Movies: Yūnosuke Itō

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the officers of this local police station, it‘s part of their daily routine. One day, patrolman Yoshii (Hisaya...

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

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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 to stay with them. Their mundane lives are sent into disarray by the emotional and energetic Ako....

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Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki...

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War film by Kon Ichikawa...

Prosecutor Takayama investigates the sudden death of a third baseman in the middle of a game....

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Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures....

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

A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku's iconoclastic New Wave. At the height of student protests, Shimojo takes his aggressions to another level, beset by seemingly insol...

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

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A film by Kiyoshi Saeki...

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines....

Romantic melodrama...

A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon the wife and the son are left without an update of his status and whether he is alive or not. With the...