Yasutaro Yagi Movies

Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.

A film based on the memoir of a 4th grade student who received the grand prize in a writing contest sponsored by Gyeongseong Daily. A boy, whose...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Nobuko is a widow who lives with her stepchild Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeeper, Komatsu, is attracted to Tamiko, but she is...

Japanese drama.

Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

Part two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

Venice Film Festival 1939

A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.

Directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.

In part two of this silent two-part film, an ape nicknamed King Kong by its master has kidnapped the daughter of a wealthy man as part of a revenge...

Drama about the lives of seasonal migrant workers in Kashima

A boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. These two boys eventually face each other in the ring.

The Nami family lives in a quiet fishing village at the tip of the Shima Peninsula overlooking Ago Bay. The family of four consists of her...

A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally dropped train ticket.

A female doctor's story of her life in an isolated leper colony.

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian...

Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot...