Eijirō Yanagi Movies

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.

A dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the guiltless world are colored by the guiltless travel crow,...

One of the earliest of sukeban / girl boss type eiga

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

After being mistaken for counterfeiters by the police, an inventor and reporter try to track down the real counterfeiters.

Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.

Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.

Jidaigeki film from 1960

Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.

The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-shogunate activities in Kyoto. A sinister plot to...

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert.

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

The story follows Keiko, a dancer in the "Maiko Odori" theater in Kyoto, who tries to climb the social ladder in a world driven by money and...

Three young employees navigate love, ambition, and meddling bosses as workplace crushes evolve into defiant relationships that challenge social...

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...

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.

In the 15th year of the Genroku era (1688), the world praised the 47 ronin who avenged the death of their master Asano Takumi-no-kami. Shogun...

Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a...