Shōji Yasui Movies

The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defeated leader of the Genji, Minamoto Yoritomo...

Crime film distributed by Taiho.

With the background of the Battle of Okinawa, he draws a semi-documentary image of each individual person under an unusual psychological state of...

In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained...

Japanese drama film.

A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some friends try to seek out the person who reported it, and...

Reiko, a free-spirited college girl not bound by social conventions, ends up having an affair with an older, married man even though she already has...

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji...

A princess seeks adventure and true love, with help from her loyal servant.

A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were...

Adaptation of Jirō Osaragi's novel.

Under a decree by the Shogun, people of all classes are forced to lead a frugal lifestyle. However, Omitsu, a woman who is thought to have gone...

A film adaptation of the popular hit by glamorous singer Keiko Matsuyama.

A family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman thanks to her children, the son is being cheated on by...

On his way to Tokyo one night, a truck driver picks up a country girl and has his way with her amidst a forest. A few days later he loses his job...