Isao Yamagata Movies

Gombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who tries to save the good people of the Kiso Valley, he...

A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.

Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

The love story of an aspiring architect and a charcoal-making daughter, who discover that they are actually brother and sister.

In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds' cry and befriends another...

This moving movie depicts the preciousness of life through the interaction between a man with a dark past and a boy battling illness.

Ken Takakura's screen debut, following his admission into Toei ranks via the studio's annual New Faces program, came surprisingly enough in this pair...

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei's Okabe Yakuza family with a merciless gang of...

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

Tatsuo Torigoe, the president of Torigoe Industries, attempts suicide but survives and reveals his motives for suicide to his only daughter, Akiko.

Koji Himuro is the wandering gambler. His brother and his girlfriend were both murdered because he was determined to expose a gambling cheat. As a...

A moving episode in which a war criminal in the Philippines, having faced death, pleads earnestly while trembling with fear.

An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his...

The obstinate black market trader Okyo lives together with her son Seitaro, who works as a mechanic for a bus company. She also looks after her son's...