Yasutaro Yagi Movies

The year is 1936. Ōhinata-mura was a very poor village between deep valleys. Soncho, the village head is trying to collect the village taxes...

A story of a passionate teacher and his great effort for the children in a poor village.

Venice Film Festival 1939

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian...

Drama about a young nurse who falls in love with a disabled soldier, and based a true story.

Directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.

In part two of this silent two-part film, an ape nicknamed King Kong by its master has kidnapped the daughter of a wealthy man as part of a revenge...