Hisako Yamane Movies

Period film about the legendary detective Umon

1945 Japanese movie

Historical drama about two samurai who fight over everything yet unite together to fight an evil lord.

Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to...

A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss.

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

It is 1921 and a town has a newspaper which prints urgent bulletins as required. The Washington-based CITES treaty, in which Japan participates, puts...

Harsh film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

Japanese war movie

Government-sponsored film set during the Pacific War, depicting the lives of people working as stevedores.

A unique literary work that describes the end of a married woman who rebelled against her husband's adultery and became addicted to her own sexuality.

1951 Japanese movie

Based on a short story by Dazai Osamu, produced under the national film law. The film's hero falls in love with the youngest daughter of a family he...