Yasutaro Yagi Movies

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian...

Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish...

A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.

Drama about the lives of seasonal migrant workers in Kashima

A film based on the memoir of a 4th grade student who received the grand prize in a writing contest sponsored by Gyeongseong Daily. A boy, whose...

Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.

Venice Film Festival 1939

A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally dropped train ticket.

Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot...

1948 Japanese drama film.

A touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a fishery business to revive an ailing farming community...

A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a...

Directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.

A female doctor's story of her life in an isolated leper colony.