Yasutaro Yagi Movies

Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.

A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a...

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...

Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot...

A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally dropped train ticket.

Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness

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

Japanese film.

Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish...

Nobuko is a widow who lives with her daughter-in-law Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeeper, Komatsu, is attracted to Tamiko, but...

In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa...

Two brothers run a factory canning crabs. The elder brother Kotaro is righteous and insists on honesty. The younger brother is fixated on money. They...

Japanese drama.

Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.

The events of the film are based on the real facts of the Pacific War, when in June 1944 the American troops began landing on the Saipan island. On...

Part two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.