Movies: Isao Yamagata

  • 1954
    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai (1954)

    Seven Samurai

    8.51954HD

    A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers...

    Seven Samurai
  • 1955
    Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds (1955)

    Floating Clouds

    7.71955HD

    A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes....

    Floating Clouds
  • 1967
    Samurai Rebellion

    Samurai Rebellion (1967)

    Samurai Rebellion

    8.21967HD

    The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back....

    Samurai Rebellion
  • 1955
    Princess Yang Kwei-fei

    Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)

    Princess Yang Kwei-fei

    6.71955HD

    In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working i...

    Princess Yang Kwei-fei
  • 1972
    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

    7.01972HD

    In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain....

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
  • 1956
    Warning from Space

    Warning from Space (1956)

    Warning from Space

    5.21956HD

    Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To prevent panic about their appearance, one alien takes the form of a popular singer....

    Warning from Space
  • 1953
    Gate of Hell

    Gate of Hell (1953)

    Gate of Hell

    7.11953HD

    Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married....

    Gate of Hell
  • 1953
    The Eagle of the Pacific

    The Eagle of the Pacific (1953)

    The Eagle of the Pacific

    7.51953HD

    Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to...

    The Eagle of the Pacific
  • 1966
    Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

    Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)

    Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

    71966HD

    Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss....

    Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
  • 1965
    A Story Written with Water

    A Story Written with Water (1965)

    A Story Written with Water

    6.51965HD

    Struggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the love to his mother....

    A Story Written with Water
  • 1960
    Lord Mito: All Star Version

    Lord Mito: All Star Version (1960)

    Lord Mito: All Star Version

    8.31960HD

    In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later, another fire broke out, this time in Komagome, burning down the two gates of Asakusa and Sujikai, and co...

    Lord Mito: All Star Version
  • 1957
    Souls in the Moonlight

    Souls in the Moonlight (1957)

    Souls in the Moonlight

    6.21957HD

    First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke...

    Souls in the Moonlight
  • 1954
    Fall of the Shogun's Militia

    Fall of the Shogun's Militia (1954)

    Fall of the Shogun's Militia

    71954HD

    Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who devoted his life to protecting the shogun and fighting on the side of the Tokugawa. This tells the story of the Shinsengumi...

    Fall of the Shogun's Militia
  • 1955
    The Samurai of Edo

    The Samurai of Edo (1955)

    The Samurai of Edo

    61955HD

    This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji Restoration, and therefore, shows audience the dynamic change from Edo to Meiji. Before the war, the direc...

    The Samurai of Edo
  • 1960
    Paper Crane Palanquin

    Paper Crane Palanquin (1960)

    Paper Crane Palanquin

    101960HD

    The death of a samurai in a palanquin leads girl detective Oshichi to take action to crush a plot to overthrow the Shogunate....

    Paper Crane Palanquin
  • 1964
    Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

    Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple (1964)

    Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

    71964HD

    In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Musashi then sets off to beat the functionaries of a...

    Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
  • 1961
    Bride of White Castle

    Bride of White Castle (1961)

    Bride of White Castle

    61961HD

    A young girl, Okimi, falls in love with Kiritaro, a handsome thief disguised as a wealthy young master....

    Bride of White Castle
  • 1958
    Souls in the Moonlight II

    Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)

    Souls in the Moonlight II

    6.61958HD

    This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master sw...

    Souls in the Moonlight II
  • 1960
    Road of Chivalry

    Road of Chivalry (1960)

    Road of Chivalry

    5.41960HD

    While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by the law. Meanwhile, one of his henchmen in an attempt to raise money for the Boss gambles away not only all their funds, but their clothing...

    Road of Chivalry
  • 1957
    Shadow Over Fuji

    Shadow Over Fuji (1957)

    Shadow Over Fuji

    01957HD

    The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the foothills of Mt. Fuji. Fearing attacks from within and without, the Shogunate planned to build a training c...

    Shadow Over Fuji