Tsutomu Yamazaki Movies

Documentary about the making of Juzo Itami's film "Tampopo" (1985).

A man with a dark past comes from Tokyo to the fishing port of Izu, and tries to begin a new life as a fisherman.

1962 Japanese movie

At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was...

The year 1864: The Shinsengumi, the shogun’s armed force in Kyoto ripped the city apart, with blades in hand, searching for pockets of...

Anthology of five low-budget short films: "Nao and I", "MILD7", "LOVERS", "Strawberry Fields", "Label"

A droll and formalistic comic drama about the various relationships among, and odd obsessions of, the residents of a Tokyo apartment block.

A Salaryman in Hokkaido heads to Tokyo for his daughters wedding, but the fun is just beginning,,,

1962 Japanese movie

A doctor who died at a young age due to the metastasis of a malignant tumor to the lungs after cutting his right leg below the knee due to...

A Japanese film from 1963, Directed by Shirô Toyoda.

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna" a.k.a. "A Taxing Woman".

Writer Jippensha Ikku hears Tsutaya Juzaburo, a wholesaler of picture books, mutter on his deathbed, "Where has Sharaku gone?" He begins to figure...

A ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager attorney offers to take the case to gain notoriety.

In Kyoto in 1944, poet Tomohiko Nagata meets Shizue, the wife of Kyoto University assistant professor Takeichi Naito, during a lecture. Drawn to...

27-year-old Yazaki Junpei has come back to his hometown of Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture for the first time in 10 years after working in Tokyo. As...

Junko Mizuta, who is returning from juvenile training school, is a former motorcycle gang. Even though he now works, he still goes to his father...