Kingorō Yanagiya Movies

1961 Japanese movie

The Old Man of the Propeller can be seen as a comedic amalgam of “King Lear” and “Christmas Carol”. A neighborhood loan shark is hounded by his relati...

Two rival groups of gangsters vie for control of a tiny port town in northern Japan. Daisuke, a member of the older of the two gangs, and Kosuke, a ho...

1962 Japanese movie

Third film in the "Ekimae" series set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko asks for adv...

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.

Comedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese developer.

Part one of The Masterless 47.

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip" is an...

Comedy movie

Movie directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda

1940 Japanese movie

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.