Two teachers at a special high school must deal with the fact that two of their learning impaired students have just disappeared. Read More »
Tag Archives: Yôji Yamada
Gakko / A Class to Remember (1993) Yôji Yamada, Toshiyuki Nishida, Eiko Shinya, Keiko Takeshita
Kuroi, a night school teacher, asks his student to each write an essay recalling their experience in his class. Read More »
The Village (1975) Yôji Yamada, Chieko Baishô, Akira Terao, Atom Shimojô
A quasi-docu-drama pertaining to the monumental process to bring a performance troupe to a small Japanese village to perform for one night. Read More »
The Irresponsible Fool / Iikagen baka (1964) Yôji Yamada, Hajime Hana, Shima Iwashita, Tokue Hanazawa
Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi’s only trait is his innate mischievousness. Read More »
Kazoku / Where Spring Comes Late (1970) Yôji Yamada
The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. Read More »
Tora-San 2: Cherished Mother / Zoku otoko wa tsurai yo (1969) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Chôchô Miyako
Tora-san hears that his mother is still alive and returns to Tokyo to track her down. Read More »
The Hidden Blade (2004) Yôji Yamada, Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. Read More »
Tokyo Family (2013) Tôkyô kazoku
An old married couple Shukichi Hirayama and Tomiko live on a small island in the Inland Sea. Read More »
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kiichi Nakai, Narimi Arimori
The environment and the movie stars at a Japanese film studio in the early ’30s are recreated in this drama that looks back Read More »
Tora-san 29 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro ajisai no koi (1982) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Ayumi Ishida
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Read More »