Movies: Toyozō Yamamoto

Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody follow-up to the sexploitation classic Shogun’s Joy of Torture, the politically incorrect moral lessons paint a trio of tales of tragic heroines caught ...

A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods....

1962 Japanese movie...

Japanese drama film....

Japanese comedy film....

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous friends....

Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were....

A playful short film made in the style of a trailer for a fictional feature film that seems to be a spoof of films that were popular in Japan at the time....

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star....

1962 Japanese movie...

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The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love with a runaway girl who turns out to be the leader of a religious sect. Kusano is the henpecked propriet...

A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact....

A story of an ardent young man who laid down his life for his country....

A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is to see their son grow and to be happy as a family....

Japanese comedy film....

1962 Japanese movie...

Sixth film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series....

Pinku from 1973....

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