Isao Yamagata Movies

A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the work of Gaijin boss Brown and his henchman...

Masanori Igayama, who directed "Mito Komon Manyuki: The Counterattack of Toukuzaki," will direct the screenplay by Shinji Tsugei, who also directed...

A detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal.

Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.

A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on the good citizens of Edo against a master-less...

Princess Kazu, the daughter of Shogun Ienari, is sent to marry Matsudaira Nobunao, master of Peacock castle in Kozuke province, a domain of 17,000...

A dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji oversees the building of a bridge in Japan, a powerful...

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

From an original story by Shibata Renzaburo, the novelist who created such classics as: the "Nemuri Kyoshiro" series (Son of the Black Mass),...

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit harakiri in response to the humiliation meted out to...

One of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed swordsman, must rescue the Yagyu clan from the...

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the...

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune...

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the...

As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case...