Yūnosuke Itō Movies

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.

In the 15th year of the Meiji era (1882), Ōkuma Shigenobu, expelled from the Council of State by the Satsuma-Chōshō clique, poured his...

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

Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned...

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...

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves.

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

Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.

Ichiro Yoshida, the father of the boy Kiyoshi, who has been repatriated from China, returns home after a ten-year separation. The father, who has...

Soemon, the master of Gidayū-style madcap performances, has gathered the entire tenement block again tonight and is tormenting everyone with his...

1962 Japanese movie

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers