Kazuko Yoshiyuki Movies

Departures

81/100

A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.

Empire of Passion

70/100

A married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well. After a while, his ghost comes to haunt them while the local gossip grows stronger.

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

64/100

Lady Snowblood is caught in the politics of early 20th century Japan.

Tokyo Family

75/100

In this update of Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story", a retired schoolteacher and his wife visit their three working children in modern-day Tokyo.

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

76/100

Zatoichi meets an infamous blind leader of a gangster organization as he contends with a gloomy ronin widower.

The Little House

73/100

A woman looks back on her family's life in Tokyo before and during WWII. A maid arrives from the countryside to work for an upper middle class family. She fits in well, but everyone's emotions are stirred up with the arrival of a student.

What a Wonderful Family!

70/100

A husband (Isao Hashizume) and wife (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that ... See full summary »

Leonie

58/100

A film about the life and relationships of the early 20th American educator, editor, and journalist Leonie Gilmour, the mother of the acclaimed artist and architect Isamu Noguchi.

What a Wonderful Family! II

70/100

In this sequel to the first It's A Wonderful Family, the characters who are still based on those in Tokyo Family (which itself was based on Tokyo Story), are a couple of years older with ... See full summary »

Wool 100%

65/100

A pair of elderly junk collectors find their lives turned upside down when their latest procurement brings them into contact with an obsessive young knitter in the hallucinogenic feature debut of prominent short filmmaker Mai Tominaga.

Granny Gabai

69/100

The Sleeping Beast Within

62/100

A businessman returns from an extended trip, but something seems off. Criminal operations and religious cults come into play, while the man's daughter and her journalist boyfriend race to find the truth.

Looking for Anne

71/100

Shonin no isu

67/100

A Sparkle of Life

67/100

The Love and Death of Kaoru Mitarai

The famous novelist Kaoru Mitarai drives drunk and hits an old woman. Her son Ryuhei, who is an obscure novelist,threatens Kaoru to let him publish her manuscript under his name. Kaoru gets... See full summary »

Lily Festival

77/100

Delightful romantic complications are stirred up with the arrival of a 75-year-old Casanova, Mr. Miyoshi...

Oriume

76/100

About a family shouldering an unexpected responsibility when Alzheimer's disease strikes their grandmother. The superb cast portrays this serious and realistic situation with heart-warming ... See full summary »

Kyôshû

62/100

It's a Beautiful Life: Irodori

74/100

Based on a true story of elderly women - three childhood friends - who at their old age put up a food garnish business at Tokushima Prefecture.

O-higara mo yoku, go-shusho sama

49/100

House of Sleeping Beauties

68/100

Mitsuyaku: Gaimushô kimitsu rôei jiken

Tooi sekkin

Dai-nana kankai hoko: Osaki Midori o sagashite