Yūnosuke Itō Movies

  • 1963
    High and Low

    High and Low

    High and Low

    8.3351963HD

    In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by...

    High and Low
  • 1952
    Ikiru

    Ikiru

    Ikiru

    8.31952HD

    Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to...

    Ikiru
  • 1962
    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

    7.91962HD

    Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and...

    Sanjuro
  • 1949
    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    7.51949HD

    A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

    Stray Dog
  • 1958
    The Ballad of Narayama

    The Ballad of Narayama

    The Ballad of Narayama

    7.41958HD

    In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy...

    The Ballad of Narayama
  • 1962
    Genkuro Yoshitsune

    Genkuro Yoshitsune

    Genkuro Yoshitsune

    01962HD

    An exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from the period of his stay on Mount Kurama to his...

    Genkuro Yoshitsune
  • 1972
    Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

    7.41972HD

    In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin....

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
  • 1956
    The Burmese Harp

    The Burmese Harp

    The Burmese Harp

    7.91956HD

    In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a...

    The Burmese Harp
  • 1969
    Red Lion

    Red Lion

    Red Lion

    6.41969HD

    Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to...

    Red Lion
  • 1967
    Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

    7.11967HD

    Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...

    Japan's Longest Day
  • 1965
    Samurai Assassin

    Samurai Assassin

    Samurai Assassin

    7.31965HD

    Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of...

    Samurai Assassin
  • 1956
    The Thick-Walled Room

    The Thick-Walled Room

    The Thick-Walled Room

    7.11956HD

    A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a...

    The Thick-Walled Room
  • 1974
    Evil of Dracula

    Evil of Dracula

    Evil of Dracula

    6.71974HD

    A professor takes up a new post at an all-girls school only to discover the principal concealing a dark secret.

    Evil of Dracula
  • 1979
    The Man Who Stole the Sun

    The Man Who Stole the Sun

    The Man Who Stole the Sun

    7.31979HD

    A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks...

    The Man Who Stole the Sun
  • 1968
    The Human Bullet

    The Human Bullet

    The Human Bullet

    6.11968HD

    A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as...

    The Human Bullet
  • 1956
    I Will Buy You

    I Will Buy You

    I Will Buy You

    71956HD

    A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.

    I Will Buy You
  • 1958
    Magistrate Ooka’s Legends

    Magistrate Ooka’s Legends

    Magistrate Ooka’s Legends

    01958HD

    A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.

    Magistrate Ooka’s Legends
  • 1967
    The Bogus Policeman

    The Bogus Policeman

    The Bogus Policeman

    01967HD

    Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while...

    The Bogus Policeman
  • 1962
    A Wanderer's Notebook

    A Wanderer's Notebook

    A Wanderer's Notebook

    7.21962HD

    Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...

    A Wanderer's Notebook
  • 1967
    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

    6.91967HD

    The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined...

    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka