List of the best Isuzu Yamada movies: The Lower Depths(1957), Throne of Blood(1957), Yojimbo(1961), Tokyo Twilight(1957) ... ...
Drama
Japan
1957
125 Minutes
Toshirô Mifune Isuzu Yamada Kyoko Kagawa Ganjirô Nakamura Minoru Chiaki Kamatari Fujiwara Akemi Negishi Nijiko Kiyokawa Kôji Mitsui Eijiro Tono Haruo Tanaka
landlady thief sister husband actor gambler striking passionate boardinghouse japan infidelity jealousy love triangle sibling rivalry poverty decadence rivalry revenge 19th century
In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
Drama
1957
108 Minutes
Toshirô Mifune Isuzu Yamada Takashi Shimura Minoru Chiaki Akira Kubo Takamaru Sasaki Chieko Naniwa
samurai lord wife son rival gripping chilling japan castle forest ambition assassination revenge fall transformation 15th century
A Japanese version of "Macbeth" features a samurai (Toshirô Mifune), his scheming wife (Isuzu Yamada) and a flurry-of-arrows finale.
Comedy, Adventure
Japan
1961
110 Minutes
Orin
Toshirô Mifune Tatsuya Nakadai Eijiro Tono Takashi Shimura Seizaburô Kawazu Isuzu Yamada Hiroshi Tachikawa Kyû Sazanka Daisuke Kato Yosuke Natsuki Kamatari Fujiwara
samurai mayor shopkeeper henchmen villager confident gripping touching small town japan gambling crime honor rivalry adventure 16th century
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
Drama
1957
140 Minutes
Kisako Soma
Ineko Arima Kamatari Fujiwara Setsuko Hara Nobuo Nakamura Chishu Ryu Kinzô Shin Haruko Sugimura Teiji Takahashi Masami Taura Isuzu Yamada Sô Yamamura