The best Hatsuo Yamaya’s 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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
The Key
The Woman with Red Hair
5.7/10
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...
Ecstacy of the Black Rose
5.1/10
After his leading actress becomes pregnant and quits his sex film, Juzo becomes obsessed with finding a woman whose moaning he captured secretly at a dentist’s office to star in the film instead.
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.
Zigeunerweisen
6.9/10
A surreal period film following an university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Inn of Evil
7.3/10
The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers to), the head-quarters of a group of smugglers, with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one who is forced to work in a brothel.
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
6.8/10
Netorare Sosuke
6.1/10
Koji Wakamatsu adapted the Kouhei Tsuka's play of the same name into a human comedy about the members of a traveling acting troupe.
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 Boy Who Saw the Wind
6.1/10
Amon is a boy who can control the wind. Branik, ruler of the Empire of the Golden Snake, wants Amon's power to complete the ultimate weapon and sends his troops to capture the boy. Amon, using his talents, manages to runs away with Maria, one of the People of the Sea. Together, they try to stop the Empire of the Golden Snake from destroying and conquering everything.
May Love Be Restored
7/10
A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.
