Yasuzō Masumura Movies

  • 1967
    A Certain Killer

    A Certain Killer

    A Certain Killer

    6.71967HD

    A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.

    A Certain Killer
  • 1959
    The Most Valuable Wife

    The Most Valuable Wife

    The Most Valuable Wife

    7.51959HD

    Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of...

    The Most Valuable Wife
  • 1972
    New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

    New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

    New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

    6.91972HD

    The story is presented as a voiced-over narrative by Arita (Takahiro Tamura), speaking long after the events of the film. In a remote army base in...

    New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
  • 1962
    A Woman's Life

    A Woman's Life

    A Woman's Life

    01962HD

    One of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo.

    A Woman's Life
  • 1974
    Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

    Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

    Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

    51974HD

    About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family...

    Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
  • 1970
    Play It Cool

    Play It Cool

    Play It Cool

    41970HD

    This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure...

    Play It Cool
  • 1978
    Double Suicide of Sonezaki

    Double Suicide of Sonezaki

    Double Suicide of Sonezaki

    6.11978HD

    Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence of...

    Double Suicide of Sonezaki
  • 1959
    The Cast-Off

    The Cast-Off

    The Cast-Off

    61959HD

    The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his...

    The Cast-Off
  • 1962
    Stolen Pleasure

    Stolen Pleasure

    Stolen Pleasure

    6.81962HD

    Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adapted by frequent Masumura scribe Kaneto Shindo, this downbeat melodrama features a battle of women...

    Stolen Pleasure
  • 1968
    The Great Villains

    The Great Villains

    The Great Villains

    31968HD

    Psychological noir drama involving the tangled web of a disgraced yakuza, an innocent school girl, a blackmailed singer, and a corrupt lawyer.

    The Great Villains
  • 1963
    Sentimental Mobsters

    Sentimental Mobsters

    Sentimental Mobsters

    01963HD

    A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during...

    Sentimental Mobsters
  • 1965
    Hoodlum Soldier

    Hoodlum Soldier

    Hoodlum Soldier

    7.31965HD

    A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an...

    Hoodlum Soldier
  • 1982
    Lullaby of Death

    Lullaby of Death

    Lullaby of Death

    51982HD

    Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for...

    Lullaby of Death
  • 2022
    The Setting Sun

    The Setting Sun

    The Setting Sun

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    The Setting Sun
  • 1961
    Love and Life

    Love and Life

    Love and Life

    01961HD

    Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.

    Love and Life
  • 1959
    Across the Darkness

    Across the Darkness

    Across the Darkness

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    A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.

    Across the Darkness
  • 1961
    The Burdened Sisters

    The Burdened Sisters

    The Burdened Sisters

    01961HD

    Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

    The Burdened Sisters
  • 1973
    Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

    Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

    Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

    6.21973HD

    Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He...

    Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
  • 1964
    Superexpress

    Superexpress

    Superexpress

    81964HD

    A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract of land in order, he says, to build an...

    Superexpress
  • 1958
    Disobedience

    Disobedience

    Disobedience

    01958HD

    A university student wants to avenge his sister from a businessman who abandoned her after leaving her pregnant. To do this, he decides to seduce the...

    Disobedience