Isamu Yamaguchi Movies

Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Eitarō Shindō

The purple hood reveals the embezzlement of public money by officials. A remake of Masahiro Makino's 1923 film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

The film centers a compassionate teacher (Setsuko Hara) who teaches at a Tokyo grade school where students curse and gamble. The school has a pond...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara

A film about the rivalry and friendship between firefighter Chоji and sumo wrestler Sokichi Fudoyama.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who...

Genre: History

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A series of grisly murders with strange claw marks lead Mito Komon into discovering a deadly plan that involves a strange gorilla creature.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

A man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Minoru Chiaki

A short concerning an impoverished insurance salesman and his scrappy son, whose fisticuffs with the other boys of their village put his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Isamu Yamaguchi

Young Lord Genjiro, who abandoned his castle to live as a commoner in Edo, returns home to restore peace amidst disruption over an inheritance...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his job.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tokihiko Okada

A village romantic drama. (Now lost.)

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masao Shimizu

Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

Fourth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

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Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

First film of the The Black Hooded Man series.

Genre: Action

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

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Cast: Isamu Yamaguchi

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Achako Hanabishi

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

The first part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

The second part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

The final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mitsugu Fujii

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce...

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Cast: Mitsugu Fujii

Tai Kato's first film directed at Toei.

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Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

1945 Japanese movie

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

In this exciting story, Sasuke Sarutobi, known as the bravest child in the world, fulfills the will of his father, growing up strong and correct, and...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Motoharu Ueki

In the midst of the Siege of Osaka in the Sengoku period, a thrilling tale unfolds featuring a trio of ronin who manipulate a group of spies, a...

Genre: History

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

G-men of Japan fifth installment. A young detective, questioning a double suicide involving his police officer friend and a Turkish girl, travels...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

A young idealistic doctor works at his father's clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, he contracts syphilis from the blood of a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Red Castle Lullaby by Taizō Fuyushima

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Cast: Eiji Wakasugi

1960 movie directed by Taizō Fuyushima

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Cast: Eiji Wakasugi

1945 Japanese movie

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Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

To fulfill a friend’s dying wish, a young sailor Kenji takes on the task of delivering an heirloom to his friend’s daughter, Harumi, who...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hibari Misora

The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Fumitake Ōmura

Fifth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Genre: Action

Cast: Fumitake Ōmura

The story is a dramatization of the Japanese folklore legend of Momotaro, the Peach Boy, who with his trusted companions of dog, monkey and pheasant...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenzo Asada

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

A Japanese comedy from the end of the silent era (it has music) from a popular series. A feud, a practical joke and romance are the set up for some...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shozaburo Abe

Four unlucky pirates head to a weather tracking station set on a remote island with the intention of holding the weather trackers as hostages and...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Setsuko Hara

Based on an original story by Yojiro Ishizaka, this well-made drama is set in a Christian school in a beautiful northern harbor town. Teacher Masaki...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Den Obinata

Fifth delivery in the Tarao Bannai series, following the "master detective with seven faces" who uses his signature disguise to solve crimes with a...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A fatherless boy's mother passes him from one aunt to another.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mitsugu Fujii

Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

The mysterious black hooded man, Kurozukin, helps transport funds raised to fight against the government.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A silent 3-reel comedy short that uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story. It was produced by Shochiku Studios (who released the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yasuko Koizumi

As a result of illness and unemployment, Yamaoka Tatewaki, a "Hatamoto" (or direct vassal of the Shogun), pawned his family heirloom, a valuable Gosu...

Genre: Action

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

A tryst between the young warrior Hagiwara Shinzaburo and beautiful Otsuyu is discovered, and the shamed Otsuyu commits suicide with her maid. Their...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideo Fujino

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hibari Misora

A touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko and Teruko. Ranko comes from a wealthy family and is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Ken Takakura

Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

After getting permission to dig up the pawnbroker's grave, Young lord samurai was surprised to find the body was missing, as was the Gosu plate. He...

Genre: Action

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

A murdered pawnbroker found clutching a blood-soaked wedding gown, the kidnapped daughter of a Shogun vassal, mysterious robberies, brutal killings,...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

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Cast: Kotaro Satomi

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

A samurai thief fights a gang of ghostly thieves using scorpions for treasure in the unexplored Shinano region, which is guarded by a descendant of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Eitarō Shindō

Genre: Crime

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Genre: Crime

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Kinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's boyfriend. It is a story whose theme is warm human...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

Minowada, a young teacher at a National People's School, has his own theory of education and the daughter of his linguistics teacher becomes drawn to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michitarō Mizushima

Venice Film Festival 1939

Genre: Drama

Cast: Den Obinata

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshiko Okada

Genre: History

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.

Genre: History

Cast: Shin Saburi

A group of men obsessed with oil gather in a remote oil field region. Ichiro Kitazawa (Tatsuzaki) was one of them. He had a daughter-in-law named...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masao Wakahara

Jidaigeki film from 1960

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

1961 Japanese movie

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Cast: Hiroki Matsukata