Yūjirō Ishihara Movies

  • 1965
    Why Are We Young?

    Why Are We Young?

    Why Are We Young?

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    After ten years of study in the US, Nonomura Kensuke returns to Japan to be an English teacher at a local high school. Kensuke's nontraditional...

    Why Are We Young?
  • 1956
    Lunar Eclipse

    Lunar Eclipse

    Lunar Eclipse

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    A unique and controversial film directed by Umeji Inoue, based on the original story by Shintaro Ishihara, which depicts the image of a group of...

    Lunar Eclipse
  • 1959
    Yujiro in Europe

    Yujiro in Europe

    Yujiro in Europe

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    Travelogue made by Yujiro Ishihara during the location shooting of his 1959 film Love and Death (Sekai o kakeru koi) in Europe.

    Yujiro in Europe
  • 1966
    Love and Desire in the Night Mist

    Love and Desire in the Night Mist

    Love and Desire in the Night Mist

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    A film from Nikkatsu's "moodo akushon" (mood/action) subgenre.

    Love and Desire in the Night Mist
  • 1957
    This Day's Life

    This Day's Life

    This Day's Life

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    This Day's Life
  • 1968
    I Shall Not Forget

    I Shall Not Forget

    I Shall Not Forget

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    Hearing that his friend Yosuke Tsumura had died, Shiro Okabe returned to Kyoto. He felt that Yusuke's wife, Yusuke Tsumura's former love Yuko, knew...

    I Shall Not Forget
  • 1967
    Hawk of the Harbour

    Hawk of the Harbour

    Hawk of the Harbour

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    A Nikkatsu Action film with Yujiro Ishihara as the head of a small shipping company who gets harassed by the yakuza.

    Hawk of the Harbour
  • 1965
    Showdown in the Red Valley

    Showdown in the Red Valley

    Showdown in the Red Valley

    01965HD

    Ken Watanabe, a young man from Tokyo, comes to the great plains of Rumo, Hokkaido to see his hometown with his own eyes. Ken, who was entangled in...

    Showdown in the Red Valley
  • 1959
    The Wild Reporter

    The Wild Reporter

    The Wild Reporter

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    Seven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon Hōsō, witnessed a crazed drug addict murder his wife and then...

    The Wild Reporter
  • 1964
    Black Strait

    Black Strait

    Black Strait

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    Newly out of prison after killing his boss' rival, Akio Maki is eager to move on and start a new life with the boss' daughter. However, the chains of...

    Black Strait
  • 1959
    A Man Explodes

    A Man Explodes

    A Man Explodes

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    Kensaku Muro and his father manage a farm in Sakudaira at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains. One day Kensuke saves a suicidal woman, Fukiko Uzu,...

    A Man Explodes
  • 1964
    鉄火場破り

    鉄火場破り

    鉄火場破り

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    鉄火場破り
  • 1961
    The Storm over Arabia

    The Storm over Arabia

    The Storm over Arabia

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    A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on location overseas, which was...

    The Storm over Arabia