The best Hatsuo Yamaya’s comedy movies
We present our ranking of the best Hatsuo Yamaya’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Hatsuo Yamaya.
The Woman with Red Hair
5.6/10
Kozo and his colleague rape their boss's daughter and have sex with an unnamed woman.
Tora-san's Song of Love
6.5/10
Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to take his place, but gets into an argument with his brother-in-law's boss and returns to the road. He meets a young woman in Niigata who, unbeknownst to him, is a popular enka singer.
Twinkle
6.3/10
Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a 'good' Japanese woman should marry, and he is in love with a young male college student. The film is less a realistic exploration of gay life than a fairy tale of three young Japanese trying to construct an alternative to the sexual and familial roles given to them by a society turning increasingly emotionally barren.L.
The World of Geisha
5.5/10
The world is in turmoil with the October Revolution of 1917, riots over the inflationary price of rice, and the military expedition to Siberia in 1918. But Shinsuke spends his days in the arms of geishas, paying little heed to the events happening around him.
Dr. Akagi
7.2/10
At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp.
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
5.2/10
Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.
The Assassination of Ryoma
6.8/10
Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared the way for the Meiji Restoration (1868).
The First Catch
Based on the comic book series of the same name by Yûsuke Aoyagi.
Ganso dai yojôhan ô monogatari
5.7/10
Based on the comic book by Leiji Matsumoto.
