Isuzu Yamada Movies

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.

In Tokyo, Osen is the servant girl of an unscrupulous antiques dealer, Kumazawa, who takes in the penniless Sokichi Hata. Kumazawa mistreats Sokichi...

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

When Sentarô’s father is killed by a drunken samurai, Sentarô avenges him. His deed puts him on the run and leaves his sister...

A story of an ardent young man who laid down his life for his country.

Yamanaka Sadao's fourth feature film. The Life of Bangaku

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka...

Hatamoto Akabane Tanaka once ruined his life with alcohol in his youth, leaving behind his wife and son, Hanji, to embark on a journey. He killed a...

A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei with Hideko Takamine portraying...

A gallant swordsman takes on the forces of evil with the help of his trusty friends.

His mother abandoned him as a child, so he had no choice but to live outside society. Even so, he grows up determined to reunite with her. Worried...

A "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.

Kenji Mizoguchi is credited as “supervisor” on this rare Japanese genre film, which stars the stunning Isuzu Yamada (Osaka Elegy, Throne...

It is presumed to be a lost film.

The man is chased by losing the beauty and preciousness of love and the foundation of life without overcoming the hardship of life.