1920s Japanese-language films

1929 film by Yasujirō Ozu

1927 film by Yasujirō Ozu and Torajirō Saitō

is a 1924 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Buntaro Futagawa. Often acclaimed as the predecessor to Orochi, it tells the tale of a nihilistic samurai, played by Tsumasaburo Bando whose mother is killed, whose sister is used and deceived and who loses the only love of his life.