Yōko Tsukasa Movies

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.

The third installment in the Shacho Series.

In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo...

"Shacho" comedy about the president of a salt manufacturing company.

A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns...

An Ishiro Honda film.

A food company undergoes leadership changes, with younger staff rising to key roles.

The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements.

Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting...

1957 Japanese movie.

Baseball movie about Eiji Sawamura.

An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both...

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a...

After the son of a wealthy man is kidnapped, a tenacious young reporter decides to find the culprit.

Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a...