Yoshi Katō Movies

A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up.

Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the last days of World War II.

A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.

Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially...

Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr. Matsukuma, although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and...

Japanese comedy film.

1962 Japanese movie

A horse-riding samurai fights villains.

1962 Japanese movie

Bored Hatamoto movie #12

The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the...

In this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his greatest performance as a gambler returning to his home...

A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino.

Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screenplay by Matsuura Kenro (The Dice Magistrate)....

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating...

A film adaptation of Masatsugu Nobuhiko's novel of the same name, directed by Tasaka Tomotaka and starring Nakamura Kinnosuke. This literary epic...

Second film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.