Eijirō Yanagi Movies

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...

After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life...

A group of pirates led by the evil Gondaiyu and his wizard, Genkuro, capture the Golden Peacock Castle and massacre the peaceful clan that lives...

Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a...

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

Gangsters are robbed of five hundred million yen.

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

A man challenges a territorial fight between gangs.

Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisals), lives for over five years in a love affair...

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

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to Europe.

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively...

Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.

The film adaptation of the bestseller of the same name by Tsutomu Mizukami. A large-scale detective drama in which two newspaper reporters...

A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord.