Yoshiko Sakuma Movies

An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an...

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.

Japanese comedy film.

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on...

A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.

The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is...

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

A story about the nature of office workers today.

1961 Toei comedy

A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love...

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

During the seventh-year memorial service for Katsugoro and Genji, Ikari Genji himself emerged from the coffin brought in by the hearse seeking...

A young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his birth father, he travels to Edo to find Shogun...

A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen...

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating...