Yasutaro Yagi Filmes

Nobuko is a widow who lives with her stepchild Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeeper, Komatsu, is attracted to Tamiko, but she is...

A lost film considered one of Japan's first Tokusatsu films. The effects were done by Fuminori Ohashi, who claims to have been a modeling consultant...

A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.

Japanese drama.

The Nami family lives in a quiet fishing village at the tip of the Shima Peninsula overlooking Ago Bay. The family of four consists of her...

The year is 1936. Ōhinata-mura was a very poor village between deep valleys. Soncho, the village head is trying to collect the village taxes...

Japanese film.

Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish...

Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The...

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian...

Part two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot...

A story of a passionate teacher and his great effort for the children in a poor village.

A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a...

Venice Film Festival 1939

Directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.

1948 Japanese drama film.