Yōnosuke Toba
Birthday: 1905-03-16
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
Enomoto's Heaven and Hell
Keita, after his death, was taken to the court of heaven as Defendant No. 1361, where his past was ...
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The 26 Martyrs of Japan
Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spr...
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Sasaki Kojiro
Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Ota...
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Beni-kōmori - Dai ippen
The adventures of a young patriotic samurai. This is the Nikkatsu version of Shin Hasegawa's origina...
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Devil Princess’ Beauty Competition
An exciting historical drama in which a beautiful woman secretly solves the family problems of the O...
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Beni-kōmori - Kōhen
The adventures of the samuraï Chohachiro Tonami continues (sequel to Beni-kōmori - Dai ippen)....
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The Man Who Waited
A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacatio...
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Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster...
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Mito Komon - The Secret Letter
Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao...
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Under the Blossoming Peach
A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring...
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Enoken's Kurama Tengu
The legendary ninja Kurama Tengu (Enoken) uses his superhuman powers to help free a band of street u...
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I Believe I Am Being Followed
Follows the Japanese lieutenant of the invading 228th Infantry Regiment Toichi Wakabayashi, who died...
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The Fighting Firemen
Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger...
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Mr. Shosuke Ohara
Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that ...
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Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events...
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Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo
Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized...
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Chutaro of Banba
Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring r...
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Kenkyō edo-murasaki
Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding....
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Rikidozan no tetsuwan kyojin
1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan....
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365 Nights
A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love wi...
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A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
In A Tale of Archery, young, timid bowmaster Kazuma (Akitake Kôno) seeks to beat the archery record ...
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Nonki saiban
A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts re...
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Mother Never Dies
The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son....
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Flirtation in Spring
Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan....
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Okuni and Gohei
A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in se...
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The Way of Drama
The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular...
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Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a militar...
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Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey
A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief...
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Ishimatsu from the Forest
The film recounts the tragedy of a young outlaw. Considered a lost film....
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Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel
Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly ...
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Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2
A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief...
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The Battle of Kawanakajima
This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is th...
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Those Who Make Tomorrow
In postwar Japan, two sisters—a film studio script girl and a revue dancer—become swept up in the gr...
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Both You and I
A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss....
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Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a ...
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Husband and Wife
A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husba...
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Oath on the Burning Sands
A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful C...
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Iemitsu and Hikoza
A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal o...
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Dancers of Awa
Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance ...
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Priest of Darkness
A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of event...
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Edo Spring
Kinshiro takes over the family, but he thinks he is going to replace the son of his stepmother but r...
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Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
In a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was over...
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Miki, the Swordman
After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his il...
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Mado Kara Tobidase
The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two f...
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風の噂のリル
Sanada Bunkichi, an alcoholic musician who had lost all motivation to live, was a man who seemed to ...
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関八州勢揃い
During the Tenpo era, the peasants of the Kanto region were in dire straits due to successive natura...
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