Isao Yamagata Movies

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

The love story of an aspiring architect and a charcoal-making daughter, who discover that they are actually brother and sister.

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.

When Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the history of the Ming Dynasty, hokudai Yamashita, left the...

1954 Theater of Life adaptation.

Yuki Kimura, a company president's secretary, agrees to marry his son Yutaka on the president's recommendation. When Yutaka breaks up with his lover,...

Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.

Raizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to Kazuo Mori's stylish 1967 thriller A Certain...

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the...

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it...

Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy patients. When Saotome, a sword master and guard of...

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.

A film adaptation of Rikuo Honjo's novel "Ishikari River".

A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.

1962 Japanese movie

1975 Toei movie.

Bored Hatamoto film #21

Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who...