Yōko Minamida Movies

Film directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako

Japanese drama film.

Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil painter. When a series of hardships befall her...

1960 action film.

The action takes place in the highlands of the Chugoku region. While the owner of the Yazaki ranch is away, a gang of villains is trying to take over...

Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.

A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a...

The Domain: Where The Blade Enters

Teenage cousins Masao and Tamiko fall in love when she comes to his riverside brewery house to take care of his sickly mother. Family objections...

A marine security officer stranded on the ocean in a small boat is rescued by a crew of buccaneers.

One summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing about his brother's death and requests for a grand...

Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino

Canal - A river created by cutting through nature for the sake of human life that flows silently, encompassing good, evil, sorrow, and joy, just like...

Adaptation of Jirō Osaragi's novel.

A hobo exposes the misdeeds of a new yakuza.

Film directed by Shima Koji and starring Wakao Ayako