifestyle. It is only the family's second daughter who has an insecure bone in her body and ponders a day when the good times might end.
Musashibo Benkei Trailer (1942)
07 January 1942
A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei with Hideko Takamine portraying Minamoto no Yoshitsune (who is, of course, a man).
The Opium War Trailer (1943)
14 January 1943
The Opium War is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino. "Ahen senso" in Japan refers to the First Opium War.
Mother Never Dies Trailer (1942)
24 September 1942
The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.
A Fond Face from the Past Trailer (1941)
18 January 1941
A Fond Face from the Past is also set in a rural community, specifically a village outside Kameoka, near Kyoto.
Rainbow Hill Trailer (1938)
11 March 1938
A half brother and sister work at a hotel in Hakone respectively as a porter and a souvenir shop clerk.
Enoken's Hokaibo Trailer (1938)
21 June 1938
An irreverent take on a medieval Noh drama, Hokaibo sees Enoken play the titular monk whose lusts drive him to murder.
Fallen Blossoms Trailer (1938)
02 February 1938
Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows of women in a geisha house in Kyoto by recounting the relationships of its inhabitants.
The Abe Clan Trailer (1938)
01 March 1938
“19 vassals of Lord Hosokawa ask permission to commit harakiri with him, as a demonstration of their loyalty.
Wedding Day Trailer (1940)
20 March 1940
Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accept changes in their home during the preparations of their widowed father's wedding to his chosen bride, Maki Tsuneko (Sadako Sawamura), who's anxious about her conduct as the bride.
The Song Lantern Trailer (1943)
11 February 1943
A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him, leading the once promising actor to a life on the streets.
Story of Leadership Trailer (1941)
04 October 1941
In this semi-documentary, an older locomotive driver is tasked with training younger ones and is currently training two in particular.
Travelling Actors Trailer (1940)
18 December 1940
This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.
Sky of Hope Trailer (1942)
14 January 1942
What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers.
Yukiko and Natsuyo Trailer (1941)
14 August 1941
Adaptation of a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya that was serialized in "Shufu no tomo" between 1939 and 1940.
China Night Trailer (1940)
02 January 1940
Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from the streets by a kindly Japanese merchant marine officer.
Rivals Trailer (1939)
19 September 1939
Two hyper-competitive salarymen let their workplace rivalry spill over into their private lives, as both men try to one-up each other on a luxurious beach vacation neither's family can afford.
The Day Before Trailer (1939)
20 October 1939
A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of violence, is reduced to apathy or victimhood.
The Old Man of the Propeller Trailer (1939)
01 July 1939
The Old Man of the Propeller can be seen as a comedic amalgam of “King Lear” and “Christmas Carol”.
White Heron Trailer (1941)
09 September 1941
OSHINO, the beautiful daughter of restaurant owners, is in love with SHIRASAGI the painter. But there is another young man, the son of a moneylender family, who is desperately in love with Oshino.
Tojuro's Love Trailer (1938)
01 May 1938
A colourful study of theatrical life. Two acting troupes vie for the Kyoto market during the Genroku Era.
The Man Who Waited Trailer (1942)
23 April 1942
A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacation.
Oath on the Burning Sands Trailer (1940)
25 December 1940
A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful Chinese woman (Ri) aside if he is to succeed at building a highway through the "bandit"- (aka anti-Japanese militia-) infested hinterlands.
Enoken's Kurama Tengu Trailer (1939)
21 May 1939
The legendary ninja Kurama Tengu (Enoken) uses his superhuman powers to help free a band of street urchins from their Fagin-like master.
Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki Trailer (1938)
22 January 1938
This is the only surviving "Mito Komon Manyu-ki" film. This release also known as Adrift Tour Memoir is an 80-minute compilation of the first and second 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.
The Whole Family Works Trailer (1939)
11 March 1939
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.
Iron Brothers Trailer (1939)
28 June 1939
It's been a long time since the war. Since we haven't been at war with America yet, there is a line in the movie that asks, "How do you say "dried fish" in English?" Brothers who work at a factory that handles iron in Tokyo.
The Burning Sky Trailer (1940)
10 May 1940
The film was produced during Second Sino-Japanese War, before the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941. The film mainly concerns the training of newly-recruited pilots and their daily life, then their subsequent fighting experiences in China.
Horse Trailer (1941)
11 March 1941
Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly.
Wife of a Lily Trailer (1940)
06 March 1940
This is a rokyoku film of Tenjuken Ungetsu II (Hideko Itami), a popular rokyoku performer who was famous for her seven different voices for men and women of all ages.
The Best Lord in Japan Trailer (1937)
08 December 1937
At the residence of a feudal lord in a mountain province, a young lord, accompanied by his vassals and courtiers, listens to the rokyoku singer Toraizo at a leisurely pace.
Enoken's Yaji and Kita Trailer (1939)
29 December 1939
Enoken's anachronistic take on the beloved (and already very funny) Edo-period novel "Shank's Mare," aka Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige, in which Yaji and Kita, two plebeian nobodies, have all sorts of strange and colorful encounters on the long road from Edo to Kyoto.
