Midori Yamamoto Movies

The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are...

A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body is only the torso. Her legs were discovered on...

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners.

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun...

During the reign of Shogun Ienari Tokugawa, heir Takechiyo is found murdered with aconite-coated needles. A missing needle belonging to a palace lady...

This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest after the shooting of businessman Hideki Yokoi.

Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a...

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating...

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the...

Second Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Part 3 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino.

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws

1957 Japanese movie