Yōnosuke Toba Movies

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin....

The film recounts the tragedy of a young outlaw. Considered a lost film.

Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he...

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.

1949 Japanese movie

A Japanese silent film

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

1930s Japanese film.

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This...

A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss.

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

Japanese movie

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan.

A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster) Mori no Ishimatsu, whose proverbial stupidity...

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.