Kajirō Yamamoto — Playwright (8)
The Monkey King (1940) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
エノケンの孫悟空
other title: エノケンの孫悟空 / Songokū
A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection. As Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku (Kenichi Enomoto) fight their way to their goal, their path is fraught with internal strife.
Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 1 – Momma, the Hat: The Nice Way (1937) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
エノケンのちゃっきり金太
other title: エノケンのちゃっきり金太 / Enoken’s Kinta the Pickpocket
A comedic tale told in four parts, this film follows the antics of the pickpocket Kinta as he is pursued by a low ranking deputy named Kurakichi. The two get into all manner of peccadilloes and encounter a range of peculiar characters as their game of cat and mouse moves across the countryside in the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung (1959) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
孫悟空
director: Kajirō Yamamoto actor: Norihei Miki / Reiko Dan
other title: 孫悟空 / Monkey Sun
The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.
Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
明日を創る人々
other title: I costruttori di domani / Aqueles que Constroem o Futuro
In postwar Japan, two sisters—a film studio script girl and a revue dancer—become swept up in the growing labor movement when workers around them strike for better conditions. As their conservative father opposes their activism, his own dismissal forces him to confront the realities of class struggle and join their fight for a fairer future. Now considered a lost film, Those Who Make Tomorrow was produced by Toho to promote unionization during Japan’s Allied Occupation.