Yōyō Kojima Movies

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

Genre: Drama

Cast: Susumu Fujita

A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshiko Sakuma

Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord Kira Yoshinaka as detailed in Japan's...

Genre: History

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

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Cast: Susumu Fujita

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

A romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious employment and social circumstances shift around...

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Cast: Yukiko Shimazaki

Story of a bandit king part 2.

Genre: Action

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

A modern take on history with songs and comedy presented by Enoken (as Gonza), Fujiyama (as Sukeju), and Kasagi (Gonza’s wife Osaki).

Genre: History

Cast: Kenichi Enomoto

Hide-chan (Hideko Takamine) and her family are on a trip to Tokyo. While visiting a fairground, a pickpocket (Kamatari Furukawa) steals the father's...

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Cast: Akira Kishii

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Cast: Jun Usami

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

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Cast: Sessue Hayakawa

The unfortunate Sumiko is sent from place to place: to live with her alcoholic uncle, then sold to the circus, then adopted by a wealthy family, and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiko Takatsu

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takashi Shimura

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takako Irie

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute who returns to Japan from Singapore with her...

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Cast: Takako Irie

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takako Irie

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ennosuke Ichikawa

When Kaoru's sister-in-law Miyoko arrives at the family home, tender feelings start to grow between the two. However, the initial happiness that...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Naomi Egawa

A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful Chinese woman (Ri) aside if he is to succeed at...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Yūji Hori

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takashi Shimura

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara

Jidaigeki from 1940

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ureo Egawa

Shot mostly in Tokyo, this comedy depicts two Chinese tourists who have travelled from their country to Japan in order to experience the latter...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region of Manchuria, and the first film in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Story of a bandit king.

Genre: Action

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Hikoroku Laughs a lot

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Musei Tokugawa

Enoken's anachronistic take on the beloved (and already very funny) Edo-period novel "Shank's Mare," aka Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige, in...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kenichi Enomoto

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Miyamoto Tokunosuke works at a Detective Agency in the heart of Tokyo. When his lover Ranko tells him that she's pregnant, he begins to worry. His...

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Cast: Eiji Nakano