Yūnosuke Itō Movies

As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case...

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...

[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weakening by the day and many were there who planned to...

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...

An exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from the period of his stay on Mount Kurama to his...

Comedy drama film

Yano, a progressive individual who seeks to overcome strength with gentleness and confronts physical power with moral principles, faces off against a...

A professor takes up a new post at an all-girls school only to discover the principal concealing a dark secret.

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.

Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is...

An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love.

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves.

A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.

The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and...

1962 Japanese movie

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.

A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where...