Yoshio Inaba Movies

One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of...

A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.

A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an...

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an...

An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the...

The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and...

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.

Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of them, Masako, falls ill at a railway station....

The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.

The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.

Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.

"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return." ...

In late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel Hidaka to inaugurate negotiations. He was mysteriously...

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

Karate expert Katayama (Takeda) investigates the robbery of a bank in Hokkaido, where an apple seed left at the scene holds the answer to the...

This is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of earlier efforts, and concentrates on an excellent...