Kan Yanagiya Movies

1961 Japanese movie

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.

A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays the modern common people with humor and pathos,...

Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie

A college football star gets caught in a scandal involving a geisha teacher, endangering his team’s season and his family’s...

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

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

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

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman...

First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War...

A novice city-based teacher's first assignment is to a fishing village's grade school. The young teacher's first week with her new students is...

Based on the story "Tokyo Station" by Tsunehiko Sagawa.

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...