Isamu Yamaguchi

Acting

Isamu Yamaguchi

Born 1904-03-04 · Tokyo, Japan

Acting credits

The Quiet Duel poster
7.3

A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at his father’s clinic, he treats himself in secret and breaks off his engagement rather than risk his fiancée’s future, even as he confronts the irresponsible patient who infected him—testing his ethics, pride, and capacity for sacrifice.

The Quiet Duel

1949

My Elder Brother poster
6.0

Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his mother. Jyuta tries to correct him…

My Elder Brother

1934

A Woman in the Typhoon Area poster
7.5

Four unlucky pirates head to a weather tracking station set on a remote island with the intention of holding the weather trackers as hostages and assaulting their next incoming supply ship; but at the station they are told that a serious typhoon is on the way, so the ship will be delayed.

A Woman in the Typhoon Area

1948

No artwork available
NR

A pure love story between a former member of the imperial family who has been demoted to commoner status and a young girl.

First Love Story

1947

Three for The Road poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Three for The Road

1958

Pleasant Company poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pleasant Company

1962

Jiruba no Tetsu poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jiruba no Tetsu

1950

Gang vs. G-Men poster
7.5

Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.

Gang vs. G-Men

1962

Freedom School poster
NR

Released on the same date as Shochiku's version.

Freedom School

1951

Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi poster
NR

The film centers a compassionate teacher (Setsuko Hara) who teaches at a Tokyo grade school where students curse and gamble. The school has a pond on-premises that she's in charge of and cares for. The pond holds a number of carp, but someone is snatching them. The teacher forms a special bond with a child who lives in abject poverty.

Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi

1950

No artwork available
NR

A melodrama in which two lovers reunite after a long journey through life.

Aizenso

1949

Dekoboko taikōki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dekoboko taikōki

1953

Fall of the Shogun's Militia poster
7.0

Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who devoted his life to protecting the shogun and fighting on the side of the Tokugawa. This tells the story of the Shinsengumi starting at the moment of their greatest triumph through the final battles as the Tokugawa shogunate was brought down.

Fall of the Shogun's Militia

1954

Kinuyo's First Love poster
7.5

Kinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's boyfriend. It is a story whose theme is warm human relationships in a town of customs and manners.

Kinuyo's First Love

1940

Omokage Sanshiro poster
NR

A judo movie.

Omokage Sanshiro

1949

Travels of Lord Mito: The Demon of Kagyuzaka poster
NR

Sixth film in the ‘Travels of Lord Mito’ franchise.

Travels of Lord Mito: The Demon of Kagyuzaka

1955

The Black Hooded Man 2 poster
NR

The mysterious black hooded man, Kurozukin, helps transport funds raised to fight against the government.

The Black Hooded Man 2

1955

Eclipse poster
NR

The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their hometown for the metropolis of Tokyo. They are in love with each other, but Kinue is expected to marry the lawyer Kanda Seiji. In consequence, Shukichi leaves for Tokyo, where he becomes tutor to the son of the rich Iwaki family. The heartbroken Kinue also makes her way to the capital, where she becomes a bar hostess.

Eclipse

1934

No artwork available
NR

Yoshio Kawai is a lowly singer at the Bonbon-za, a third-rate theater in Asakusa. Together with fellow low-ranking actors Tokuri, Kameda, and Hanayama—and centered around Yumi, the beautiful dancer who serves as their mascot—they form a poor but cheerful group of five.

Warau chikyū ni asa ga kuru

1950

Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman poster
NR

Detectives of the First Investigation Division are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled corpse was found in the bay of the Tama River. The ugly behavior of adults hidden in the name of social welfare is exposed by the investigation. 16th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari".

Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman

1961

Arashi no naka no shimai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Arashi no naka no shimai

1949

Young People poster
6.0

Based on an original story by Yojiro Ishizaka, this well-made drama is set in a Christian school in a beautiful northern harbor town. Teacher Masaki (Obinata) speaks up for Keiko, one of the girls at the school, every time she causes problems because he feels sorry for her, a child born out of wedlock. Sumi (Natsukawa), one of Masaki’s colleagues and who is secretly in love with him, strongly disagrees with him about Keiko. Then Sumi hears a rumor that Keiko is pregnant with Masaki's child . . . .

Young People

1937

The Bastards of Lawless Town poster
NR

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

The Bastards of Lawless Town

1959

Case of Young Lord 5: Death of a Beauty at Midnight poster
10.0

A young lord solves the mystery of multiple murders involving a young couple and a woman.

Case of Young Lord 5: Death of a Beauty at Midnight

1957