So Yamamura Movies

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

Adapted from a poem, which was composed by poet and sculptor Kotaro Takamura, Chieko-Sho is the story of the artist's wife Chieko. The poet meets a...

A drama centered on women, adapted from the novel of the same name by Ineko Sata.

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...

1963 Japanese movie

The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his...

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

Drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

A treasury official passed over for promotion and obsessed with careerism interferes in the lives of his three sons, who seek escape from his...

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...

During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the...

1948 Japanese movie

In May 1945, Japan's defeat was imminent after the attacks on Saipan, Iwo Jima, and the Philippines, and Tokyo was reduced to a sea of...

Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy.