Yasutaro Yagi Movies

Drama about a young nurse who falls in love with a disabled soldier, and based a true story.

Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot...

Nobuko is a widow who lives with her daughter-in-law Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeeper, Komatsu, is attracted to Tamiko, but...

A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a...

Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness

Japanese drama.

A lost film considered one of Japan's first Tokusatsu films. The effects were done by Fuminori Ohashi, who claims to have been a modeling consultant...

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.

A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally dropped train ticket.

A boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. These two boys eventually face each other in the ring.

A film based on the memoir of a 4th grade student who received the grand prize in a writing contest sponsored by Gyeongseong Daily. A boy, whose...

A story of a passionate teacher and his great effort for the children in a poor village.

The events of the film are based on the real facts of the Pacific War, when in June 1944 the American troops began landing on the Saipan island. On...

Directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.

Venice Film Festival 1939

Drama about the lives of seasonal migrant workers in Kashima

Part two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

A female doctor's story of her life in an isolated leper colony.