Yoji Yamada Movies

A traveling ronin perceived as a fool impresses a samurai leader with his fishing skills and gains employment.

Set in the downtown area in the heart of Tokyo, this film depicts the lives of poor but kind-hearted people.

Taiji (Kawazu Yusuke), who works at Noble Cosmetics, wants to marry his girlfriend Tomie (Kuwano Miyuki), but is having a hard time saving up the...

Japanese youth film.

Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago. When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to...

Mr. Takano, a company employee, announces plans to take an early retirement so he can return to his home town and spend his days fishing. Su-san and...

Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.

Based on a children's book. Two children encounter a wooden chair that moves and speaks. The chair awaits their return, unaware the sister died in...

After the war, many filmmakers were expelled from the Japanese film industry due to the Toho Dispute and the Red Purge. Amid such circumstances,...

1962 Japanese movie

Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by the nickname Watt. Tora attempts to match Watt...

The movie depicts the interaction between a childless middle-aged couple and a small dog.

Sabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when his land was taken.

Hama-chan and Su-san meet a charming woman on a fishing trip, but forget to ask her name. Days later, Hama-chan sees her again at a dentist's office.

A story set in a small harmonica factory in Kita-Senju that celebrates the love lives of young workers.

Set in a rubber company in Tokyo, this comedy depicts the sorrows of salarymen in a humorous way, centering on the commotion caused by the passionate...

An opera singer finds herself stranded by a snow storm and has to take a taxi with a driver with his own personal version of “La Traviata”

The film depicts a couple who go on a trip to Hawaii to relieve their daily frustration and get caught up in various commotions. Written by Masakuni...

Kyoko is a university librarian and she also helps her parents with their drycleaning company. She is involved with a childhood friend from the...