Eijirō Yanagi — Actor (54)
Kodokan Under a Morning Moon (1957) [Movie] TMDB
残月講道館
other title: 残月講道館
The picture tells of a tremendous conflict between ju-jitsu, an aggressive art practiced by vicious hoodlums led by Takamatsu, and judo, which is used only for self-defense and championed by Sugawara. All of which, comes to a mighty match between Sugawara and Takamatsu. It's loaded with dynamite, so to speak, and lasts five minutes on the screen, Sugawara, wins. Takamatsu, a poor loser, and his four ju-jitsu hoodlum companions later ambush Sugawara in the woods. This turns out to be a mortal combat. You'd like to learn the outcome, wouldn't you?
Dice and Swords (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
遊侠三国志 鉄火の花道
other title: 遊侠三国志 鉄火の花道
The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime syndicate saw this as an opportunity to expand its territory. The Odera boss arranges marriage between his daughter Orin (Ruriko Asaoka) and the son of notorious Gyotoku clan, but Orin’s heart belonged to Shinjiro (Yujiro Ishihara), a member of her father’s clan.
King of the Gang (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
ギャングの帝王
director: Yasuo Furuhata actor: Noboru Andō / Sonny Chiba
other title: ギャングの帝王
The 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast, and were only connected by the title and Toei's marketing department. Unlike the early entries, which were jazzy capers, this final entry is a prototype jitsuroku yakuza film. Just back from the war, Noboru Ando leads a gang of war vets turned gangster in the US occupied streets of Tokyo. They get into a conflict with a Chinese gang as well as the military police. Tetsuro Tamba appears as a police chief trying to bring peace to the streets; 1st wave pinky violence star Masumi Tachibana is a girl grieving his dead gangster father.
Two Lives, Two Yakuza (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
竜虎一代
director: Tsuneo Kobayashi actor: Koji Tsuruta / Sumiko Fuji
other title: 竜虎一代 / Ryūko ichidai
An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an ambush. It turns out the man is the head of a hard working clan appointed to a railway construction project. A ruthless yakuza gang is also trying to get their share of the project and attempts to sabotage the work. After the old man dies, his son (Sonny Chiba) and daughter (Junko Fuji) try to complete the project. Tsuruta joins them while also falling in love with a local woman working in a bar (after all, Tsuruta always was more of a lover than his stoic colleague Takakura).
The Song Lantern (1943) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
歌行燈
other title: Das Lied der Laterne / La Chanson de la lanterne
A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him, leading the once promising actor to a life on the streets. But his desire to win back the respect of his father and the affection of the dead actor's daughter pushes him toward a more noble existence. Naruse employed a delicately structured mise-en-scene in this family melodrama, which evokes the work of Josef von Sternberg.
Works of the Fish Man (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
江戸っ子繁昌記
other title: 江戸っ子繁昌記
Katsujiro the fisherman overcomes his laziness when he learns of his younger sister Okiku’s unfortunate fate.
Nakamura Kinnosuke stars in two roles (Katsugoro and Aoyama Harima) in this film about the tragic nature of society in the late Edo period.
Ginza Cosmetics (1951) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
銀座化粧
director: Mikio Naruse actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Ranko Hanai
other title: Le Fard de Ginza / Camareras de Ginza
A few days in the life of a quiet geisha, single mother of a smart young boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza. A woman devoted to others' needs, she'll end by taking part herself in one of the many disguises of Ginza.
Miss Oyu (1951) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB
お遊さま
director: 沟口健二 actor: 田中绢代 / Nobuko Otowa
other title: Oyû-sama / 阿游小姐
Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.
The Mad Fox (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
恋や恋なすな恋
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Hashizo Ōkawa / Michiko Saga
other title: La renarde folle / 恋や恋なすな恋
A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes romantically involved with his dead lover's twin sister, but more complications arise thanks to a chance encounter with a clan of shape-shifters.
Sound in the Mist (1956) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb
霧の音
director: 清水宏 actor: Ken Uehara / 木暮实千代
other title: 霧の音 / O Som do Nevoeiro
In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night, Kazuhiko's wife Kazuyo comes to see them and confronts the professor about his extramarital affair, and Tsuruko, an inevitable witness to the confrontation, leaves the professor the following morning. Over the next decade, whenever he visits the mountain cabin every autumn equinox, the memory of Tsuruko will forever haunt Kazuhiko...