Yūnosuke Itō Movies

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.

Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Eighth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love.

A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once loved, which throws him into turmoil.

Minoru visits his home on Okinoerabu island for the first time in thirty years. Seeing the old man who used to be in love with his mother, Minoru...

An exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from the period of his stay on Mount Kurama to his...

A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

The anonymous partnership Investment Economic Association, led by its president Ryuichi Amano, collected money from many ordinary people and paid out...

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

A boy, who is separated from his mother in an air raid, endures suffering and grief alongside his kind uncle.

Seventh film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

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

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.