Hisako Yamane Movies

Period film about the legendary detective Umon

Based on a short story by Dazai Osamu, produced under the national film law. The film's hero falls in love with the youngest daughter of a family he...

1945 Japanese movie

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

1944 war movie

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who...

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

Japanese war movie

Japanese mystery thriller.

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

Government-sponsored film set during the Pacific War, depicting the lives of people working as stevedores.

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed...

Harsh film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.

Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to...

Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

1952 Japanese movie

Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô - Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie.