Yoji Yamada Movies

Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player....

The adventures and tribulations of a group of students during the years following the II World War.

When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged...

Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated,...

Mr. Takano, a company employee, announces plans to take an early retirement so he can return to his home town and spend his days fishing. Su-san and...

Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), runs away from her husband, who is only interested...

Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his mother throws her back out.

The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer.

One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to...

Taking a message from Hiroshi's father to heart, Torajiro attempts to give up his wandering ways.

A traveling ronin perceived as a fool impresses a samurai leader with his fishing skills and gains employment.

Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.

After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he...

While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels.

On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.

Approached by a friend about a matchmaking arrangement, Su-san goes to Hama-chan's home seeking help. Hama-chan is away on a business trip, but...

Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago. When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to...

When Su-san invites his late friend's daughter to come along on a fishing trip, she falls in love with Hama-chan's fishing protégé.

The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School.