Yūnosuke Itō Movies

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to...

Japanese drama film.

The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among...

Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His...

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...

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover...

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

Japanese drama film.

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...

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...

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

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

1962 Japanese movie

War film by Kon Ichikawa