Fumio Yanoguchi Trailers
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' TrailerA. K. Trailer
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' TrailerA. K. Trailer
Total trailers found: 74
01 June 1985
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
26 April 1954
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 with food.
01 March 1963
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
30 May 1961
After a promotion brings new professional challenges, a diligent employee is pulled into corporate matchmaking and a high-stakes business conflict over a critical eel supply.
08 June 1968
It is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's "Headless Murder Case" in which a police officer beat a suspect to death during the Pacific War.
02 November 1974
Personal tale of Okita Soji who fights to survive in a world without pity in the merciless era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
25 April 1961
A straight-laced employee is tasked with supervising his impulsive CEO during a business trip intended to revive struggling sales.
15 January 1957
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures.
17 May 1969
A cosmetics executive promoted to chairman faces chaos at home and work as his company undergoes major changes and internal power shifts.
19 August 1958
At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scandals.
03 June 1967
In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo 70.
26 April 1980
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans.
12 March 1972
Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled message is discovered on tapes.
29 April 1964
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs.
21 March 1974
An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots.
17 October 1949
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus.
10 September 1969
Yuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between an American seller and Chinese communists, and to take out both parties.
15 March 1975
A submarine expedition to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive dinosaur named Titanosaurus.
20 December 1964
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
01 October 1966
Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffering mother.
29 May 1976
Shōzō, heir to a tonkatsu shop and ice hockey star, faces a series of challenges when his team’s fundraiser goes wrong.
15 March 1959
7th film in the President series and the first entry in color.
11 August 1963
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try to live in a fungus covered hulk while repairing Kessei's yacht.
19 September 1960
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi.
20 July 1974
A professor takes up a new post at an all-girls school only to discover the principal concealing a dark secret.
18 April 1963
During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay of Manille.
11 August 1964
A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
16 November 1963
A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.
25 October 2002
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "High and Low" (1963).
01 October 1957
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent.
08 August 1981
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.
17 November 1973
Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya Watari).
27 August 1977
A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
05 December 1965
A silly yet skilled Interpol agent flies to Tokyo and gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning the favor of a notorious arms dealer.
05 June 1957
Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreaks.
02 September 1967
Two travelers (Makoto Fujita and Minoru Shiraki) have adventures along the road including strange supernatural happenings, ghosts, and monsters.
14 February 1960
A university graduate determined to become a fishmonger defies his mother's wishes, tangles with bar hostesses and a beer company heiress, and—after misunderstandings, brawls, and a second chance—discovers that maybe the salaryman life isn’t so bad after all.
02 September 1948
A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and decides to marry her.
20 May 1985
An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.
08 October 1961
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.
26 May 1979
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case.
31 October 1970
On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an imaginary trolley, a homeless father and son designing a dream house, a young woman brutalized at home, drunks, schemers, and saints of small kindnesses.
03 March 1973
Mickey, a smart student from England, is on his trip to Japan for vacation. He meets with a Chinese girl Lin Fang on the way.
22 October 1965
Intelligence director Suritai asks agent Kitami to steal money from anti-government guerrillas.
28 February 1970
A food company undergoes leadership changes, with younger staff rising to key roles.
11 February 1978
To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating back several generations must be sorted out once and for all.
15 November 1959
Story of rebellious youth follows the 19-year-old son of a Hokkaido farmer who has an affair with the daughter of a wealthy trading company president.
17 January 1976
Depicts various relationships between four beautiful sisters, their husbands, and their second daughter's husband's mistress.
15 January 1970
A food company president is promoted to chairman, but his continued involvement creates leadership confusion.
26 March 1950
The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two families.
19 February 1977
Thousands of years ago, Mechagodzilla, a robotic monster, was driven into the sea by Godzilla, Earth's defender.
29 January 1958
Comedy about a car salesman delivering a late model station wagon from Tokyo to Izumo to a representative of the Japanese Diet, who plans to use the car in a bribe.