Yōichi Numata Movies

A portrait of a man trying to become an artist in order to escape from his life as a miserable peasant due to severe annual tribute during the reign...

1961 Japanese movie

Nude models are being brutally murdered one after another. Is the painter with the dark sunglasses really the killer?

In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighboring lord Anzai Kagesuren. As the castle...

Second "Maboroshi tantei" film, based on the manga by Jiro Kuwata.

Two lovers lost in the mountains. In what direction do not go, they find themselves in a mysterious forest pond, as if some kind of force does not...

Japanese youth film about kendo.

During the naval battle of Midway in WWII, the battleship Mutsu was in its home port in Japan. The ship's officers and crew were frustrated at not...

1957 crime film

Ichiro Yoshida, the father of the boy Kiyoshi, who has been repatriated from China, returns home after a ten-year separation. The father, who has...

Japanese film about a juvenile delinquent who becomes a part of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.

Japanese war film.

Ryutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination attempts that aim to hand power over to his younger...

The fifth volume of the Ningyo Sana Torimonocho series. Based on the original work by Seishi Yokomizo, the film was adapted by Mitsuo Kaneda (The...

Japanese spy film.

Third and last "Maboroshi tantei" film, based on the manga by Jiro Kuwata.

On September 1, 1923, an unprecedented earthquake hit the Kanto region. The streets are filled with victims, and rumors are circulating around. The...

Harada Kai, the Date clan's Chamberlain attempts to take power from the lord himself.