Yûnosuke Itô Movies

Sanjuro

82/100

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.

Samurai Assassin

76/100

February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled ... See full summary »

Ninja, a Band of Assassins

73/100

Ishikawa Goemon (Ichikawa Raizo), a talented young ninja, becomes ensnared in a twisted scheme to assassinate Oda Nobunaga, an evil warlord bent on ruling feudal Japan with an iron fist. ... See full summary »

I Will Buy You

71/100

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to his team.

The Human Bullet

76/100

During World War II, a Japanese soldier finds himself assigned to a kamikaze mission against a U.S. battleship.

Fort Graveyard

73/100

In 1945, Japanese Army Sergeant Kosugi and a platoon of young green recruits must retake and defend a fort occupied by the Chinese forces.

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

73/100

The Wife of Seishû Hanaoka is set in feudal Japan. Its two central characters are based on the wife and mother of Japanese physician Seishû Hanaoka (1760-1835). Hanaoka developed a herbal ... See full summary »

Aa bakudan

68/100

Filmed as a traditional Japanese play, a yakuza boss is released from prison, but finds his gang usurped by a shady politician. With the help of his former cell mate he decides to assassinate the politician with an explosive pen.

The Graceful Brute

72/100

Mr. Pu

68/100

'Nendo no omen' yori: kaachan

79/100

Yoshigoro the tinsmith looks unsuccessfully for work in postwar Tokyo. His wife Oyuki must beg his former employers for loans. Her neighbors are also faring poorly; one has a terminally ill... See full summary »

Tomuraishi tachi

76/100

Echo in the Mountains

62/100

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge his father-in-law's death and retrieve the family heirloom.

Ginza Sanshiro

61/100

Mittsu no ai

77/100

Youth of Heiji Senigata

62/100

River Solo Flows

66/100

Akai mizu

Gendai inchiki monogatari: Damashiya

Mannen Tarô to anego shain