Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow

1962

Japanese

7.2

♡ 7

Tomu Uchida Director

Chôichirô Kawarasaki as

Eijirô Yanagi as

Hashizô Ôkawa as Abe no Yasuna

Ryûnosuke Tsukigata as Onono Yosifuru

A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes romantically involved with his dead lover's twin sister, but more complications arise thanks to a chance encounter with a clan of shape-shifters.

An Actor's Revenge

1963

Japanese

7.3

♡ 9

95%

82%

Action

based on novel or book

Kon Ichikawa Director

Eiji Funakoshi as Heima Kadokura

Eijirô Yanagi as Hiromi-ya

Raizô Ichikawa as Hirutaro

Ayako Wakao as Namiji

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

Ginza Cosmetics

1951

Japanese

7.0

♡ 6

54%

Action

based on novel or book

Mikio Naruse Director

Eijirô Tôno as Hyôbei Sugano

Eijirô Yanagi as Seikichi Kineya

Ranko Hanai as Shizue Sayama

Masao Mishima as Tasuzô Fujimura

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

Maboroshi no uma

1955

Japanese

6.4

♡ 2

Action

Drama

Kôji Shima Director

Koreya Senda as Hamamura

Eijirô Yanagi as Hyogoro Onishi

Bontarô Miake as Yasuke Shiraishi

Ayako Wakao as Yuki Shiraishi

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.

The Tattered Wings

1955

Japanese

6.7

♡ 2

Action

Drama

Romance

Keisuke Kinoshita Director

Hideko Takamine as Fuyuko Terada

Takahiro Tamura as Keizô Ishizu

Kuniko Igawa as Kimiko, Fuyuko's sister

Eijirô Yanagi as Shunsuke's father

A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense childhood sweetheart.

The Tale of Zatoichi

1962

Japanese

7.6

♡ 13

100%

87%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Kenji Misumi Director

Hajime Mitamura as Hanji of Matsugishi

Ryûzô Shimada as Shigezô of Sasagawa / Sasagawa yakuza boss

Eijirô Yanagi as Sukegorô of Iioka / Iioka yakuza boss

Masayo Banri as Tane / Tatekichi's sister / Seisuke's ex-lover

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.

The Eagle of the Pacific

1953

Japanese

6.9

♡ 5

Ishirô Honda Director

Koreya Senda as

Toshirô Mifune as 1st Lieutenant Tomonaga

Eijirô Yanagi as Premier Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

Rentarô Mikuni as Staff Officer

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.

The Scent of Incense. Part 1

1964

Japanese

7.4

♡ 3

based on novel or book

Keisuke Kinoshita Director

Yoshio Inaba as

Eiji Okada as

Eijirô Yanagi as Hotel owner

Nobuko Otowa as Ikuyo

After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble.

The Life of Oharu

1952

Japanese

8.1

♡ 19

100%

Kenji Mizoguchi Director

Eijirô Yanagi as Forger

Toshirô Mifune as Katsunosuke

Hisako Yamane as Lady Matsudaira

Masao Mishima as Taisaburo Hishiya

In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

What Is Your Name? Part III

1954

Japanese

6.5

♡ 3

Drama

Romance

Hideo Ôba Director

Eijirô Yanagi as

Hitomi Nozoe as

Haruyo Ichikawa as

Toshiaki Konoe as

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to Europe.

What Is Your Name? Part II

1953

Japanese

6.4

♡ 2

Drama

Romance

Hideo Ôba Director

Eijirô Yanagi as

Hitomi Nozoe as

Fujio Suga as

Mie Kitahara as

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.

What Is Your Name?

1953

Japanese

6.9

♡ 2

78%

Action

Drama

Romance

Hideo Ôba Director

Eijirô Yanagi as

Hitomi Nozoe as

Fujio Suga as

Haruyo Ichikawa as

Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during the Great Tokyo Air Raid in March 1945. Machiko and Haruki pledge to meet again at the bridge in six months but part without asking each other’s names.

Destiny's Son

1962

Japanese

7.0

♡ 4

Kenji Misumi Director

Yoshio Inaba as Giichirô Ikebe

Eijirô Yanagi as Ooinokami Matsudaira

Raizô Ichikawa as Shingo Takakura

Toshio Hosokawa as Yasutoshi 'Tootôminokami' Makino

In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive family is massacred for keeping the secret. Armed with an unbeatable swordfighting technique, Shingo embarks on the path of the masterless samurai in search of vengeance and a path beyond his own ignominious origins.

A Japanese Tragedy

1953

Japanese

7.3

♡ 1

Keisuke Kinoshita Director

Fujio Suga as Fujita

Masami Taura as Haruko's son

Eijirô Yanagi as Iwami

Sanae Takasugi as Mrs. Akazawa

At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable.

Fuunji Oda Nobunaga

1959

Japanese

6.9

♡ 1

Toshikazu Kôno Director

Eijirô Yanagi as

Ryûnosuke Tsukigata as

Eitarô Shindô as

Katsuo Nakamura as

Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy military governor with land holdings in Owari province. Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest, eventually conquering a third of Japanese daimyo before his death in 1582. Telling the story of his rise to prominence as he leads an army of 4,000 men against the 40,000 troops of Lord Imagawa Yoshimoto to prevent the arrogant daimyo from crushing the Oda clan and taking control of the entire nation. From a newly restored anamorpic widescreen print, this is the ultimate warlord movie.

Bridge of Japan

1956

Japanese

6.7

♡ 4

Drama

Romance

Kon Ichikawa Director

Ayako Wakao as Ochise

Eiji Funakoshi as Shinpachiro Kasahara

Eijirô Yanagi as Shinpachiro Kasahara

Ryûji Shinagawa as Shinso Kuzuki

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic melodramas—and re-evaluate it as a tanbi-ha work of decadence, aestheticism, and intrigue. Ichikawa's film presents the tragic plot of the young geisha who is unable to enact her love for a man publicly in any way other than a histrionic story of torment, a heart-rending tale of lovers being crushed by fate. Instead, Ichikawa shows the contest of wills that transpires as two geisha, Oko and Kiyoha fight for the top spot in Nihonbashi, the pinnacle of the Tokyo geisha world. Nihonbashi is an elegant, if steely, exposition of manners. The young doctor, Shinzo Katsuragi, is the object of affection for both women, but appears to be more the choice reward for the plotting and thieving of these two early modern superwomen, than a lover they swoon over.

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

1963

Japanese

7.1

♡ 3

Drama

dual role

Noboru Nakamura Director

Kakuko Chino as Geisha Girl

Teruo Yoshida as Ryusuke Mizuki

Eijirô Yanagi as Sohei Mizuki

Eijirô Tôno as Sosuke Otomo

In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins bring bad luck, so the sister was abandoned at birth. Later her parents tell her that her sister was kidnapped. The woman doesn't believe this and when she eventually meets her twin, both women are involved in love affairs. The merchant's daughter is seeing an educated fellow. Trouble ensues when she begins suspecting that he may be more interested in her sister.

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

1962

Japanese

7.2

♡ 5

100%

Kazuo Mori Director

San'emon Arashi as Kai Yoshida

Tomisaburô Wakayama as Nagisa no Yoshiro

Eijirô Yanagi as Sukegoro Hanoka

Masayo Banri as Tane

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1952

Japanese

7.6

♡ 14

93%

husband wife relationship

Yasujirô Ozu Director

Kôji Shitara as Koji Yamauchi

Eijirô Yanagi as Naosuke Yamauchi

Keiko Tsushima as Setsuko Yamauchi

Mie Kitahara as Waitress

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

Miss Oyu

1951

Japanese

7.4

♡ 2

Kenji Mizoguchi Director

Eijirô Yanagi as Eitaro

Eitarô Shindô as Kusaemon

Yûji Hori as Shinnosuke Seribashi

Nobuko Otowa as Shizu

Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.

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Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow

An Actor's Revenge

Ginza Cosmetics

Maboroshi no uma

The Tattered Wings

The Tale of Zatoichi

The Eagle of the Pacific

The Scent of Incense. Part 1

The Life of Oharu

What Is Your Name? Part III

What Is Your Name? Part II

What Is Your Name?

Destiny's Son

A Japanese Tragedy

Fuunji Oda Nobunaga

Bridge of Japan

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

Miss Oyu