Isuzu Yamada Movies

A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him,...

Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after...

A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are...

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...

Escaping the hustle and bustle of Edo, the Young Lord came to Oshima Island in Izu to take a vacation. Unexpectedly, the island's boss, Amimoto, was...

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

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

When a civil war threatens to break out, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. During the long journey, the socially inferior women...

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

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

A continuation of the prior film (影法師).

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

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.

Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but they inevitably became enemies after Matagorō...

A treasury official passed over for promotion and obsessed with careerism interferes in the lives of his three sons, who seek escape from his...