Shinichi Yanagisawa
The Magic Hour
as Takase MakotoA hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good...
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House of Himiko
as MasakiSaori is a young woman struggling to make her way in life. Her gay father, Himiko, had abandoned...
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Endless Desire
as uncreditedSet in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a...
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New Year Trip
as uncreditedA comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her...
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Stolen Desire
as Ezaburo YamamuraA rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of...
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The X from Outer Space
as MiyamotoThe spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the...
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Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
as HanjiA young girl named Oichi is abandoned by her mother and blinded by a lightning strike. When her...
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Nishi Ginza Station
as Jutaro OyamaThis short comedy concerns the extramarital affair of a drugstore owner. It is based on a...
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The Scarlet Camellia
as uncreditedA young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because...
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Tales of President Mito
as Iemichi TokuyamaMr. Mito, a former president of an instant food company, with two young men’s help, solves the...
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Watch Out, Crimson Bat!
as uncreditedA young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was...
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Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū
as uncreditedComedy movie
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The Eagle and the Hawk
as "Mom"In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who...
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Deep River Melody
as uncreditedA poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's...
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By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
as NakajimaAlso known as "History of a Man’s Face" and "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" . Immigrant...
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Human Target
as PresenterAt midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic...
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The Kii River
as KanodaEpic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and...
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Fun on the Run
as PresidentComedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall.
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Dancing Sisters
as uncreditedIt’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a...
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Makoto-chan
as Dad (voice)A series of interconnected vignettes regarding Makoto Sawada, an energetic yet socially inept...
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The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
as uncreditedSet in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three...
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Season of Love
as OtaPinky and Yoko are about to graduate. Full of hope and uncertainties they embark on a tale of...
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Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
as uncreditedMasuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in...
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The Most Valuable Wife
as uncreditedIn the forties in Japan, a group of brilliantly qualified university students are selected to...
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The Sun of Love and Tears
as Yoshitaro MizoguchiThe golden duo of Yukio Hashi and Chieko Baisho. A film rich in a variety of songs, dances and...
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Red Pier
as Shiraishi Paku-sanShortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a...
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Snow Country
as Inn clerkThis movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of...
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Hotsprings Holiday
as uncreditedTwo rival groups of gangsters vie for control of a tiny port town in northern Japan. Daisuke, a...
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Forbidden Lips
as uncreditedA youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a...
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Fallen Leaves and Sweet Memories
as KumakiNobuko and five male friends graduate from a high school, promising to remain friends forever....
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The Performers
as Ichiro NatsukawaSeijuro Fujihana, head master of the Fujihana dance school, is a proud and lonely artist. And...
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Visitor After Dark
as Master MakinoSuspense film about a beautiful photographer who becomes involved in a murder case.
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Drunken Ghost
as Sampei MisawaA man meets the spirit of a murdered gangster after he spills alcohol over his grave.
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Professional Killers
as uncreditedA shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an...
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