Yōnosuke Toba

Secret White Line Zone (1958)

First film in Teruo Ishii's Line series. ...

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War (1958)

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an a ...

Devil Princess’ Beauty Competition (1956)

An exciting historical drama in which a beautiful woman secretly solves the family problems of the Owari clan. Hibari Misora plays two roles: a charming princess and a dashing youngster, performs songs and dances throughout the film until the big decisive ...

Appeal on the Cross (1956)

Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan. ...

Omoide tsukiyo (1956)

Japanese romance film. ...

The Fencing Collegian (1956)

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo. ...

Nonki saiban (1955)

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty, the crime of a terrifying wife, the crime of taking the wrong course, the crime of seducing, and the crim ...

Chutaro of Banba (1955)

Based on the play "Mabuta no haha" by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This heartfelt story concerns a wandering gambler from Banba by the name of Chutaro. Set during the Tenpo Period, Chutaro runs ...

Rikidozan no tetsuwan kyojin (1954)

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan. ...

Enomoto's Heaven and Hell (1954)

Keita, after his death, was taken to the court of heaven as Defendant No. 1361, where his past was projected. He was formerly a favorite of the Meriken Circus troupe, yet he sinned by exposing a certain woman. During the screening, he realizes what he h ...

Five Sisters (1954)

The story of five sisters. ...

Kenkyō edo-murasaki (1954)

Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding. ...

Husband and Wife (1953)

A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husband becomes jealous of the widower and his wife. ...

Shimizu no Jirocho den (1952)

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho. ...

Mother (1952)

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family. ...

Okuni and Gohei (1952)

A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in service to her. They are in search of Tomonojo, who has killed the man who was Okuni's husband and Gohei's master, and they cannot return to their lord's home ...

Akatsuki no Kyūshū (1951)

Japanese drama film. ...

Miki, the Swordman (1951)

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up as bodyguard to Shigezo of Sasagawa leading up to an epic battle. ...

Sasaki Kojiro (1951)

Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as Sasaki Kojiro, who rises from humble beginnings to national fame, and a young Toshiro Mifune appears as the leg ...

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre (1951)

In a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was overwhelmed to make a presentation for the summer festival, but because of lack of funds, she works part-time at the spectacle of a tour, a haunted house Especi ...

Stolen Love (1951)

Romantic melodrama ...

Under the Blossoming Peach (1951)

A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring medical treatment and spend a moment of brief happiness together, but eventually the time comes to say goodbye. The portrayal of the children and the atmos ...

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf (1951)

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog (1950)

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki ...

Snow-Flake (1950)

Mado Kara Tobidase (1950)

The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two families. Shusuke Tokuyama (Den Obinata) runs an agricultural and livestock industry, and has his father Ritaro (Hiroshi Shiomi), younger brother Yuji (Keiju ...

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka (1950)

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan. ...

Mr. Shosuke Ohara (1949)

Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he is on the brink of bankruptcy. Around town he is better known by his nickname Mr. Shosuke Ohara. ...

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima (1949)

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He recommend Kinbei to offer it to his lord. Kinbei hesitates at first, since he knows the board has a mysterious leg ...

Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo (1949)

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 leader is. ...

Flirtation in Spring (1949)

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan. ...

365 Nights (1948)

A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and decides to marry her. Only to discover that his father is is in debt and wants him to marry Ranko so that s ...

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947)

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions ...

Both You and I (1946)

A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss. ...

Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946)

In postwar Japan, two sisters—a film studio script girl and a revue dancer—become swept up in the growing labor movement when workers around them strike for better conditions. As their conservative father opposes their activism, his own dismissal force ...

An Enemy of the People (1946)

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie ...

Yoki na onna (1946)

1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki ...

Five Tokyo Men (1945)

Newly released from the army, five men return to Tokyo to find no place to live in the bombed-out city, food and necessities rationed out by people who don't care, and a thriving black market. ...

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (1945)

Young, timid bowmaster Kazuma seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious figure who, it is rumoured, drove the previous champion—Kazuma's father—to suicide. Possessed of much raw talent, Kazuma is very much a coward, holing ...

I Believe I Am Being Followed (1945)

Follows the Japanese lieutenant of the invading 228th Infantry Regiment Toichi Wakabayashi, who died in the Battle of Hong Kong. ...

The Way of Drama (1944)

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical styles like those used by amateur actors to dramatise contemporary events. ...

This Happy Life (1944)

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less. ...

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower (1943)

Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by "bandits. ...

Kantaro of Ina (1943)

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa. ...

Mother Never Dies (1942)

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son. ...

The Man Who Waited (1942)

A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacation. When his hot-blooded wife (Yamada) starts snooping around, however, he finds himself reluctantly drawn in to the case. ...

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph (1941)

The Battle of Kawanakajima (1941)

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the main supply wagons and the supply troops to transport materiel to the Uesugi army. To this are added episodes ...

The Splendid Gold Mine (1941)

Dancers of Awa (1941)

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin. His brother (Kazuo Hasegawa) vowed vengeance on the day of his brother's death. So every year the villains a ...

Life Begins at 61 (1941)

Japanese war-era film ...

Iemitsu and Hikoza (1941)

A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal old retainer Hikoza (comedian Roppa, playing somewhat against type). ...

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday (1941)

Feature film. ...

Oath on the Burning Sands (1940)

A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful Chinese woman (Ri) aside if he is to succeed at building a highway through the "bandit"- (aka anti-Japanese militia-) infested hinterlands. ...

Zoku Hebihimesama (1940)

Flowers Blooming In the Storm (1940)

Jidaigeki from 1940 ...

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki (1939)

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen. ...

Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu (1939)

A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster) Mori no Ishimatsu, whose proverbial stupidity Enoken takes to farcical extremes. ...

The Fighting Firemen (1939)

Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger sister of Jirokichi, a city firefighter from the Ha-gumi group, from a samurai who is trying to kidnap her. Oshimo has feelings for Kichigoro. At this mome ...

Enoken's Kurama Tengu (1939)

The legendary ninja Kurama Tengu (Enoken) uses his superhuman powers to help free a band of street urchins from their Fagin-like master. The film's incredible climax, when Enoken fends off dozens of men attacking with ladders and handcarts, brings to mind ...

Numazu Officer School (1939)

Japanese war movie ...

Shimizu Jirocho (1938)

Itahachi shima (1938)

Japanese movie ...

Nangoku taiheiki (1937)

Japanese film. ...

Ishimatsu from the Forest (1937)

The film recounts the tragedy of a young outlaw. Considered a lost film. ...

Kuriyama Daizen (1936)

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi ...

Priest of Darkness (1936)

A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events. ...

Great Bodhisattva Pass 2 (1936)

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass ...

Edo Spring (1936)

Kinshiro takes over the family, but he thinks he is going to replace the son of his stepmother but runs into trouble when he befriends the yakuza. ...

Great Bodhisattva Pass (1935)

1930s Japanese film. ...

Kunisada Chūji (1935)

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost. ...

Mito Komon - The Secret Letter (1935)

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. ...

Gantaro Path (1934)

Gantaro Path ...

Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki (1934)

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. ...

Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen (1934)

Directed by Daisuke Itō. ...

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2 (1933)

A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief ...

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel (1933)

Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly honorable side of himself, and maybe some form of redemption. Considered a lost film. ...

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey (1933)

A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief ...

Professional Killer (1932)

Directed by Mansaku Itami. ...

Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen (1931)

The 26 Martyrs of Japan (1931)

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity. ...

Beni-kōmori - Kōhen (1931)

The adventures of the samuraï Chohachiro Tonami continues (sequel to Beni-kōmori - Dai ippen). ...

Beni-kōmori - Dai ippen (1931)

The adventures of a young patriotic samurai. This is the Nikkatsu version of Shin Hasegawa's original story. ...