Kan Yanagiya Movies

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

Gekko Kamen faces off against Satan's Claw, who is after the treasure of the Kingdom of Baradai.

A university graduate determined to become a fishmonger defies his mother's wishes, tangles with bar hostesses and a beer company heiress,...

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

A novice city-based teacher's first assignment is to a fishing village's grade school. The young teacher's first week with her new students is...

1960 Toei war movie.

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as...

When Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the history of the Ming Dynasty, hokudai Yamashita, left the...

This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...

The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima

Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to save a sinking milk delivery business a...

Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.

A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they...

Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie

A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful...

A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays the modern common people with humor and pathos,...