Eijirō Yanagi Movies

A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.

As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case...

1961 Japanese movie

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro and Jirokichi in old Japan. When Mukai Sadayu, the...

A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him,...

A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.

Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.

Japanese comedy film.

Based on Kōda Rohan's novella The Five-Storied Pagoda.

The Purple-Hooded Man, Japan's version of Robin Hood, tries to uncover a corruption scandal in Edo era Japan.

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the...

During the era of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one night a carver named Fujijiro was murdered. Immediately launching an investigation, Denhichi, accompanied by...

Four thousand gold coins were stolen from the vault of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, which were collected as a tax to the shogun. The guard of Nijo castle...

1958 Japanese movie