Movies: Yūnosuke Itō

A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku's iconoclastic New Wave. At the height of student protests, Shimojo takes his aggressions to another level, beset by seemingly insol...

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi....

The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among whom is the local governor, a timid creature, who is dominated by his high-born and beautiful wife, who...

War film by Kon Ichikawa...

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi...

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura...

Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private"....

A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president....

Second part to "River Without a Bridge" (1969)...

The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period....

Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. If two people come together, they will talk about selling kimonos, if three people come together, they will ...

A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets in...

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An early film by Kon Ichikawa...

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara...

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring Ryô Ikebe as a young policeman it is part crime drama, part social study. Definitely not an undiscovered mast...

Seventh film in the Boy Detectives Club series....

At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of the Benten family. When Mino's father, Kyohei Tsuchihashi, is murdered by unknown assailants, Tadakazu is summoned to Akane-ya, the landlord of this ...

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