Movies: Yūnosuke Itō

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community....

A movie directed by Nobuo Nakagawa...

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi....

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara...

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda...

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their leader is....

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Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughte...

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves....

A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president....

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Period film about a feudal era judge living in Edo...

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Natsuko Kayama, an authority in the beauty industry and once known as Miss Tokyo, is a first-class wife. Her husband, Senkichi, on the contrary, is a good-natured man and slow-witted. They are rarely seen together, and others often criticize them for...

1961 gangster film....

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A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole....

Chuji Kunisada runs into strange adventures which tests his skill as a samurai as he untangles intrigue and murder against the backdrop of the majestic Mount Akagi....

Seventh film in the Boy Detectives Club series....

Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private"....