Yoshito Yamaji Movies

Drunken samurai Saito Magobei lives a reckless and irresponsible life. He’s not the man to volunteer for thrilling adventures. But when Magobei...

A gallant swordsman takes on the forces of evil with the help of his trusty friends.

Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she...

In early summer in Edo, Sanshirō, known for his beautiful singing, is a devoted son living in a tenement with his blind mother Okura. He works...

short film about Banchō Sarayashiki.

Japanese war movie.

The head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board) Tajima Kuze to extract five gold coins to the Shogun...

Christian converts face persecution in the feudal society of 17th century Japan.

Shinya Ban (Masao Wakahara) returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns that his mutual friend Yuriko (Mieko Takamine) is...

A 1930 silent film from director Eichi Koishi, following the adventures of Edo firefighter Sanji.

1957 Japanese movie

This drama centers on an elderly politician and depicts how humans can return to their true selves when they are freed from selfish desires and...

A young girl searches for her long-lost brother in postwar Tokyo, clinging to hope and music amid the rubble of a broken Japan. Along the way, she...

Tatsuo Osone movie

1962 Japanese movie

The movie depicts the youth of kamikaze pilots who scattered young lives in the sky.

1961 Japanese movie

The eleventh episode of the Denshichi Torimonocho series. Around the time of Shogun Ienari, a murderer known as a ghost hikyaku appeared in Edo,...