Yuriko Hoshi Movies

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akira Takarada

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yōko Tsukasa

The Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect typhoons as far as 800 km south of the Japanese...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara

Remake of 1949 film

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tomokazu Miura

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Tadao Takashima

Natsuko’s daughter Saori is born blind in 1941, just before her father is drafted. Despite an attempted surgery and years of struggle, her...

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Cast: Kyōko Kagawa

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Akira Takarada

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

Genre: History

Cast: Matsumoto Hakuō I

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Yōsuke Natsuki

Genre: Drama

Cast: So Yamamura

A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

Genre: Drama

Cast: Frankie Sakai

The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work", but the hostess of the bar calls him "the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Frankie Sakai

Story of young love in the hills.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yū Fujiki

Comedy-drama about university tennis players.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yuriko Hoshi

Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

Genre: Action

Cast: Tatsuya Mihashi

Comedy with music starring the rock band The Spiders.

Genre: Music

Cast: Masaaki Sakai

A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

A high school girl becomes convinced that her mother, who was said to have died fourteen years ago, is alive and residing in Hokkaido.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Momoko Kikuchi

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post...

Genre: History

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by...

Genre: History

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Eternal young guy, Yuzo Kayama stars in this fifth installment of the Young Guy series. Young Guy returns to the swim team from the first movie, ...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Hearing that his friend Yosuke Tsumura had died, Shiro Okabe returned to Kyoto. He felt that Yusuke's wife, Yusuke Tsumura's former love Yuko, knew...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara

A young man finds out that his ex-lover has only one week left to live, and with the help of angels, he scrambles to change his fate. A love story in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Emi Wakui

Seventh movie of the Wakadaishō series directed by Kengo Furusawa.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

The 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train in deep-sea navigation. The Young Ace comes to the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

8-year old boy, Shimpei, who loves fishing and painting, lives with his beautiful mother, surrounded by nature. His mother, Satsuki, has a weak...

Genre: Family

Cast: Hiroshi Tamaki

A truck driver from Toyama discovers he has contracted leukemia, a condition linked to his past exposure to nuclear fallout while working as a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinya Kitaoji

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...

Genre: History

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Set in a juvenile detention center and depicted with a documentary touch.

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Cast: Yōsuke Natsuki

Japanese drama.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

1964 Japanese movie

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Cast: Matsumoto Hakuō II

In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami investigates the mysterious disappearance of a prominent...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tatsuya Mihashi

“Night Train to the Stars” is a biography of the fascinating life of Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan's most beloved fantasy novelists....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Naoto Ogata

A film produced by Toho and Watanabe Productions as part of the Crazy Movie project featuring The Crazy Cats comedy group and jazz band members. It...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kei Tani

The 14th and final "Crazy" feature. The Crazy Cats reunited (minus Ishibashi, who had by then retired from the team) for one last feature, Jun...

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Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

The real mother of the two children of a respectable university professor is not his wife, but his mistress, the hostess of a Ginza bar the family...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Makoto Satō

Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ken Takakura

A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Childhood best friends. Cousins. Housemates. Coworkers. Eight stories of unrequited love, eight sets of people who weren't meant to be together. ...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Taishi Nakagawa

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Takakura

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yōko Tsukasa

Kikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a gang of drug dealers tries to force the pair to...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

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Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing...

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Cast: Yūzō Kayama

A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

A cop, Katayama, gains the trust of a mother and daughter whose father, Nishina, is missing after being accused of killing a gang boss.

Genre: Action

Cast: Tetsuya Takeda

A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor’s guards.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

Masaru and Yukiko have been married 44 years. They have three children who live independently from them. Masaru and Yukiko enjoy their peaceful days,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chieko Baisho

Katsuji takes revenge on evil Tamaru who forcefully took control of the fishery business run by Katsuji’s friend.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay of Manille. Former soldier Takeichi Matsuo is...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Michiyo Aratama

College student Yuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuichi has his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

On the eve of her latest fashion showcase in Beijing, successful entrepreneur Yuan Yuan is approached by Keiko, a mysterious young Japanese woman. An...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Yu Feihong

Yuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon team. His parents run a sukiyaki restaurant back in his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Machiko Kyō

An Ishiro Honda film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Prisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a family feud.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ken Takakura

Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up during his inaugural speech as the company chairman.

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Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida

A 1964 war film directed by Kengo Furusawa

Genre: War

Cast: Tatsuya Mihashi

A drama in which Yasuko Sawaguchi starred in the movie for the first time in nine years since "Autumn Autumn" and played an elementary school teacher...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yasuko Sawaguchi

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

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Cast: Akira Takarada

Ryusuke and Joe Oki escape from prison. Ryusuke was incarcerated for killing his younger brother Yasuhiko, who was a bouncer at the cabaret "Three...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Makoto Satō

Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

The story of a young girl's first love is told from the heroine's point of view. Surrounded by various people, she finally begins to awaken to her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuki Saito

An ancient evil spirit resurrects in the modern age and possesses a beautiful woman.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Yōsuke Natsuki

The third and final chapter of MP & GI's Toho Trilogy expands the geographical reach of the franchise, taking stars Lucilla You Min and Takarada...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lucilla Yu Ming

A modern love story involving different affairs.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Misa Uehara

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Cast: Kinya Kitaoji

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinya Kitaoji

Kayo, a zookeeper, dreams of raising a panda one day. However, she soon decided to study abroad in China, and her dream came true. As soon as Kayo...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Utsui

Story of rebellious youth follows the 19-year-old son of a Hokkaido farmer who has an affair with the daughter of a wealthy trading company...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yōsuke Natsuki

Ayako Kurimura, a new B.G. at Nitto Electric, becomes the object of affection for both her brother's colleague Kazuo Fukami and the flirtatious...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuriko Hoshi

Story about an English teacher in a rural town's school.

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Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Yuzo Kayama is captain of the Fencing team and visits Brazil to work in the shipyards with his professor. There he meets his beautiful daughter (Mie...

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Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Rally themed entry in the Wakadaisho series

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Two young women start their first jobs at a construction firm.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuriko Hoshi

A conman team swindles through jewel scams, marriage fraud, and fake school admissions. Their schemes bring quick riches but collapse before escape,...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Junzaburō Ban

Directed by Katsumi Iwauchi

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Cast: Toshio Kurosawa

In a small town, Tomoko, a new bus conductor, works hard to prove herself. She crosses paths with Saburō, the company president’s playful...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuriko Hoshi

Teacher Miyako Hanai, disillusioned by her sisters’ unhappy marriages, rejects love until family conflicts and her mother’s unexpected...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuriko Hoshi

Romantic drama about three beautiful sisters, based on the acclaimed play.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yōko Tsukasa

Kenta (Kayama), a boxer-turned-wandering minstrel becomes involved in a yakuza plot to rid slum dwellers from a piece of land the gangsters wish to...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

A grieving factory worker storms a Tokyo police station, holding a department chief at gunpoint, convinced he killed his girlfriend. When he learns...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Tsutomu Yamazaki

Shuichi, a young doctor working at a hospital in Bangkok, falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy Chinese trader.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

1961 Japanese movie

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Cast: Yōsuke Natsuki

Punch, Pinch, and Sench become involved in a murder mystery centering on a Chinese billionaire (Mihashi), actually a Japanese yakuza, who claims to...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Reiko Dan

A young man from a family photo studio becomes a newspaper photojournalist, learning the risks and demands of the job through repeated setbacks. His...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yōsuke Natsuki

Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Genre: Music

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Crime melodrama about two detectives (Ikebe and Arashima) and one detective's trumpet-playing son (Sato) who become involved in a complex murder...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

1960 Japanese movie

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Cast: Mie Hama

Comedy about a husband and wife.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Keiko Awaji

Modern Comedy

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Keiko Awaji

A film by Shinobu Hashimoto.

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Cast: Kō Nishimura

Set in Edo-era Kyoto, this drama depicts the adolescent battles and the love between parents and children who are born and raised in the same...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Emi Wakui

Izumi aims to be the first deaf creator of artificial limbs. One day, her senior co-worker, Kubo, goes to Afghanistan to help give aid to children as...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akiko Oshidari

Salaryman comedy.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chishū Ryū

A broke romantic and a practical young woman are pulled apart by money, matchmaking, and meddling families — only to find their way back to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kyū Sakamoto

In a quiet provincial city, a teenage boy and a girl from the wrong side of the tracks are drawn together when a classmate's mysterious death pulls...

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Cast: Emi Wakui

In postwar Japan, a quiet housewife and an aging poet fall into a scandalous love that costs them everything — family, reputation, and comfort...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

A young man transported back to the colorful chaos of old Tokyo witnesses firsthand the larger-than-life dreamers who turned a stretch of carnival...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Matsudaira

Melodrama about high school life.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yōsuke Natsuki

In an alternate timeline the original Godzilla is never defeated and repeatedly reemerges to feed on Japan's energy sources. A new inter-dimensional...

Genre: Action

Cast: Misato Tanaka