Kingorō Yanagiya
Birthday: 1901-02-28
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
Ghost Train
Sixteen people are to stay at a desolate country station. Since a train accident during the war, a g...
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Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's par...
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Sazae-san's Marriage
Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae...
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Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company...
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Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth
Period film about the legendary detective Umon...
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Hanakurabe tanuki-den
Princess Oboro, the queen of the Tanuki palace and stubborn at heart, falls in love with coffeehouse...
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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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Masura o hashutsu fukai
Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series....
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The Old Man of the Propeller
The Old Man of the Propeller can be seen as a comedic amalgam of “King Lear” and “Christmas Carol”. ...
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Hotsprings Holiday
Two rival groups of gangsters vie for control of a tiny port town in northern Japan. Daisuke, a memb...
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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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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn....
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother J...
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown....
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Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
Comedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese deve...
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Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip
This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoi...
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Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
Young lord investigates the mysterious death that takes place in the underworld....
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With Songs in My Heart
Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of...
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Big Hit Pachinko Girl
Set in a bustling 1950s parlor, a beautiful counter clerk falls for a wealthy businessman’s son, onl...
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President Rai of Kingoro
A humorous salaryman comedy about the president of a beer company who is said to be President Rai. T...
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Holiday in Japan
Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding....
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Kingorō no omawari-san
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone....
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Dimple of Tokyo
Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The ne...
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Amakara chindōchū
Kotaro Shimoyama, once a government official, loses his job and separates from his wife, Sachie. He ...
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Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
Fourth installment in the "Achako's Notebook of Youth" series....
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Rikidozan no tetsuwan kyojin
1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan....
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The Elephant Who Waited
The story of Kanesuke and Entaro who are master elephant trainers in charge of two elephants, Taro a...
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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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Sing, Young People!
A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of the...
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Rabble Tactics
The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to ke...
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The Naked General
A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities....
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The Spiders' The Reckless Operation
The Spiders, a Japanese pop group, in their first starring role, walk from Yokohama to Tokyo, to pro...
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Chûshingura
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the c...
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Konto 55: Grandson of a Ninja
A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and...
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Sazae-san
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series....
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Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame....
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Dai Abare Tokaido
An entertainment movie featuring familiar faces of Toyama no Kin-san, Nezumi Kozo, Yaji Kita, and ot...
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Crazy Operation: First Move
After being fired from his company, Hitoshi Ueda opens a arbitration company. Experts from various f...
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Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!
Saito Torajiro directed this light comic musical about the lives and loves of three cheerful, lively...
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名探偵アジャパー氏
The Wolf of Davao, a death row inmate who escaped from prison to exact revenge on Yamanami Takuzo, w...
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Company President Travels Abroad Part II
As Marukyū Department Store plans its Hawaii expansion, company executives become sidetracked by loc...
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Ginza Tomboy
A rebellious heiress clashes with gangsters, dodges an arranged marriage, and unexpectedly falls for...
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The Tenth Game of New Salarymen
A young salesman wins over a rival ink company while falling for the president’s daughter. Drawn int...
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Bride in a Bathing Suit
Katsuko, daughter of a prestigious inn owner, is urged into an arranged marriage with Keisuke, the n...
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Tomboy Daughter Diary
Olympic gymnast Yukiko resists marriage plans, stumbling into a newspaper job under reporter Tsubasa...
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Bridal Candidates
Rookie reporter Yukiko helps save the failing Miyako Times with her friends, while romance and comic...
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Triumphant Song of Youth
Swimmers Akio and Natsuko train hard for national competition while Natsuko struggles with family ch...
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Young Love Conquers All
In a seaside town, local boys run each morning to glimpse wealthy Miyako, sparking a prank-filled ri...
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