Yōko Umemura Movies

1942 Japanese movie

A story about Ômura Masujirô

When a civil war threatens to break out, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. During the long journey, the socially inferior women...

Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Fujio is beautiful,...

Directed by Yutaka Abe (as Jack Abe).

A quintessential example of the period "ghost cat" (bakeneko or kaibyo) movie, this was one of at least six such titles released by the studio Shinko...

A Japanese silent film

Directed by Yutaka 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...