So Yamamura Movies

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

The second film in Toho's series on the military history of the Showa era, Hiromichi Horikawa's war drama offers a look at the career of...

A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself...

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an...

A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in service to her. They are in search of Tomonojo, who...

A dying businessman intends to will ¥200 million to his three illegitimate children, but his associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

The film consists of three short stories. Tomiko, the heroine of the first story, "The Flower Girl" (dir. Kozaburo Yoshimura), is a little girl who...

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their...

[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is asked if he thinks he has destroyed all...

1948 Japanese movie

While the story of the Ako Clan's vendetta has been told countless times, never before has there been an array of major motion picture stars to bring...

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.

A continuation of the prior film (影法師).

Keiko Yukawa is a former prostitute and the newest inmate at White Lily, a female rehabilitation facility.

In May 1945, Japan's defeat was imminent after the attacks on Saipan, Iwo Jima, and the Philippines, and Tokyo was reduced to a sea of...