Yoshio Kosugi

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.

Sugata, a young man, struggles to learn the nuance and meaning of judo, and in doing so comes to learn something of the meaning of life.

The advertising director of a pharmaceutical company seeks to boost the ratings of their sponsored TV program by capturing the legendary monster King Kong just as Godzilla re-emerges.

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

A dramatization of the 24-hour period in which the Japanese government was deadlocked over the decision to accept or reject the Allies' demand for an unconditional surrender following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Three bank robbers on the run from the police hide out in a remote mountain lodge high up in the snowy Japanese Alps.

A few days in the life of a quiet geisha, single mother of a young, smart boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza. A woman devoted to other people's needs, she will end by taking part herself in one of the many disguises of Ginza.

After defeat at the Siege of Osaka several survivors attempt to deliver a young prince to safety.