Production

Tengo Yamada

Born — Died

1916-05-28 — 1998-05-14

Known for

Production

Credits

26 titles

Known for

If Indeed One Loves poster
10.0

The film consists of three short stories. Tomiko, the heroine of the first story, "The Flower Girl" (dir. Kozaburo Yoshimura), is a little girl who bears the unbearable burden of caring for her family. Tomiko's father has been unable to find work for a long time, and her older sister is terminally ill—it is unlikely that she will ever recover. To feed her family, Tomiko runs around the city from morning until late at night selling flowers... The second novella (dir. Tadashi Imai) also depicts the lives of the poor. An unfamiliar girl brings young Kavano a letter from his mother. It turns out that the girl's name is Kuniko, she is very hardworking, but her family is dying of hunger. Therefore, her mother decided to send Kuniko to her son so that he would marry her. The short story is called "The Unexpected Bride." The third short story, which gave the film its title, is particularly interesting: "When You Love" (dir. Satsuo Yamamoto). It shows the family of a young peace activist.

If Indeed One Loves

1955

Darkness at Noon poster
6.9

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

Darkness at Noon

1956

Actress poster
8.0

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

Actress

1956

Kim's Cross poster
4.0

Jae-ha, who was living with his brother Sae-fang in the Japanese-occupied Korea during World War II, was taken to the mainland Japan and forced to work on the construction of Matsushiro Imperial Headquarters until the end of the war.

Kim's Cross

1990

Miniature poster
7.8

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.

Miniature

1953

Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima poster
NR

Second live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima

1980

Behind the camera

If Indeed One Loves poster
10.0

The film consists of three short stories. Tomiko, the heroine of the first story, "The Flower Girl" (dir. Kozaburo Yoshimura), is a little girl who bears the unbearable burden of caring for her family. Tomiko's father has been unable to find work for a long time, and her older sister is terminally ill—it is unlikely that she will ever recover. To feed her family, Tomiko runs around the city from morning until late at night selling flowers... The second novella (dir. Tadashi Imai) also depicts the lives of the poor. An unfamiliar girl brings young Kavano a letter from his mother. It turns out that the girl's name is Kuniko, she is very hardworking, but her family is dying of hunger. Therefore, her mother decided to send Kuniko to her son so that he would marry her. The short story is called "The Unexpected Bride." The third short story, which gave the film its title, is particularly interesting: "When You Love" (dir. Satsuo Yamamoto). It shows the family of a young peace activist.

If Indeed One Loves

1955

Darkness at Noon poster
6.9

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

Darkness at Noon

1956

Actress poster
8.0

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

Actress

1956

Kim's Cross poster
4.0

Jae-ha, who was living with his brother Sae-fang in the Japanese-occupied Korea during World War II, was taken to the mainland Japan and forced to work on the construction of Matsushiro Imperial Headquarters until the end of the war.

Kim's Cross

1990

Miniature poster
7.8

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.

Miniature

1953

Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima poster
NR

Second live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima

1980

Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima poster
NR

Second live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima

1980

Lucky Dragon No. 5 poster
7.5

An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the Pacific line fishing. While the ship is near Bikini Atoll, the ship's navigator sees a flash. All the crew come up to watch. They realize it is an atomic explosion, but take time to clear their fishing gear. A short time later, grey ash starts to fall on the ship. When the ship returns to port the sailors have been burned brown. They unload the fish, which are then transported away. They visit the local doctor and then go to Tokyo for an examination. It turns out they are all highly radioactive. Their symptoms become worse, and the contaminated fish causes a panic.

Lucky Dragon No. 5

1959

Wedding Day poster
7.0

Shinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a lethargic life in Oiso. His family is concerned with Shinsaku regaining his old vigor as a writer and Sakie, his daughter, finding a suitable match, while the family is struggling with the losses of war.

Wedding Day

1956

No artwork available
NR

1977 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.

The Skies of Haruo

1977

No artwork available
NR

1977 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.

The Skies of Haruo

1977

Barefoot Gen poster
5.0

First live action adaptation of Keiji Nakazawa's manga.

Barefoot Gen

1976

Barefoot Gen poster
5.0

First live action adaptation of Keiji Nakazawa's manga.

Barefoot Gen

1976

Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears poster
NR

First live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears

1977

Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears poster
NR

First live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears

1977

Love is Lost poster
8.0

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

Love is Lost

1956

Wandering Shore poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wandering Shore

1956

The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story poster
NR

Sent to an institution for mentally handicapped children by his parents, he began creating artworks using torn strips of paper. After running away to avoid army conscription, he began his wanderings around Japan, encountering many scenes which he would recreate as torn paper art from his amazing photographic memory.

The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story

1981

The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story poster
NR

Sent to an institution for mentally handicapped children by his parents, he began creating artworks using torn strips of paper. After running away to avoid army conscription, he began his wanderings around Japan, encountering many scenes which he would recreate as torn paper art from his amazing photographic memory.

The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story

1981

The Beauty and the Dragon poster
10.0

​A powerful priest uses his magical abilities to imprison the rain gods within a waterfall, causing a devastating drought. The imperial court sends a princess to his remote mountain retreat to seduce him and break his spiritual concentration.

The Beauty and the Dragon

1955

Women of Ginza poster
9.0

At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting up a modest resistance to the tragedies of life. The proprietress, Ikuyo, is a ridiculously good-natured woman who gives money to a poor but brilliant young man, Eisaku Yanoguchi, to attend college on the condition that he will take care of her in the future.

Women of Ginza

1955

No artwork available
NR

1982 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.

Yukko no Okurimono: Cosmos no Yō ni

1982

No artwork available
NR

1982 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.

Yukko no Okurimono: Cosmos no Yō ni

1982

君の十字架 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

君の十字架

1990

Hanzaki Daimyojin, Gorosuke no uta poster
NR

1972 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.

Hanzaki Daimyojin, Gorosuke no uta

1972

Hanzaki Daimyojin, Gorosuke no uta poster
NR

1972 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.

Hanzaki Daimyojin, Gorosuke no uta

1972