Eijirō Yanagi Movies

1972 Japanese movie

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.

The story of the tender love between Junki, the son of a wealthy landowner, and Kayuki, the daughter of a forester, who decided to unite their...

Film about the 2-26 Incident.

The actions and downfall of a man who lives a life of cold calculation, adapted from a Hideo Shirasaki novel.

On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague Ryunosuke felt responsible and...

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...

One of the earliest of sukeban / girl boss type eiga

A boss of underworld helps the police crush an evil gang.

The Purple-Hooded Man, Japan's version of Robin Hood, tries to uncover a corruption scandal in Edo era Japan.

What starts as a simple request for correction of a newspaper article uncovers a corruption case hidden behind what seemed like an ordinary traffic...

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His...

A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately the great detective Umon is among the audience....

Kensaku Muro and his father manage a farm in Sakudaira at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains. One day Kensuke saves a suicidal woman, Fukiko Uzu,...

Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the story of a battle between the evil sword style...

A touching action film about a young yakuza who becomes infected with evil because he has the ability to easily decipher the mechanism of a safe....

Grown up son arrives home to learn his father, the newly elected mayor, has been assassinated. So he journeys down a path to find the assassin and...

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

Jidaigeki film from 1960