Yoshiko Sakuma Movies

Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.

The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.

1961 gangster film.

Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

During the seventh-year memorial service for Katsugoro and Genji, Ikari Genji himself emerged from the coffin brought in by the hearse seeking...

A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino.

Japanese comedy film.

After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Indebted to Boss Kogane for his kindness,...

Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.

Set against the dramatic backdrop of the downfall of an old aristocratic family, this is the story of its last representant: Lady Yuki.

A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love...

An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an...

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

1958 Toei movie

Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screenplay by Matsuura Kenro (The Dice Magistrate)....

A story of Minako who struggles finding love and peace in life. When Minako’s hope for ultimate happiness, marriage to her beloved...