Yasutaro Yagi Movies

Nobuko is a widow who lives with her stepchild Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeeper, Komatsu, is attracted to Tamiko, but she is...

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...

Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness

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...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

A boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. These two boys eventually face each other in the ring.

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.

The year is 1936. Ōhinata-mura was a very poor village between deep valleys. Soncho, the village head is trying to collect the village taxes...

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 two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

Japanese film.

Japanese drama.

Venice Film Festival 1939

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

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

Directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.