Yūnosuke Itō Movies

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...

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

"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return." ...

In this Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign-Language Film, director Heinosuke Gosho -- a master chronicler of Japanese middle-class life -- presents...

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the...

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

An exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from the period of his stay on Mount Kurama to his...

Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

A romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious employment and social circumstances shift around...

During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.

Minoru visits his home on Okinoerabu island for the first time in thirty years. Seeing the old man who used to be in love with his mother, Minoru...

A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku's iconoclastic New Wave. At the...

Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is...

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

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...

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves.

The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.