Eijirō Yanagi Movies

Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert.

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of...

In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins...

Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a...

A young woman takes up her new job as the servant of a noblewoman and soon discovers that underneath her facade of luxury lies great unhappiness.

Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively...

1962 Japanese movie

After a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backgrounds, at once turn on each other.

Tsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down after being spotted in a brothel. Shortly after, four...

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes...