Isuzu Yamada Movies

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This...

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Throne of Blood" (1957).

A story of an ardent young man who laid down his life for his country.

When Sentarô’s father is killed by a drunken samurai, Sentarô avenges him. His deed puts him on the run and leaves his sister...

This film tells the story of a ronin's search for his parents, but primarily is a group portrait of life in a Tokugawa-era tenement.

Across the Inagawa River that runs through the center of the village, the children of the two villages scrambled for a swimming pool, and each time a...

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

A 1943 film.

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

A "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.

Yamanaka Sadao's fourth feature film. The Life of Bangaku

Once a wealthy local land owner, Toranosuke has long since fallen on hard times. Social ostracism befalls those who neglect communal duties and...

Kenji Mizoguchi is credited as “supervisor” on this rare Japanese genre film, which stars the stunning Isuzu Yamada (Osaka Elegy, Throne...

The man is chased by losing the beauty and preciousness of love and the foundation of life without overcoming the hardship of life.