Yoji Yamada Movies

KEN SAN pieces together the puzzle of the life and legacy of Japan's mythical acting icon, Ken Takakura. Collaborators, friends and family tell...

The adventures and tribulations of a group of students during the years following the II World War.

The Akazas are a blue-collar family living in a working-class neighborhood of Tokyo. Older brother Inosuke is a carpenter who works for his father...

A young thug wanna-be yakuza falls in love with a country girl.

Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi's only trait is his innate mischievousness. However, because his love for his...

Yuka came to work as an intern nurse at a hospital and she met Shunichi again. They were school friends, and she liked him. But, she found out that...

Based on a children's book. Two children encounter a wooden chair that moves and speaks. The chair awaits their return, unaware the sister died in...

After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. They soon discover the woe of being landlords.

When Izumi can't stand seeing her mother flirt with other men, she leaves home. She sends a letter to Mitsuo and Mitsuo goes looking for her. But...

A sequel to Ohana han.

Based on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji.

In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san...

After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako (last seen in Tora-san's Dear Old Home), now...

Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up...

Hama-chan and Su-san meet a charming woman on a fishing trip, but forget to ask her name. Days later, Hama-chan sees her again at a dentist's office.

Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog soldier. He joins the army and winds up sent...

Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.

The final instalment in the popular series featuring the duo of Hama-chan, a lifelong low-ranking employee and fishing enthusiast, and Suu-san, the...

Yasugoro, goes to live in a quiet town where he falls in love with the priest's daughter-in-law. His does not declare his love because she is...

Hirayama Konosuke is a retired man who expects to spend a peaceful life with his wife, Fumie. However, his world is turned upside down when Fumie...