Isuzu Yamada

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the ...

The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of an atomic bomb on humans for the first time in ...

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle ...

The films of Gosho are known both from his sensible composition as well as his continuous, insightful interpretation of the present moment. ...

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child. Release: Tokyo ...

Kenji Mizoguchi is credited as “supervisor” on this rare Japanese genre film, which stars the stunning Isuzu Yamada (Osaka Elegy, ...

Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt ...

Kiyone Sakurai, an apprentice swordmaker makes a sword for his guardian, Kozaemon Onoda. Onoda breaks the sword while defending his lord which ...

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 ...

The Ueki family may not be wealthy, but smiles are never in short supply. The father is awarded prize money for 25 years of service to his ...

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite ...

Black comedy in which the various characters an honest young tax collector encounters, as he tries to enforce the law, present a scathing ...

Mr. Tsurujiro is a Japanese folk singer assisted by Ms. Tsuruhachi on the shamisen. The pair is popular, but he nitpicks often on her music and ...

In a mountain village, Heita, a translator’s son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds’ cry and ...

Zushio and his sister Anju are kidnapped and sold to a cruel slave-master. Will they ever be reunited with their mother again? Release: The ...

A young actor has his first success and his head swells; he goes from the small theater to the big time in Tokyo. leaving his girl behind in ...

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced. Release: Fireworks Over the Sea ...

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat. Release: Shozo a Cat and Two Women 1956 ...

The story of generations of kelp merchants in Osaka. Release: Noren The Shop Curtain 1958 — Yuzo Kawashima General: mkv | 622 MB | 02:02:39 ...

Returning to their lord’s castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part ...