Midori Yamamoto Movies

Junpei Kihara, a young president of the University's wrestling club, is nicknamed "Mr. Chop". One day, on the way back from visiting the hospital...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Eiji Okada

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masahiro Motoki

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshiko Sakuma

During the reign of Shogun Ienari Tokugawa, heir Takechiyo is found murdered with aconite-coated needles. A missing needle belonging to a palace lady...

Genre: History

Cast: Tomoko Hoshino

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Katsuo Nakamura

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

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Cast: Mako Midori

After three consecutive days of heavy rain, the water level at Sumida River rises and the newly built Eitai Bridge collapses just two years after its...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ichirō Nakatani

During the reign of Shogun Iemitsu, a great martial arts tournament was held to determine whether or not Iemitsu was to remain in power or cede it to...

Genre: Action

Cast: Shizue Abe

1959 Japanese movie

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kappei Matsumoto

Following her successful prison break, Scorpion begins this third episode in the series hiding out in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Meiko Kaji

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.

Genre: War

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki. Faced with the rigors of growing...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Funaki

Part 3 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

Genre: Action

Cast: Yuki Jōno

This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest after the shooting of businessman Hideki Yokoi.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Noboru Andō

The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshiya Ito

From a true incident that happened in 1960s Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but medieval in its characters and emotions as it focuses on...

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Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chikage Awashima

The two ronin that Sawatari Mondonosuke saved were secret envoys from Ryukyu. They could not stand the tyranny of the Satsuma clan and were trying...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinya Kitaoji

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.

Genre: Family

Cast: Ineko Arima

In the era of the ninth shogun, Ieshige, the Ooku of Edo Castle was a world of only women, with Tokiwa at the head and numbering up to a thousand. ...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tomomi Iwai

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

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Cast: Koji Tsuruta

Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Ken Takakura

Second Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Genre: Action

Cast: Fumitake Ōmura

Kumi Taguchi is a model who leaves her boxer boyfriend after he sustains an injury. She meets and quickly marries Hideo, the heir to a corporate...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kumi Taguchi

An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Yukiko Kuwahara

Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and...

Genre: History

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and...

Genre: Action

Cast: Meiko Kaji

After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cohorts with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Meiko Kaji

Nami is once again on the run from the law but is saved by an old classmate who works at a strip club. Through a subsequent conversation they...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Meiko Kaji

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Cast: Tomio Umezawa

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Shinjirô Ehara

A young man longs to travel to Hawaii, the birthplace of his deceased father, against the wishes of his family, who are estranged from those...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kazuo Funaki

Suehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce turf battle takes place between a local gang and the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating...

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Cast: Hibari Misora

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

Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshiko Mita

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Isao Natsuyagi

When the mobster Iwaida Nishikawi is executed by the hit man Takeshi, his family chases the killer. Takeshi's brothers Takashi and Hideshi Miwa try...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken'ichi Endô

Kiyohime, a daughter of Tokugawa Ienari is married-off to Tadateru Ogura, the lord of a Kyushu clan. However, the lord's sexual inexperience and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Miki Sugimoto

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of...

Genre: War

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

Momojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her sheet music into the ocean. Momojiro helps her by diving...

Genre: Action

Cast: Bunta Sugawara

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the...

Genre: War

Cast: Keiko Tsushima

Violent delinquent Shunpei is sent to Totsuka Yacht School, a grueling rehabilitation center. The principal fears that this "half-wolf" is too much....

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Cast: Shirō Itō

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Hibari Misora

Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners.

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Cast: Jo Mizuki