Yūnosuke Itō Movies

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

War film by Kon Ichikawa

The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and...

Japanese drama film.

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 newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets...

Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned...

Japanese drama.

The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.

Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.

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...

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.

Nanjo, a new teacher at a girls' high school, unwittingly becomes the object of gossip when he buys underwear for Shimizu and spends his vacation...

Movie directed by Kunio Matoi

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki