Isuzu Yamada Movies

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

Martial Arts Encyclopedia

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

Adaptation of a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya that was serialized in "Shufu no tomo" between 1939 and 1940.

Across the Inagawa River that runs through the center of the village, the children of the two villages scrambled for a swimming pool, and each time a...

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

Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).

A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacation. When his hot-blooded wife (Yamada) starts...

A family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman thanks to her children, the son is being cheated on by...

A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' depriving the farmers of their water rights.

The film consists of three short stories. Tomiko, the heroine of the first story, "The Flower Girl" (dir. Kozaburo Yoshimura), is a little girl who...

Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

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...

A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.

A gripping historical drama that follows the explosive growth of Katsu Kaishu, the hero of the Meiji era, and the interesting human image of his...

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.