Yōnosuke Toba Movies

A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss.

1949 Japanese movie

Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly honorable side of himself, and maybe some form of...

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.

Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger sister of Jirokichi, a city firefighter from the...

Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as...

In A Tale of Archery, young, timid bowmaster Kazuma (Akitake Kôno) seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious...

The legendary ninja Kurama Tengu (Enoken) uses his superhuman powers to help free a band of street urchins from their Fagin-like master. The film's...

The adventures of a young patriotic samurai. This is the Nikkatsu version of Shin Hasegawa's original story. Shochiku released their version of the...

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki

Sanada Bunkichi, an alcoholic musician who had lost all motivation to live, was a man who seemed to be supported by the kind consideration of his...

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan.

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.