Writing

Ryuichiro Yagi

Born — Died

1906-04-17 — 1965-05-12

Known for

Writing

Credits

20 titles

Known for

No artwork available
NR

Hideki Yamaga runs a used bookstore in Ginza. He is a man known for his great physical strength, helping the weak and standing up to the strong, and is deeply respected and loved by the women of the city. Nicknamed “The Lone Wolf,” Hideki takes special care of street children. One morning, he rescues Kim Ono, a country girl who was standing there dazed with a single duffel bag, and asks Katsuko, the owner of a dressmaking shop he knows well, to hire her.

Lone Wolf

1950

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

Four Marriages poster
8.0

Based on a short story by Dazai Osamu, produced under the national film law. The film's hero falls in love with the youngest daughter of a family he is visiting to arrange an engagement for his friend who has been drafted to fight in the war.

Four Marriages

1944

The Invisible 108th Unit poster
NR

A poignant and deeply moving story of the officers and men of the Saipan “Total Annihilation” Unit, who, longing for their loved ones back home, return to their homeland unseen.

The Invisible 108th Unit

1956

Dedication of the Great Buddha poster
10.0

The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents and opponents clashed over the construction of the Buddha. This work is based on a play by Hideo Osada, which was performed by the Shin Kyodo Theater Company in 1940.

Dedication of the Great Buddha

1952

To Love and Swear poster
NR

After facing hard times, an orphan Korean boy gets adopted to Japanese society. He meets several Japanese people who are kind to him, and grows up wanting to repay his debt to Japan, by becoming a kamikaze pilot.

To Love and Swear

1945

Behind the camera

No artwork available
NR

Hideki Yamaga runs a used bookstore in Ginza. He is a man known for his great physical strength, helping the weak and standing up to the strong, and is deeply respected and loved by the women of the city. Nicknamed “The Lone Wolf,” Hideki takes special care of street children. One morning, he rescues Kim Ono, a country girl who was standing there dazed with a single duffel bag, and asks Katsuko, the owner of a dressmaking shop he knows well, to hire her.

Lone Wolf

1950

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

Four Marriages poster
8.0

Based on a short story by Dazai Osamu, produced under the national film law. The film's hero falls in love with the youngest daughter of a family he is visiting to arrange an engagement for his friend who has been drafted to fight in the war.

Four Marriages

1944

The Invisible 108th Unit poster
NR

A poignant and deeply moving story of the officers and men of the Saipan “Total Annihilation” Unit, who, longing for their loved ones back home, return to their homeland unseen.

The Invisible 108th Unit

1956

Dedication of the Great Buddha poster
10.0

The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents and opponents clashed over the construction of the Buddha. This work is based on a play by Hideo Osada, which was performed by the Shin Kyodo Theater Company in 1940.

Dedication of the Great Buddha

1952

To Love and Swear poster
NR

After facing hard times, an orphan Korean boy gets adopted to Japanese society. He meets several Japanese people who are kind to him, and grows up wanting to repay his debt to Japan, by becoming a kamikaze pilot.

To Love and Swear

1945

Komusō henka poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Komusō henka

1955

The Young Swordsman poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Young Swordsman

1954

The Dawn of Freedom poster
NR

This film was made by the Japanese occupation authorities in the Philippines as a propaganda film to show the Philippine people the "benefits" of the Japanese invasion and takeover of their country.

The Dawn of Freedom

1944

No artwork available
7.0

Japanese mystery thriller.

Late Night Confession

1949

Hinoki Butai poster
NR

The story is set in a rural village, where the village mayor gives a speech at the local community center as a theater troupe visits the village for the first time in several years.

Hinoki Butai

1946

Nagasaki no yoru poster
NR

A mysterious magician with a Japanese mother who came to Nagasaki’s Nankin-machi from the mainland in search of his father’s killer.

Nagasaki no yoru

1955

A Descendant of Urashima Taro poster
7.5

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party.

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

1946

Life Is like a Somersault poster
7.0

After learning that he has accidentally killed a man in a fight, Unokichi must look after the man's pregnant widow.

Life Is like a Somersault

1946

Marathon Samurai poster
NR

The TV drama of Ima Harube was adapted by Yagi Ryuichiro ("Komuso Henge"), directed by Mori Issei ("I Am Fujikichirou"), and cinematographed by Honda Shozo ("The Return of the Ghost"). The main cast includes Katsu Shintaro ("Flower of the Wandering Bird"), Saga Michiko and Mita Tokiko ("Matashirou's Fighting Journey")

Marathon Samurai

1956

武蔵と小次郎 poster
NR

As the reputation of Sasaki Kojiro, who traveled through various provinces with his long sword seeking duels, began to spread, he was summoned by Lord Hosokawa Sansai upon the recommendation of Kokura clan warrior Iwama Kakubei. However, at this time, due to the proposal by Nagaoka Sado, it was agreed that Kojiro would face Miyamoto Musashi in a duel. If he won, Kojiro would officially become the chief instructor, as he desired. Until then, he had a provisional stipend of 500 koku. Learning that Musashi was in Kyoto, Kojiro set off for the city. En route, he was joined by a woman named Shino, who held a grudge against Musashi.

武蔵と小次郎

1952

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sea Raiding Unit

1939

Tsuki yori no haha poster
NR

Japanese drama film.

Tsuki yori no haha

1951

Bouquet of the South Seas poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Bouquet of the South Seas

1942

Numazu Officer School poster
7.0

Japanese war movie

Numazu Officer School

1939