The best Hatsuo Yamaya’s drama 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.
Village of Doom
6.6/10
An emotionally distraught young man goes on a violent killing spree after his tuberculosis keeps him from serving in World War II and is frowned upon by his fellow villagers.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
7.5/10
In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
The Woman with Red Hair
5.6/10
Kozo and his colleague rape their boss's daughter and have sex with an unnamed woman.
Kids Return
7.4/10
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place...
Fireflies in the North
6.8/10
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
Demons
7.9/10
Gengobe Satsuma, an exiled samurai cast out as an Asano clan retainer is given a second chance to join his brothers in arms to become the 48th Ronin against the Shogunate. His faithful servant gathers the 100 ryo required for his acceptance. Gengobe is also in love with a greedy geisha named Koman. About to be sold to another man, Gengobe learns that for him to keep her, her debt is exactly 100 ryo.
The Castle of Sand
7.3/10
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murderer of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a rail yard.
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
6.8/10
Secret
6.8/10
A man is shocked to find out that after a deadly car accident involving his wife and daughter, his wife died, but her mind somehow got transfered into their daughter's body.
Mount Hakkoda
6.8/10
Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia.
The Demon
7.4/10
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears.
House on Fire
7/10
In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work
The Key
The Limit of Sleeping Beauty
5.7/10
Aki is an unsuccessful 29-year-old actress who eventually became a magician's assistant. While pretending to be hypnotised on the stage, Aki finds the boundary between reality and illusion becoming increasingly vague. For Aki, the only beautiful memory she has was the time spent with her lover Kaito.
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.
Ballad of Orin
7.4/10
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.
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.
A Boy Called H
6.8/10
Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio, "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed "H". His father, Morio runs a tailor shop. With the onset of World War II, their family must endure difficult times. Nevertheless, H is filled with curiosity and a sense of justice. Based on the autobiographical novel "Shonen H" by Kappa Senoh (published by Kodansha, July 9, 1999).
Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands
5.7/10
A wealthy real estate investor receives a film showing the rape and murder of his girlfriend. He hires a private detective, and shows him the film-- which he criticizes for its poor cinematography--- so that the detective can find the criminals and bring them to justice.
The Hovering Blade
6/10
A widower's teenage daughter is murdered. A mysterious phone call tells him who the killers are and he plots revenge.
