Yūsuke Watanabe
Japanese director active in both film and television productions.
Japanese director active in both film and television productions.
Mami Shirasawa became a lawyer at the age 20, but she does not get any cases to work on.One day, Mami finally gets a case. The client was sexually assaulted by a man, who is the son of an owner of a large construction company.Mami and Swindler, Kensuke Kuroiwa happen to team up and take revenge on the man who assaulted the client.
Release Date: 2020-10-09
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 7
A popular suspense series in which a female prosecutor, Yuko Kasumi, solves difficult murder and arson cases in Yokohama and Shonan, by putting herself in the victims' shoes and judging their "hearts".
Release Date: 1985-10-15
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 10
Release Date: 1985-10-10
Department: Directing
Job: Director
After two thugs are killed, Dobu and his crew have three days to catch the murderers. Dobu suspects a hidden mastermind influencing the magistrate.
Release Date: 1983-02-11
Department: Directing
Job: Director
The tumultuous life of the fallen Isoroku Yamamoto is depicted, along with his family, friends, and subordinates, his bonds with the women who loved and watched over him, and the sorrows of the nameless people who have disappeared in the torrent of history.
Release Date: 1983-01-02
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Release Date: 1982-12-18
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
After six exiles return to Edo, four are mysteriously killed. Two survivors, Kosuke and Kingo, lead a search to uncover a hidden motive behind the murders.
Release Date: 1982-11-19
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Japanese horror movie from 1982.
Release Date: 1982-08-14
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Dobu, an Edo samurai, is tasked with investigating a string of noble murders in Kyoto, disrupting his routine in Shimotani.
Release Date: 1982-07-09
Department: Directing
Job: Director
A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.
Release Date: 1982-04-17
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Dobu (Kunie Tanaka) used to be a soldier but now is a private detective. Three vagrants were killed in a shrine, and Dobu found out that those three had a grudge on a timber whole seller, Hinokiya. He reunited with Zirokichi (Takeo Chii), one of his friends and Nezumi Kozo (a thief) , and he infiltrates Hinokiya together.
Release Date: 1981-01-01
Department: Directing
Job: Director
A biographical series about Tokuzō Akiyama, who served as the imperial cook, from his youth until he became the chief cook of the Ministry of the Imperial Household.
Release Date: 1980-10-19
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 19
Buddhist priest Tripitaka and his three disciples Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy, travel from China to India to fetch the Buddhist scriptures. They have been sent by Buddha, and getting these scriptures will bring peace to the people of the world.
Release Date: 1978-10-01
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 14
Japanese film from 1977.
Release Date: 1977-09-17
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Release Date: 1977-03-19
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Hiroshi Kakurai is an assassin who was thinking of retiring. He travels to an island in the Seto Inland Sea and begins to live peacefully with Shinobu, a woman he has fallen in love with, but the intensity of his love for her begins to drive him towards destruction...
Release Date: 1976-09-04
Department: Directing
Job: Director
A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same man that her husband is hunting. Once he discovers this, he loses his nerve and turns in his badge. But the chase turns into a personal vendetta where the ex-cop plans to wipe out the entire gang.
Release Date: 1976-02-04
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 3
Release Date: 1975-07-12
Department: Directing
Job: Director
The drama depicts in the late Edo period in Nagasaki, Hiramatsu takes up Nagasaki bugyō`s head post. He likes alcohol and women. Furthermore He is always willing to accept a bribe from villains so they consider it is easy to manipulate him. But he is just pretending to be idiot and he kills villains who escape justice despite their crimes.
Release Date: 1975-04-06
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 26
Release Date: 1974-12-24
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Release Date: 1974-08-03
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Release Date: 1974-07-13
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Release Date: 1973-12-26
Department: Directing
Job: Director
An assassin is mistaken for a doctor and threatened by a band of masterless warriors, but they realize their mistake and retreat into the darkness. Days later, he is asked to kill the doctor's brother. What secrets are these men hiding?
Release Date: 1973-09-29
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 2
Release Date: 1973-08-04
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching...
Release Date: 1973-06-09
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 4
Release Date: 1972-12-29
Department: Directing
Job: Director
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.
Release Date: 1972-09-09
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 1
Release Date: 1972-08-05
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Release Date: 1972-07-05
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Release Date: 1971-12-29
Department: Directing
Job: Director
A young man who aspires to become a big-shot businessman, finds himself in a twist of fate. Despite trying his hand at various jobs, success eludes him, and he unexpectedly ends up in Osaka's Shinimamiya district. With empty pockets, he stumbles upon an invitation to the 'Gokuraku Toruko' establishment, becoming a patron. Led by the enchanting Ibohachi, he becomes entangled with the charismatic hostesses, including the captivating Tama. This leads him to infiltrate Tama's apartment complex, Sakura-so. Within its walls reside a colorful cast of characters, from hostesses Chie, Akemi, Yukari, and Kayoko to the quirky parasites like Masao, Tetsuo, Arima, and more. Seeking a fresh start, He embarks on a journey as a 'parasite,' but things take unexpected turns...
Release Date: 1971-08-21
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Release Date: 1971-08-07
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Comedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall.
Release Date: 1970-12-30
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Release Date: 1970-10-17
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Release Date: 1970-08-08
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Owner and workers of a tiny medicine factory fall in love with a lovable girl.
Release Date: 1969-12-31
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Release Date: 1969-08-27
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Five fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups.
Release Date: 1969-07-23
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Release Date: 1969-01-15
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Kinta (Nabe Osami) is Japanese by birth, but raised by a Chinese man. He stowsaway to Japan to see his girlfriend Yukiko but gets picked up for vagrancy in Shinjuku and thrown in jail. Helped by a yakuza and a prostitute, he goes on a search for Yukiko but winds up on a journey of sexual discovery.
Release Date: 1968-08-30
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Release Date: 1968-04-10
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Release Date: 1968-01-03
Department: Directing
Job: Director
A new stationmaster is appointed to a dilapidated local line. On top of the failing local line feuding for hot spring customers with a bus company looking to start a new route, they even get involved in a disappearance and a murder...
Release Date: 1967-08-05
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Release Date: 1966-12-03
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Japanese drama film.
Release Date: 1966-02-25
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the scheming Ojika Group.
Release Date: 1965-12-04
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 1
A big American boss landed in Japan in search of funding sources. A lone wolf trying to stop it ends up fighting against his big brother's organization and emerging powers. A huge gangster story depicting a three-way turf war on a large scale.
Release Date: 1965-06-13
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.
Release Date: 1965-02-13
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Release Date: 1964-11-21
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Release Date: 1964-07-11
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Mayumi Ogawa stars in the tale of a Turkey miss—basically a prostitute who services men in Turkish baths—whose plans to get rich in the stock market, open a beauty salon, and marry her sweetie are turned upside down by the arrival of her boyfriend-stealing half sister Mako Midori. - Pulpinternational
Release Date: 1964-03-12
Department: Directing
Job: Director
A detective drama that realistically shows the work of an experienced detective who, under cover, pursues the organizer of the arms trade route from Kobe.
Release Date: 1964-03-04
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Release Date: 1963-09-14
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Release Date: 1963-04-06
Department: Directing
Job: Director
1962 Japanese movie
Release Date: 1962-11-23
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Release Date: 1962-09-22
Department: Directing
Job: Director
1962 Japanese movie
Release Date: 1962-02-11
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
1962 Japanese movie
Release Date: 1962-01-09
Department: Directing
Job: Director
1961 Japanese movie
Release Date: 1961-01-27
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Release Date: 1960-07-08
Department: Directing
Job: Assistant Director
Vote Count: 4
Japanese war film.
Release Date: 1959-09-04
Department: Directing
Job: Assistant Director
Japanese crime film.
Release Date: 1959-01-22
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
The film marked Yōko Mihara's debut as the star of Shintoho's series of ama films, a role she took over from Michiko Maeda.
Release Date: 1958-07-27
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay