Yōnosuke Toba

Acting

Yōnosuke Toba

Born 1905-03-16 · Tokyo, Japan

Acting credits

365 Nights poster
6.7

A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and decides to marry her. Only to discover that his father is is in debt and wants him to marry Ranko so that she may help his company by granting 1.5 million yen. Teruko decides to borrow money from a greedy bar owner who lends her money on certain conditions and photographs her without her consent. A love traingle forms between Koroku, Ranko, and Teruko. Things complicate when Koroku marries Teruko and Tsugawa threatens them for the money causing many twists and turns.

365 Nights

1948

Bloody History of Soldiers poster
NR

A historical film that portrays the fervent and violent actions of young Army and Navy officers, such as the February 26 and May 15 incidents, in a semi-documentary style.

Bloody History of Soldiers

1958

Under the Blossoming Peach poster
NR

A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring medical treatment and spend a moment of brief happiness together, but eventually the time comes to say goodbye. The portrayal of the children and the atmosphere of the hot spring resort shine through in this film about a mother by master filmmaker Hiroshi Shimizu.

Under the Blossoming Peach

1951

Koga Manshion poster
NR

Kazuo Hasegawa's debut at Daiei.

Koga Manshion

1949

Flirtation in Spring poster
10.0

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.

Flirtation in Spring

1949

The Fighting Firemen poster
NR

Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger sister of Jirokichi, a city firefighter from the Ha-gumi group, from a samurai who is trying to kidnap her. Oshimo has feelings for Kichigoro. At this moment, a fire warning bell sounds in the city...

The Fighting Firemen

1939

Mito Komon - The Secret Letter poster
NR

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao

Mito Komon - The Secret Letter

1935

Mother poster
7.0

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

Mother

1952

Sasaki Kojiro poster
6.0

Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as Sasaki Kojiro, who rises from humble beginnings to national fame, and a young Toshiro Mifune appears as the legendary master swordsman Miyamoto Musashi for the first time and essentially sets the standard for future portrayals.This masterpiece is based on the original story as written by noted author Murakami Genzo and is far superior to any other versions. Following Kojiro from his earliest days through his fateful meeting with Musashi, this movie is filled with exciting and dramatic moments culminating in the best version of the final duel ever seen on film.

Sasaki Kojiro

1951

Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of Edo poster
6.0

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their leader is.

Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of Edo

1949

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower poster
6.8

Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by "bandits."

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower

1943

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aa mujo: Kohen

1929

Iemitsu and Hikoza poster
NR

A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal old retainer Hikoza (comedian Roppa, playing somewhat against type).

Iemitsu and Hikoza

1941

Husband and Wife poster
6.9

A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husband becomes jealous of the widower and his wife.

Husband and Wife

1953

Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki poster
NR

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki

1934

Edo Spring poster
NR

Kinshiro takes over the family, but he thinks he is going to replace the son of his stepmother but runs into trouble when he befriends the yakuza.

Edo Spring

1936

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima poster
6.5

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He recommend Kinbei to offer it to his lord. Kinbei hesitates at first, since he knows the board has a mysterious legend surrounding it; it's believed that for every game played on the board, one death is required.

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima

1949

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

1941

No artwork available
NR

A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2

1933

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aa mujo: zenpen

1929

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka poster
6.9

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

1950

No artwork available
9.0

1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki

Yoki na onna

1946

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War poster
8.0

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

1957

The Battle of Kawanakajima poster
7.0

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the main supply wagons and the supply troops to transport materiel to the Uesugi army. To this are added episodes involving an itinerant woman.

The Battle of Kawanakajima

1941