Hisano Yamaoka Movies

The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of...

Adaptation of the classic masterpiece about the relationship between parents and their children.

A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.

A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.

1962 Japanese movie

In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge...

1965 Nikkatsu youth film.

A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally dropped train ticket.

Japanese drama film.

This is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and scriptwriter. Noritaka Sakamoto was in charge of photography, and...

Nikkatsu finally responds to Suzuki's growing discontentment by giving him a bigger budget and a better script. This episodic collection of "real...

Japanese action film set in Arabia.

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.

Wada Kōji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss.

1961 Japanese movie

Akiko returns to her home village in Japan after seven years in South America, where she contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion. The town, thick...