Yūnosuke Itō Movies

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

The third film in the Taro series, following "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity" and "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush." Taro, who...

Japanese drama.

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

Period film about a feudal era judge living in Edo

Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. If two...

An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has run away from home, turns up unexpectedly...

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

Three girls come to Tokyo to stay with their elder sister. Actually they are running away from home because their father has married again to a very...

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

Fifth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

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

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi

The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and...

Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.