Ren Yamamoto Movies

Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English....

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and...

An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the Taishō era. About 15 families who moved in...

Period romantic drama.

The son of a gang leader boss is kidnapped by someone and demands the disbandment of the gang. A group of five mean high school girls who form a...

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

A film by Hiroshi Inagaki.

Based on the novel of the same name by Shoji Yuki

A young detective tries to determine whether a mysterious death was the result of murder or self-defense.

1961 Japanese movie

Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert.

After the son of a wealthy man is kidnapped, a tenacious young reporter decides to find the culprit.

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the...

The life of a urban planning official and that of an old fellow student, now project developer, are turned upside down by a chance encounter with a...

An Ishiro Honda film.

1962 Japanese movie

After a gang killing forces him to flee abroad, ex-yakuza Ryūji returns to Yokohama a year later to find his lover’s sister’s...

A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.