Yūnosuke Itō Movies

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

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...

On a Sunday morning, young dentist Toshio Ezaki wakes up with a hangover, on a bench in his office. He finds a poisoned woman in a green-striped...

Chuji Kunisada runs into strange adventures which tests his skill as a samurai as he untangles intrigue and murder against the backdrop of the...

Nineteen-year-old Fukiko Kuwano lives with her father, who is nearing retirement, her mother, and her younger brother. After colliding with a...

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

Yuki cares for a sick old man Katakura who kept her mother as his mistress. Now she is the object of his ugly desires. When she falls in love with a...

Coming-of-age comedy set in Yokosuka.

Period film about the legendary detective Umon

Hiroko, who has a weekly magazine reporter as her lover is assigned as a public health nurse in a remote village. However, there is widespread...

1955 Japanese movie

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...

Movie directed by Kunio Matoi

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

A former samurai, whose lover had died while he was traveling, was returning to Edo when he met a woman at Shinagawa-juku.