Yoshito Yamaji

Yakuza Beasts-Blood Settlement (1970)

Third and last movie in the Yakuza Hijoshi trilogy. ...

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)

In feudal Japan, gangsters chase a young girl who might testify against their boss. When the gangsters murder the girl's grandfather on sacred ground, the door is opened for the Yokai Monsters to step in. ...

Dynamite Doctor Returns (1966)

Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie ...

Assassination (1964)

In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and the empire. ...

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 Image of Mother (1963)

A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless. ...

Bronze Magician (1963)

A story loosely based on the affair between Empress Kōken-Shōtoku and the monk Dōkyō, set during the Nara period (710–794 A.D.). ...

Rabble Tactics (1963)

The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are recruited in groups of fifteen. In Yaju's village, there are only twelve men, so they press Oto, who looks more ...

Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp (1963)

Nishina Saburouta is powerful but corrupted priest. One night, an old samurai who couldn't bear him any more, attempts to kill him, but without success. Saburouta is rescued by his niece, Keisuke at the last moment. Keisuke is a a good-for-nothing. Since t ...

The Third Will (1963)

A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passing of their old father. ...

Cut the Shadow (1963)

The womanizing master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to regret this laziness when he falls in love with the daughter of a higher class samurai and is informed on th ...

Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love. ...

Tōkyō sanosa musume (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Kyū-chan ondo (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Kumoemon to sono tsuma (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing. ...

Sabakareru Echizen no kami (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Koshū (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Gan-chan no keisatsu nikki (1962)

Kanbi no ware koso wa ittō shain (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

A Country Boss (1962)

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage. ...

Bad Reputation Returns (1961)

This is the 2nd in a series of films called The Akumyō (悪名, "bad name"). The series consists of seventeen yakuza films starring Shintaro Katsu and Jiro Tamiya, produced between 1960 and 1974. A remake and a direct-to-video sequel starring Kōji Matob ...

With Wife, Children, and Friends (1961)

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes to Tokyo in 1926 from faraway Kagoshima to join the Tokyo police force. His closest friend is Nihei, a far ...

A Good Man, A Good Day (1961)

The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to marry a colleague, she and her mother are overjoyed, but Hitoshi is not satisfied with the situation. ...

Hikkoshi yatsure (1961)

Manao Horiuchi movie ...

Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki (1961)

Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the only one in both series not directed by Seiichi Fukuda. ...

Satan's Sword (1960)

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Ryunosuke Tsukue, a nihilistic swordmast ...

Internees of Kampili (1960)

In the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects facing death on the gallows for maltreatment of Allied women and children interned in camp Kampili. Kampili is located some ten kilometers outside Macassar on the ...

Scars of Honor (1960)

Japan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in the time-honored tradition of their clan, by drawing their blades in a duel to the death. ...

Honno-Ji in Flames (1960)

The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the temple Honnoji. Historically, the general Akechi Mitsuhide is credited with causing Nobunaga's downfall. ...

Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher (1960)

Japanese crime film ...

The Sun's Burial (1960)

In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the trading of ID cards and blood. ...

Pfc. Story - Behind the Enemy Lines (1960)

First "Pfc. Story" sequel and eighth overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private". ...

Edo no kaoyaku (1960)

Echigo jishi-sai (1960)

1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo ...

Dakine no nagawakizashi (1960)

Tatsuo Osone movie ...

The Three Magicians (1960)

Pfc. Story - The Divine Tempest (1959)

First installment of the "Pfc. Story" series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku, and seventh overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private". ...

Sword of Vision (1959)

Yagyu Jubei proves his skills in this early adventure film. ...

Denshichi Torimonocho: Silver Snake Spell (1959)

The eleventh episode of the Denshichi Torimonocho series. Around the time of Shogun Ienari, a murderer known as a ghost hikyaku appeared in Edo, raping and killing young girls one after another. One night, a notice was recieved that Oichi, the daughter of ...

Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki (1959)

Sixth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private". ...

Yajikita min'yō dōchū Ōshū kaidō no maki (1959)

1959 Japanese movie ...

Kaze no uchi so to (1959)

Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki (1958)

Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private". ...

Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi (1958)

From birth Hideyoshi was a restless, defiant spirit--a child of the poorest of the poor. Cast out of his peasant cottage, he would live by his wits, driven by his burning ambition to become a samurai and to find a warlord worth pledging his sword to. This ...

The Shop Curtain (1958)

The lives of a family of kelp (kombu) merchants in Osaka across three generations, spanning from the Meiji era through the aftermath of World War II. ...

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki (1958)

Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private". ...

Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman (1958)

Detective Denshichi is called to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the Kishu family's daughter Teruhime and the activities of a dangerous group dressed as skulls and their female leader. ...

Stories about Jirocho: Ishimatsu and Oiwake Sangoro (1957)

Ishimatsu is strong in fights, but weak in relationships with women and enjoys great popularity among them, and we see how an exciting historical drama about love, enmity and friendship is played out. ...

Denshichi Torimonocho: The Curse of the Silver Snake (1957)

Kofu duty guard Yamauchi Hinata-kami cultivated illegal drugs and had them sold through Omiya, a drug wholesaler in Edo Muromachi. One day, a strange spell descends on Omiya, killing his wife Osetsu, and then his second daughter Okyo as well. After that, t ...

Akuma no kao (1957)

The Adventures of Chuji (1957)

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

Fighting Letter for 29 People (1957)

A Case of Honor (1957)

The obstinate black market trader Okyo lives together with her son Seitaro, who works as a mechanic for a bus company. She also looks after her son's colleague, the bus driver Fujita. When he causes an accident one day, Seitaro testifies against him due to ...

The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat (1957)

The head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board) Tajima Kuze to extract five gold coins to the Shogun family in Edo, and put it into Ryujin Maru. However, Tajima, who was the chief retainer of the shogunate, said ...

Flying in the Air (1957)

The movie depicts the youth of kamikaze pilots who scattered young lives in the sky. ...

Utau yajikita kogane dōchū (1957)

1957 Japanese movie ...

Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin (1956)

One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself to a beautiful woman. She told the owner, Shigebē, that she had come to collect a life he owed from twenty years ago and then left. The same nig ...

Story of Second Class Private, Sequel (1956)

First sequel to "Story of Second Class Private". ...

Namida no hanamichi (1956)

Nakamura Yukinojō, Edo's most popular actor, discovered that his parent's enemy, Ohara Genba, had changed his name to Isshiki Kurōnosuke and become a hatamoto, a direct retainer of the shogun. Yukinojō's younger brother, Shingorō, traveling to Edo from ...

Private Second Class (1955)

First film in a series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku. ...

Ejima and Ikushima (1955)

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku, the harem of Edo Castle in which the Shogun's mother, wife and concubines resided, forbidden from contac ...

Christ in Bronze (1955)

Christian converts face persecution in the feudal society of 17th century Japan. ...

The Dawn of Judo (1955)

The Further Adventures of Genta (1955)

The Big Ambition (1955)

The Missing Heir (1955)

Ginpei, in an act of desperation to get money for his gravely ill mother, was laughed at and ended up fighting with the companions of the castle patrol Matsunomura Genba, including Onimatsu. He was later reconciled by the family elder Ishikawa Yoriimo, who ...

Quick Change Tanuki Palace (1954)

This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighboring country took a young prince of Raccoon Dogs as a hostage, and try to take a Buddhist saint from the temple by force. ...

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3 (1954)

Third film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise. ...

Denshichi Torimonocho: The Case of the Golden Goddess (1954)

A samurai detective film. ...

Denshichi Torimonocho: Tattoo Woman Trouble (1954)

During the era of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one night a carver named Fujijiro was murdered. Immediately launching an investigation, Denhichi, accompanied by Otoshi and Take, toured the entertainment houses of Ryogoku. There, they discovered a connection between an ...

Denshichi Torimonocho: Senryo Human Skin (1954)

In the era of the twelfth Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, a notorious bandit known as "Shippu" (or "Swift Wind") emerged in Edo. Shippu would send a warning message called the "Thief's Summons" before striking, yet despite the magistrate's desperate search effor ...

Haru no Wakakusa (1954)

Hana no shôgai (1953)

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His friend, the Kokugaku scholar Nagano Shuzen, introduced him to a captivating shamisen master named Murayama Taka. ...

Dreaming People (1953)

Shinya Ban (Masao Wakahara) returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns that his mutual friend Yuriko (Mieko Takamine) is marrying Toshio (Toshio Hosokawa), the son of Zenpei Hamaguchi (Yoshito Yamaji), for her obligation. He encourage ...

Yassamossa (1953)

Ushiwakamaru (1952)

Modern People (1952)

A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a new, young and honest subordinate is assigned to work under the section chief. Once he learns about the shady relationship, however, the new subord ...

Tsukigata Hanpeita (1952)

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the allia ...

Devil’s Statue (1952)

A gallant swordsman takes on the forces of evil with the help of his trusty friends. ...

Doctor's Day Off (1952)

Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a man just back from the war front visits the doctor with a medical emergency, followed by a woman who claims ...

Kurama Tengu: Anonymous letter to Tengu (1952)

Masked avenger Kurama Tengu and his young sidekick try to stop a mysterious adversary from assassinating a group of young warriors who want to bring down the Shogunate... ...

Story of Lightning (1951)

Gensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was hesitant to get married because he had to feed his father and younger brother. I left the town. ...

Five Men of Edo (1951)

During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at every turn. The leader of these ruthless samruai was Mizuno Jirozaemon, who despite his high rank was in deep ...

Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival (1951)

The masked avenger Kurama Tengu is linked to a plot to bring down the Tokugawa shogunate, but is it really our hero, or an imposter? ...

Ah, Youth (1951)

Aa seishun 1951 ...

Carmen Comes Home (1951)

A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist. ...

The Inner Palace Conspiracy (1951)

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka stylishly plays a constantly intoxicated geisha in this all-star entertainment film. ...

Somersault on the Way (1950)

A young boy named Chomatsu (Misora Hibari) lives with an old man Denbei near the grounds of Asakusa temple as bell ringers. In their house is an Echigo lion mask, a memento of Chomatsu's deceased father. After several incidents of Echigo lion masks being d ...

Sakon Detective Story: Handprint in Fresh Blood (1950)

Enoken ohako rakuda no Ma-san (1950)

1950 Japanese movie ...

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu (1950)

A continuation of the prior film (影法師). ...

Kagebōshi (1950)

On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague Ryunosuke felt responsible and decided to catch the culprit, not only for the sake of the beautiful wife of Utsugi, Chika, but also for his own ...

Sad Whistling (1949)

A young girl searches for her long-lost brother in postwar Tokyo, clinging to hope and music amid the rubble of a broken Japan. Along the way, she touches the hearts of those around her with her resilience and song. ...

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949)

Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the evil Naosuke. ...

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949)

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband. ...

Ishimatsu of the Forest (1949)

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit. ...

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume (1949)

The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. Second installment of a wartime film trilogy. ...

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume (1948)

The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. First installment of a wartime film trilogy. ...

The Portrait (1948)

The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait. ...

Rira no hana wasureji (1947)

In the 30th year, Nirasaki Den'emon established the Nirasaki Hokkaido Development Company with investment from Sonoi to build railway facilities. However, the endeavor faced criticism for attempting to buy Ainu land at low prices. Tokyo Nippo reporter Tosh ...

The Girl I Loved (1946)

A young man who is unable to tell his childhood friend how he feels makes a pledge with her to reveal all of their secrets during the upcoming festival. ...

Waiting Woman (1946)

Waiting woman ...

Otome no iru kichi (1945)

Japanese war movie. ...

The Man Who Has Returned (1944)

Sailor (1944)

Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy. However, his father wants him to continue in the family business and refuses to accept it. ...

Sinking the Unsinkable (1944)

Japanese Warmovie ...

Dancing with a Mask (1943)

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident. ...

Our Planes Fly South (1943)

Middle-Aged Man (1943)

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man. ...

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane (1943)

Japanese war movie. ...

The 47 Ronin (1941)

In the early 18th-century, Lord Takumi-no-kami Asano, feuding with Lord Kira, tries to kill his opponent in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Asano to seppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Kir ...

Banchō sarayashiki (1937)

short film about Banchō Sarayashiki. ...

Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen (1936)

dir: Teinosuke Kinugasa ...

The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate (1935)

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder, but are too scared to report it to the police. In the meantime, an innocent man is arrested as the murderer and chaos ensues. ...

An Actor's Revenge (1935)

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge. ...

Two Lanterns (1933)

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke ...

The Loyal 47 Ronin (1932)

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As t ...