Yūnosuke Itō Movies

A movie directed by Nobuo Nakagawa

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

A boy, who is separated from his mother in an air raid, endures suffering and grief alongside his kind uncle.

The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.

As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case...

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned...

The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among...

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the...

Hiroko, who has a weekly magazine reporter as her lover is assigned as a public health nurse in a remote village. However, there is widespread...

The common-law wife and daughter of a wealthy old man plot to murder him and steal his fortune, with the help of their male acquaintances.

The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and...

Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. If two...

Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves.

Second part to "River Without a Bridge" (1969)