Isuzu Yamada Filmes

When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shogunate sends an incompetent cop, Tanaka, to Kyoto...

Shinzō, the heir of the prominent Edo lumber dealer Yamashiroya, left home when his stubborn father, Chōzaemon, dismissed his lover, the...

During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by...

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

The film consists of three short stories. Tomiko, the heroine of the first story, "The Flower Girl" (dir. Kozaburo Yoshimura), is a little girl who...

Chushingura has been made into a movie several times before, but this time it will be presented in a widescreen version with all natural colors and a...

The story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the 1950s.

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

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

In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...

Christian converts face persecution in the feudal society of 17th century Japan.

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt...

Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).

A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a new, young and honest subordinate is...

Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second feature film directed by Kamei Fumio, who is...

A family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman thanks to her children, the son is being cheated on by...