Michino Yokoyama

Then Summer Came (2008)

A humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new "good guys." The father Nobuo, and his son Tamio, are unable to mature, unable to break the parent-child roles, have no sense of responsibility, and keep holdi ...

Prayer Beads (2004)

This horror anthology is featuring nine independent episodes, each 30 minutes long, that are revolving around bad karma and terror. ...

To Dance with the White Dog (2002)

Home Sweet Home (2000)

"Home Sweet Home" deals with a family who, unable to cope with their aging grandfather's worsening dementia, abandon him at a group home for the elderly. When, racked by guilt, they return to retrieve him, they discover to their surprise. . . ...

In Search of a Lost Writer: Wandering in the World of the Seventh Sense (1999)

A drama depicting the world of the female writer Midori Osaki in three parts: the dramatic creation of her masterpiece, "Wanderings in the Realm of the Seventh Sense," her unknown years spent in poor health and poverty, and the present-day world from which ...

High-Heeled Punishers (1995)

A woman is being sexually assaulted by a pair of thugs, when out of the fog appear the High Heeled Cats – a trio of avenging angels, masked and dressed in black. These beautiful vigilantes make a living running a coffee shop by day, and kicking misogynis ...

47 Ronin (1994)

Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death. ...

Yokohama Bakkuretai (1994)

Based on the comic book by Tetsu Kusamoto. ...

Okoge (1992)

A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover. ...

Noh Mask Murders (1991)

The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh theater, his granddaughter or grandson. ...

Anxious Virgin: One More Time, I Love You (1990)

Just when Hideki thinks he will lose his virginity, he gets hit by a car, and dies. God gives him a 2nd chance by placing his mind into the body of Sachiko's best friend, a girl. Can he convince Sachiko of his love? ...

Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)

Nayoko, a good-hearted geisha, brings luck to the men she sleeps with, even though most are scoundrels who don't deserve it. ...

Stay Gold (1988)

Three girls go on a trip after a friend commits suicide and learn about friendship. ...

Monster Woman '88 (1988)

Satomi is young woman that works in computer communication. One day she receives a strange message. And the person that sent it to her has committed suicide. As days go by, Satomi keeps receiving the messages from the spirit world.... ...

Tomorrow (1988)

On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of people in Nagasaki the day before that fateful event. It presents the human drama of people's lives, and their ...

Crane (1988)

Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will become his wife... ...

Neko no youni (1988)

Two sisters living together have a complicated relationship due to a past incident. Trouble begins when one sister becomes interested in a newly divorced man. ...

A Taxing Woman (1987)

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets ...

Actress (1987)

Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi. ...

The Hall of the Crying Deer (1986)

The Funeral (1984)

When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home. ...

The Makioka Sisters (1983)

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between ...

Comedy actors: Cooper and Gable (1978)

This film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue, which tells the story of a comedian who teams up with a strange man he meets while traveling, and the two become very popular in Asakusa while performing their unusual acts. ...

Onna no Kyūka (1974)

It depicts a few days in the life of a farmer's wife who takes her first vacation in Tokyo. ...

The Tempters: Smile After Tears (1969)

Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and his friends decide to form a cool rock band, but a tragic discovery about his family weighs on Shoken heavily. ...

Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi (1968)

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki. ...

Drunken Harbor (1966)

Third film of the yoidore hakase series ...

The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil (1966)

The fictional land "Pandora" sends three (numbered) graduates of the "National Gambling University" to Japan. You should defeat the master player Kôji, control the international casino empire and use the profits to achieve world domination. But Japan's mo ...

The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay (1966)

Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. ...

The Four Loves (1965)

A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they leave him alone, as he wants some freedom. Each of the daughters has a romantic interest and it's noticeable that the father, too, has someone in mind. ...

The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate (1965)

Place your bets! Koji Himuro (Akira Kobayashi) is a makeout artist with unparalleled gambling skills. Shortly after his return to Tokyo, he is invited to attend a reception being held at the Suvenian Embassy of Tokyo. This "reception" was an undercover gam ...

My Wife (1965)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Dear Mr. Prime Minister (1964)

Kakumaru (Kiyoshi Atsumi) is an unpopular manzai performer who is too good-natured but has a very bad manners. Moulin, Kakumaru's former partner, gained popularity through her comedy routine with his wife Rouge, and in contrast to Kakumaru, she became a po ...

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (1963)

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story. ...

Fifty-Fifty (1963)

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima. ...

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai (1963)

Ensemble comedy. ...

Anything For Success (1962)

A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His biggest scheme involves winning the business of a foreign visitor by setting him up with a beautiful "model" (Tsukasa), actually a bar hostess, but the plan ba ...

Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Daughters of the Saotome Family (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Whirlpool of Love (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox (1961)

Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko asks for advice from her childhood friends Kintaro, a textile manufacturer, and Magosaku, an entrepreneur, ...

3 Dolls and Baby Gang (1961)

Based on the comic by Fuyahiko Okabe. ...

Sararīman yajikita dōchū (1961)

1961 Japanese movie ...

Obon, The Moll Dipper (1961)

Modern comedy, based on the popular manga. ...

Romance Express (1961)

Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a straightforward but indecisive hero. The passengers also include the bubbly Dan Reiko, and Ozawa Eitaro as ...

Sazae-san Plays Cupid (1961)

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic. ...

Blueprint of Murder (1961)

Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has a fatal accident. As his brother investigates the "Accident" with his old college friend (makoto Sato), no ...

The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night (1960)

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo. ...

Westward Desperado (1960)

In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communist China to bring back the flag of a defeated enemy regiment. ...

University Bandits (1960)

A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a lodge during a blizzard. This ski action romp has the tempo of a musical, and Okamoto Kihachi's style is o ...

The Lovelorn Geisha (1960)

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself 'already dead'. ...

Hito mo arukeba (1960)

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter. ...

Beyond the Hills (1960)

Story of young love in the hills. ...

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her d ...

The Bride from Japan (1959)

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya. ...

Desperado Outpost (1959)

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer. ...

Someday I'll Know (1959)

A modern love story involving different affairs. ...

The Cola Game (1959)

Explicit drama about a young woman who becomes involved with a group of college students who play "spin-the-bottle" and the women must make love or strip. The woman, Junko, becomes involved with Makoto, leader of the gang, becomes pregnant, has an abortion ...

The Beast Shall Die (1959)

A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man. ...

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung (1959)

The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original le ...

Echo Mountain (1959)

An Ishiro Honda film. ...

The Big Boss (1959)

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents p ...

Sazae-san's Marriage (1959)

Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and eventually heads for Nikko, a travel destination. Sazae is once again overwhelmed by the sight of the newly ...