During World War II, a Japanese soldier finds himself assigned to a kamikaze mission against a U.S. battleship. Read More »
Tag Archives: Yûnosuke Itô
Three Loves AKA Mittsu no ai (1954) Masaki Kobayashi, Isuzu Yamada, Kô Mishima, Yûnosuke Itô
In a mountain village, Heita, a translator’s son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. Read More »
Ninja, a Band of Assassins AKA Shinobi no mono (1962) Satsuo Yamamoto, Raizô Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Yûnosuke Itô
Ishikawa Goemon (Ichikawa Raizo), a talented young ninja, becomes ensnared in a twisted scheme to assassinate Oda Nobunaga Read More »
Yellow Crow AKA Kiiroi karasu (1957) Heinosuke Gosho, Chikage Awashima, Yûnosuke Itô, Kinuyo Tanaka
A young boy has formed an idealized image of his father, who has yet to be repatriated from Russia. Read More »
Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965) Satsuo Yamamoto, Rentarô Mikuni, Yûnosuke Itô, Shin’ichi Chiba, Shinjirô Ehara
Hayashida Gisuke is illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during the burglary he becomes a witness of derailment. Read More »
Oh, Bomb! (1964) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûnosuke Itô, Fubuki Koshiji, Ichirô Nakatani
Filmed as a traditional Japanese play, a yakuza boss is released from prison, but finds his gang usurped by a shady politician. Read More »
The Graceful Brute (1962) Yûzô Kawashima, Ayako Wakao, Yûnosuke Itô, Hisano Yamaoka, Comedy, Drama
A greedy, materialistic family tries to cover-up that the embezzlement committed by the child when keeping their other strategies busy. Read More »
Koi yamabiko / Echo in the Mountains (1959) Masahiro Makino, Sumiko Hidaka, Yûnosuke Itô, Kunio Kaga, Drama
A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the “Yamabiko” stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge his father-in-law’s death and retrieve the family heirloom.
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