Reizaburo Yamamoto Movies

A bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko.

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

Jirokichi the Rat is wanted in Edo for robbing the mansions of the rich. While on the run, he falls for Osen, a girl who has been sold to a brothel...

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.

A story about Kinsaburo Kamiya, who infiltrated the Satsuma clan at the end of the Edo period. Based on the novel "Satsuma Hikyaku" by Jiro Daibutsu,...

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie

Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten: Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie

The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a...

Final installment of the Okochi / Arai / Yamanaka Mito Komon series and just as good as the others (a good deal longer, as well). Again, this film...

Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô - Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie.

Hanakosan (1943, TOHO, MAKINO Masahiro), a thoroughly light and joyful musical comedy, influenced by Busby Berkeley films, against the national...

With one million yen in stolen cash, Kurita plans his escape to Hokkaido with an unwilling bar girl named Katsumi.

Japanese horror movie from 1929.

Yamanaka Sadao's fourth feature film. The Life of Bangaku

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...