Yoneichi Wakita Movie Trailers

Song of the Flower Basket Trailer (1937)

14 January 1937

Three men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the Shitamachi district of Tokyo.

Marching On Trailer (1930)

07 March 1930

A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of the local squire, who introduces the lad to her pilot brother and his flying officer friends; through hard work, and despite the handicap of a lowly class status, he eventually succeeds in qualifying as a pilot and joining the air force.

Okoto and Sasuke Trailer (1935)

15 June 1935

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant.

Family Meeting Trailer (1936)

03 April 1936

A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.

Osayo Koi Sugata Trailer (1934)

14 September 1934

The poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head. With him, the novelist who is always in trouble paying his bills, is the girl Saya who becomes the model for his novel.

The Bride Talks in Her Sleep Trailer (1933)

14 January 1933

This pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife and Mine typify both the formal experimentation of early Japanese sound cinema and the social milieux that Shochiku tended to depict.

Our Neighbor, Miss Yae Trailer (1934)

28 June 1934

Keitaro is a law student and Yaeko is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their friendship is starting to develop into something more romantic.

The Genealogy of Women Trailer (1934)

22 February 1934

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The Romance of Yushima.

The Golden Demon Trailer (1932)

14 January 1932

Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to marry a wealthy banker’s son.

Youth, Why Do You Cry? Trailer (1930)

15 November 1930

A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.

Dragnet Girl Trailer (1933)

27 April 1933

A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him.

I Flunked, But... Trailer (1930)

11 April 1930

After the plans of a group of college students to cheat on their final exams goes awry, they're left to reassess their lives and educations and get back on track.

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine Trailer (1931)

01 August 1931

A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his new home, too.

Days of Youth Trailer (1929)

13 April 1929

University friends Ben and Shūichi unknowingly vie for the attention of the beautiful Chieko while on a skiing trip.

The Lady and the Beard Trailer (1931)

07 February 1931

Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tension between tradition and modernity.

That Night's Wife Trailer (1930)

06 July 1930

In Depression-era Japan, a man commits a robbery to save his critically ill daughter and escapes with the funds, but complications arise.

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2 Trailer (1931)

17 April 1931

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a lumberland epic with a forest fire on Sakhalin Island, turns into a tragedy of King Lear dimensions, and manages to amaze the blasé audience with a happy end in the Wild West.

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1 Trailer (1931)