Yoshio Kosugi Movies

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.

Story of an ex-sailor, caught up in a murder mystery involving gold dust buried in Manchuria, while romancing a woman whose father may be the center...

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

A rebellious heiress clashes with gangsters, dodges an arranged marriage, and unexpectedly falls for a principled lawyer as her father confronts past...

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a...

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda

1962 Japanese movie

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

This film is based on a real Meiji era performer -- and tells of Tochuken's partnership with his wife (played by Chikako Hosokawa) who played...

Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War...

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region of Manchuria, and the first film in...

1952 Japanese movie

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.

In this semi-documentary, an older locomotive driver is tasked with training younger ones and is currently training two in particular. The old man is...