Kingorō Yanagiya Movies

1962 Japanese movie

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

Two rival groups of gangsters vie for control of a tiny port town in northern Japan. Daisuke, a member of the older of the two gangs, and Kosuke, a...

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.

Kingoro Yanagiya's 100th film.

Period film about a feudal era judge living in Edo

Based on the comic by Shosuke Kurakane. Shown in two parts.

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan.

Comedy movie

Princess Oboro, the queen of the Tanuki palace and stubborn at heart, falls in love with coffeehouse worker Kurotaro at first sight.

The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are...

1940 Japanese movie

An Ishiro Honda film.

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.

Kotaro Shimoyama, once a government official, loses his job and separates from his wife, Sachie. He now resides with his daughter, Haruko. By chance,...