Search results for "Shōji Yasui"
The Moon Has Risen

The Moon Has Risen

The Moon Has Risen
IMDb: 7.2
102

Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved in some sort of…

Rusty Knife

Rusty Knife

Rusty Knife
IMDb: 6.7
90

Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. The D.A. gets an…

Good-for-Nothing

Good-for-Nothing

Good-for-Nothing
IMDb: 6.8
88

Yoshida’s first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz, emptiness and boredom. The plot is fairly simple: a “good-for-nothing” from a poor background falls in…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp
IMDb: 8
117

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.

Genre: Drama, War