Yoshio Inaba Movies

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the...

Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.

The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and...

1962 Japanese movie

A film by Hiroshi Inagaki.

Toma (Go Kato) is a son of a doctor in Takane, Yoshitomo Monzen. He was ordered by the sick federal lord and travel to Edo. It was said that...

A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.

An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes...

A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.

Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate...

The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro series. This time Raizo Ichikawa as Nemuri is...

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.

When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling drama. The car was driven by...

Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.

Kokubu Jiro is the captain of his university's Kendo team. Often standoffish, mild, stoic and minimalist, Kokubu is a mystery to those who know him....

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history...