Yoshio Inaba Movies

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime...

Sixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot that might topple -- or save -- a mighty Clan,...

As Japan's economic growth policies intensify, small-scale farmers embark on a first-ever communal dairy farming initiative in their village. They...

A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.

The supply of sea bream to the fish market has decreased, and the price has increased to a whopping 1 ryo, and unable to face his customers openly...

Lord Tokugawa Tsunatoyo, bound for Edo to be sworn in as the next shogun, is the target of merciless ninja assassins hired by corrupt officials...

The womanizing master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to...

A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.

The hairpin murdered a young girl. Detective Zenigata Heiji begin to investigate. Suddenly a murder case turns into a case of smuggling.

1962 Japanese movie

Newly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition that she marries Takato Shunsaku, a man she has never...

Karate expert Katayama (Takeda) investigates the robbery of a bank in Hokkaido, where an apple seed left at the scene holds the answer to the...

Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.

After an old man is attacked by a bear in the snowy mountains of northern Japan, he vows to hunt down the marauder.

1962 Japanese movie

In the 9th year of the Tempo era, after a long sea voyage, Moritaya Seizo returned to Hirado, who earned huge amounts of gold by piracy. Along the...

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

1962 Japanese movie