Yoji Yamada Movies

Set in Hokkaido, revolving around an ex-convict named Shima Yusaku (Abe) who has just been released from prison. Along with two young strangers that...

Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog soldier. He joins the army and winds up sent...

Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.

After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and leaves to work as a traveling salesman once again....

After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako (last seen in Tora-san's Dear Old Home), now...

This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead and,...

Hama-chan's supervisor is promoted after many frustrating years with his wayward, fishing-obsessed underling, and Hama-chan's new boss naively tries...

The Story of Panda – Taotao, directed by Shuichi Nakahara and Tatsuo Shimamura, was the first animation produced as a Chinese-Japanese joint...

1962 Japanese movie

The movie depicts the interaction between a childless middle-aged couple and a small dog.

This action drama depicts the conflict between orthodox and new yakuza gangsters.

After an argument with his father a son leaves his home and comes back only, as an adult, many years later just to cause them problem after problem.

1962 Japanese movie

Kyoko is a university librarian and she also helps her parents with their drycleaning company. She is involved with a childhood friend from the...

The Akazas are a blue-collar family living in a working-class neighborhood of Tokyo. Older brother Inosuke is a carpenter who works for his father...

When unexpected trouble arises with an account Hama-chan brought in, he's sent to Toyama with his beautiful colleague to fix the problem.

A road trip comedy set against the backdrop of the famous historical sites of Tohoku and Hokkaido.