Yūnosuke Itō Movies

The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined...

The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.

War film by Kon Ichikawa

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

Ichiro Yoshida, the father of the boy Kiyoshi, who has been repatriated from China, returns home after a ten-year separation. The father, who has...

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

Dotanba - Last Minute

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic...

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.

A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

Prosecutor Takayama investigates the sudden death of a third baseman in the middle of a game.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where...

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi

An upstanding young man who is popular with the ladies takes on a corrupt group of men in his company.