Yōnosuke Toba Movies

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he...

A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events.

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the...

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.

Two sisters, one a dancer and the other a script supervisor at a big movie studio, become embroiled in union activities when a strike is called in...

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan.

A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss.

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

Japanese film.

Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as...

A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacation. When his hot-blooded wife (Yamada) starts...

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

Romantic melodrama

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.