Yoji Yamada Movies

1962 Japanese movie

On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to construction sites by boat. They cherish the...

Hama-chan and his wife are ecstatic about their long-awaited pregnancy. Meanwhile, Su-san's nephew joins Hama-chan's department at the company.

Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all...

Hirayama Konosuke is a retired man who expects to spend a peaceful life with his wife, Fumie. However, his world is turned upside down when Fumie...

The Story of Panda – Taotao, directed by Shuichi Nakahara and Tatsuo Shimamura, was the first animation produced as a Chinese-Japanese joint...

Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman ("salaried worker"), who abruptly disappears. When the man's wife asks Tora-san...

Based on the long running manga by Sadao Shouji.

A traveling ronin perceived as a fool impresses a samurai leader with his fishing skills and gains employment.

Burned out butcher Hazama meets a woman at a restaurant and is asked to help her deliver a bag of diamonds.

Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting a young woman that reminds him of his...

The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer.

When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her side.

Koji Namiki is a young pitcher who has shown great promise on the diamond by winning the National High School Basketball Championships. Shortly after...

Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi's only trait is his innate mischievousness. However, because his love for his...

This is a film adaptation of a popular NHK drama that depicts a strong-willed woman, Hana, who lives a lively life while being swept up in the waves...

1962 Japanese movie

On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.

After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.

During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.