Yūnosuke Itō Movies

The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and...

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among...

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...

Yano, a progressive individual who seeks to overcome strength with gentleness and confronts physical power with moral principles, faces off against a...

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines

A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.

1962 Japanese movie

A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers

Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. If two...

An exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from the period of his stay on Mount Kurama to his...

Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures.

A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon...

Period film about a feudal era judge living in Edo

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals