Isamu Yamaguchi Movies

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

1945 Japanese movie

1961 Japanese movie

A silent 3-reel comedy short that uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story. It was produced by Shochiku Studios (who released the...

A group of men obsessed with oil gather in a remote oil field region. Ichiro Kitazawa (Tatsuzaki) was one of them. He had a daughter-in-law named...

A tryst between the young warrior Hagiwara Shinzaburo and beautiful Otsuyu is discovered, and the shamed Otsuyu commits suicide with her maid. Their...

A series of grisly murders with strange claw marks lead Mito Komon into discovering a deadly plan that involves a strange gorilla creature.

1945 Japanese movie

Fourth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

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

1960 movie directed by Taizō Fuyushima

Four unlucky pirates head to a weather tracking station set on a remote island with the intention of holding the weather trackers as hostages and...

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

Red Castle Lullaby by Taizō Fuyushima

Based on an original story by Yojiro Ishizaka, this well-made drama is set in a Christian school in a beautiful northern harbor town. Teacher Masaki...

Kinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's boyfriend. It is a story whose theme is warm human...

A village romantic drama. (Now lost.)