Yaeko Izumo Movies

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

The story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era. The film won the prestigious Blue Ribbon awards for...

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.

A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted.

Keiko Yukawa is a former prostitute and the newest inmate at White Lily, a female rehabilitation facility.

The daughter of a former Miss Universe winner finds success as a fashion model in Tokyo following the death of her fiancé.

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

A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat...

May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes...

The film follows a young civil engineer, played by Toshiro Mifune, who is assigned to the Tase Dam construction site in what is now Hanamaki City,...

With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant...

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

After killing a detective in a botched robbery, Keiichi (Natsuki) is on the run as police stake out the homes of his sisters, mother, and girlfriend.

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run...

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

An Ishiro Honda film.

An Ishiro Honda film.