Yūnosuke Itō Movies

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...

Eighth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of the Benten family. When Mino's father, Kyohei...

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

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

Minoru visits his home on Okinoerabu island for the first time in thirty years. Seeing the old man who used to be in love with his mother, Minoru...

If two clouds go away, the eyes of a maiden who gets wet in tears, Tsukaman Aise who earnestly wished, and the two who cried under the harsh trials...

An upstanding young man who is popular with the ladies takes on a corrupt group of men in his company.

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

Akiko Yasutomi, an 18-year-old high school student, lives in poverty with her mother Hisako, but she has feelings for her cousin, a medical student...

In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds' cry and befriends another...

Period film about the legendary detective Umon

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

Movie directed by Kunio Matoi

Yuki cares for a sick old man Katakura who kept her mother as his mistress. Now she is the object of his ugly desires. When she falls in love with a...