Yoshito Yamaji Movies

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes...

1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo

In the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects facing death on the gallows for maltreatment of Allied...

Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she...

A 1930 silent film from director Eichi Koishi, following the adventures of Edo firefighter Sanji.

1957 Japanese movie

First sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Japanese war movie.

1962 Japanese movie

Second sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Manao Horiuchi movie

Tatsuo Osone movie

One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself to a beautiful woman. She told the...

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the...

short film about Banchō Sarayashiki.

During the era of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one night a carver named Fujijiro was murdered. Immediately launching an investigation, Denhichi, accompanied by...

A parody based on Kabuki plays about thieves led by the famous Soshun Kochiyama.

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...