Kingorō Yanagiya Movies

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and...

Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko...

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.

Part one of The Masterless 47.

1958 Japanese movie

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.

Young lord investigates the mysterious death that takes place in the underworld.

Period film about a feudal era judge living in Edo

Kingoro Yanagiya's 100th film.

Comedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese developer.

1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame.