Isao Yamagata Movies

Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.

This moving movie depicts the preciousness of life through the interaction between a man with a dark past and a boy battling illness.

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

These are the first two parts of the popular series in which a young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite...

A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the obscure details of her past.

Friendship between good samurais and aborigines in Hokkaido.

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

Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who...

The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the...

Christ in Bronze is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Minoru Shibuya. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.

A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the work of Gaijin boss Brown and his henchman...

His skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected people on the Tokaido Road. The fearless Kinnosuke...

1975 Toei movie.

A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General...

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji...

Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor.

A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shimada. Set in Japan at the end of the war, the...