Eijirō Yanagi Movies

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...

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

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their lead...

Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisals),lives for over five years in a love affair wit...

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

Based on the popular story of the tragic lovers, Onatsu and Seijuro.

Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially gree...

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

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

Japanese comedy film.

Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological...

A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as a...

As a result of a superstitious belief that twins bring bad luck to the family, newborn twin princesses are separated. Yukihime, who was sent away to b...

Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband's child. Saiko embarks on...

An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively kno...

A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him, leadin...

A touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko and Teruko. Ranko comes from a wealthy family and is of...

The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigators and brings a chill to the residents of Edo. Wit...

Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.