Known for Writing
Born
January 1, 1920
Died
July 17, 1989 (age 69)
Birthplace
Saga City, Saga Prefecture, Japan
Filmography
48 films, 1 show


The Oil-Hell Murder
1992 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents.


The Story of Jiro
1987 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Adaptation of the classic masterpiece about the relationship between parents and their children.


Surgical Designs in Flames
1986 · 2h 5m
country: Japan
A story of the skilled brain surgeon, Todo, whose talent and ambition are put to test through a series of high risk surgical procedures.


Ran
1985 · 2h 40m
country: Japan
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.


Confessions of a Wife
1983 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A death occurs during a mountain-climbing expedition.


The Wicked
1980 · 2h 9m
country: Japan
A selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the woman he loves throws him into a spiral of destruction.


Kagemusha
1980 · 3h
country: Japan
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.


Dynamite Don-Don
1978 · 2h 22m
country: Japan
Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between the Okagen Group and the rising Hashiden Gang. Now with the mediation/interference of the Americans, they decide to settle it in a peaceful, *democratic* way, that is, to settle it with a baseball game. Now, with its money and power, The Hashiden group soon recruits a group of gamblers known to be good at baseball from the whole country. So, what is the Okagen Gumi gonna do?


The Alaska Story
1977 · 2h 21m
country: Japan
A Japanese sailor finds a colony of Eskimos in the Arctic and decides to stay with them. He comes off at a certain moment to look for his luck in the gold rush in Alaska. But he does not forget them.


Kataashi no ēsu
1971 · 1h 40m
country: Japan


Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament
1968 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Tokyo Olympiad director Kon Ichikawa documents the 50th anniversary of the Koshien games.


The Sands of Kurobe
1968 · 3h 16m
country: Japan
Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only by cave-ins and flooding, but by strife between management and the workers's union. Adding to Kitagawa's stress is the knowledge that as his attention is pulled inexorably toward the tunnel construction, his youngest daughter is dying from leukemia.


Rise Against the Sword
1966 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees the success Goemon has achieved, he attempts to recruit him to fight in a conflict between Asakura and another clan. Goemon refuses, and Lord Asakura sets out to destroy him.


The Betrayers Out!
1966 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Shochiku's popular series of gang films, this one has the hero returning from prison bent on revenge. He runs into Chinese hoodlums, blackmailers and gold-smugglers. But he also aids and abets young lovers yet, despite his help, their love ends in tragedy and he tracks down his prey in Kobe.


Red Beard
1965 · 3h 5m
country: Japan
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.


The Scarlet Camellia
1964 · 2h 43m
country: Japan
A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her.


The Rabble
1964 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
1964 Japanese movie


Muchana Yakko
1964 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
A comedy directed by Koji Shima about a men's game. Reckless and exciting, definitely worth watching! Miyoshi Oki was born in Hokkaido and grew up in a dirty carriage that his father owned. His dream was to have a horse with a good coat that costs 10 million yen and he set a goal for it. At the invitation of Otaki-gumi executive Iwasa, he joined Otaki-gumi while the leader Sozaburo was sick. Miyoshi's method is not to deal with the yakuza's morale and slashing, but to handle things mentally....


Assassins for sale
1963 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exotic, dangerous work was always in demand. Here, three wandering samurai who earn their living by killing get to know each other. Soon they learn that government officials will be transporting a large cargo of gold and decide to steal it.


A Man with Dragon Tattoos
1962 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, dreams are instilled into the lives of many across Japan. A vigorous young man with a look of fearless determination, sets foot on the northern part of Kyushu, an area where Yakuza thrived. His name is Kingoro Tamai (Yujiro Ishihara). With plans to travel the world, Kingoro worked diligently at a coal mine. His loyalty and hard work earned the respect of his peers, his courage won the heart of the beautiful Mon (Ruriko Asaoka), and his success evoked jealousy in his enemies.


假名手本忠臣蔵
1962 · 1h 51m
country: Japan


Tatsu
1962 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie


Otoko no Uta
1962 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
1961 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It’s a musical comedy that shows Segawa’s talent.


Bandits on the Wind
1961 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie


A Wife Confesses
1961 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.


Beware of The Gunman
1961 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie


The Master Spearman
1960 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit harakiri, he decides to settle down and marry one of the two kabuki actresses who helped him enjoy what he thought would be his final days.


The Forbidden Scoop
1960 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Modern comedy social drama about a reporter (Mihashi) for the Toto Shimpo determined to scoop his rivals during the murder investigation of the president of a machinery company. A highly critical drama about the lack of ethics by both reporters and the newspapers they work for.


Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
From birth Hideyoshi was a restless, defiant spirit--a child of the poorest of the poor. Cast out of his peasant cottage, he would live by his wits, driven by his burning ambition to become a samurai and to find a warlord worth pledging his sword to. This is the story of his rise, and the thunderous battle he pinned his hopes on. The challenge that had already ruined and bloodied the armies of higher-ranking samurai than Hiyoshi. The battle that brought him rank, fame and fortune and transformed him into Hashiba Hideyoshi, right-hand man to the ruthless Lord Oda Nobunaga, and would drive him on to conquer Japan.


直八子供旅
1958 · 1h 34m
country: Japan


The Face
1957 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
A notorious abortion doctor fell down from a night train and he was dead. A man who knows the truth of this accident starts to chase a up-and-coming model.


Outlaw island
1956 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
The southern tip of Shikoku. This village, surrounded by a bay, where, according to legend, the former warriors of the Heike clan settled, is famous for its bullfights. Today there is also a bull market in the village, and there are extremely many people here. The black bull "Great Tengu", which Gonzo from Misaki offered, cost 50,000, but was forcibly taken away by a Bakuro soldier, who possessed extraordinary strength and physique, for less than half the price. However, the violent soldier was in love with Tsunayo, the hostess of the inn and the organizer of the bullfight. One day, a young man from the city, an Ihara police officer, arrives in the village. And soon the real problems will begin…
親馬鹿花合戦
親馬鹿花合戦
1953 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
Kingoro Yanagiya's 100th film.


Koi no rantō
1951 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
"My mother is Japanese, a drifting diva of Tokyo" After the death of her father Reika goes to Japan to visit her mother, but can't find her, so she starts performing at a cabaret in Yokohama. Her mother, already settled, found about Reika's whereabouts, but won't acknowledge her daughter for fear of loosing her current status.