Isuzu Yamada Movies

The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when...

A treasury official passed over for promotion and obsessed with careerism interferes in the lives of his three sons, who seek escape from his...

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

The lives of a family of kelp (kombu) merchants in Osaka across three generations, spanning from the Meiji era through the aftermath of World War II.

A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of...

A group of seemingly ordinary merchants is really a band of assassins for hire. When they discover that all the assassins in Edo are being killed...

The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.

Christian converts face persecution in the feudal society of 17th century Japan.

In 1887, two businessmen, Echigo-ya and Kitahara, compete for railroad construction authorization from the government. The minister states that a...

Japanese drama film.

A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.

A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' depriving the farmers of their water rights.

Across the Inagawa River that runs through the center of the village, the children of the two villages scrambled for a swimming pool, and each time a...

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

During the late Meiji period, at the beginning of the twentieth century, Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu, a...

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after...

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka...

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to...