Movies: Yūnosuke Itō

Period film about the legendary detective Umon...

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge his father-in-law's death and retrieve the family heirloom....

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople....

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 leader is....

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

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama....

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals...

Period film about a feudal era judge living in Edo...

Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private"....

A movie directed by Nobuo Nakagawa...

War film by Kon Ichikawa...

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

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

A youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira Saiga from "Oka wa Hanazakari" based on Yojiro Ishizaka. Miwako Kazuki left the English literature department and joined Toyo Critics. She was attracted ...

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1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel....

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 love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president....

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Nanjo, a new teacher at a girls' high school, unwittingly becomes the object of gossip when he buys underwear for Shimizu and spends his vacation with a female teacher. It turns out that Nanjo and Shimizu have fallen in love....