Dekao Yokoo Movies

Comedy by Kiyohiko Ushihara. Once a full-length feature film, now only 14 minutes remain.

A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.

Toho's production of the classic Japanese fairytale.

Japanese jidaigeki from 1927. The titular character's nickname may suggest agility, stealth, or other outstanding skills.

A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his...

A young man torn between love and friendship.

The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elephant that died in a zoo. The elephant's...

This bittersweet comedy tells the tale of a group of college roommates attempting to cheat their way through their exams. As the title goes, things...

Hirano's wife Yasuko had grown weary of her life of poverty. Her feelings of dissatisfaction deepened when she met her elegantly dressed friend...

The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.

The film generally regarded as Japan’s first true musical was also the first film made entirely in-house by the pioneering studio P.C.L., a...

Based on the comic by Machiko Hasegawa

Two American G.I.s visiting Tokyo find themselves mixed up with espionage, a pretty flight attendant, a mad scientist, geisha girls, and a goofy...

Japanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year.

A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of...

Lost film. Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journalist, 'young miss'. They decide to team up with her...