Yōnosuke Toba Movies

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.

A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husband becomes jealous of the widower and his wife.

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

1930s Japanese film.

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This...

Young, timid bowmaster Kazuma seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious figure who, it is rumoured, drove the previous...

A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and...

A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.

Jidaigeki from 1940

Newly released from the army, five men return to Tokyo to find no place to live in the bombed-out city, food and necessities rationed out by people...

1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki