Hisako Yamane Movies

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who...

A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss.

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...

Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to...

Hanakosan (1943, TOHO, MAKINO Masahiro), a thoroughly light and joyful musical comedy, influenced by Busby Berkeley films, against the national...

Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô - Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie.

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

It is 1921 and a town has a newspaper which prints urgent bulletins as required. The Washington-based CITES treaty, in which Japan participates, puts...

Harsh film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

1945 Japanese movie

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

Government-sponsored film set during the Pacific War, depicting the lives of people working as stevedores.

Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.