Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Directing

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Born — Died

1911-02-15 — 1983-07-26

Place of birth

Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Kimiyoshi Yasuda was a Japanese film director from the 1930s to 1970s. He directed six films about Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman. He signed with Nikkatsu Kyoto studio as an assistant director and started working as an assistant director under Sadao Yamanaka and Hiroshi Inagaki etc.

Known for

Behind the camera

The Dancer and Two Warriors poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Dancer and Two Warriors

1955

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman poster
6.8

Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant -- Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day.

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

1971

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman poster
6.8

Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant -- Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day.

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

1971

Daimajin poster
6.5

A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.

Daimajin

1966

Haha koiboshi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Haha koiboshi

1949

Zatoichi on the Road poster
6.9

Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in the middle of a bloody turf war.

Zatoichi on the Road

1963

Ouma wa nanajū nanaman seki poster
NR

A ronin sets out on a journey with his horse, with no particular destination in mind. Re-released in 1953.

Ouma wa nanajū nanaman seki

1944

Zatoichi and the Fugitives poster
7.0

Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.

Zatoichi and the Fugitives

1968

No artwork available
NR

A mysterious beauty with two faces on the magical island of the distant sea of ​​mystery. Sequel to Hagetaka (1950).

Pirate Island

1950

Genroku onna daimyō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Genroku onna daimyō

1960

Sado Island Elegy poster
NR

Medical student Makoto Tachibana took advantage of his summer break to visit Sado Island, the hometown of his best friend Tago. Tago was the son of the owner of a ryokan in Ryotsu Port on Sado, and his younger sister, the aspiring singer Chieko, had also come to the island. The day Makoto arrived on the island was the opening ceremony for the Ryōtsu River, and the entire town was buzzing with the Okesa dance. That night, Chieko introduced Makoto to Fumiyo, whom she had noticed on the ferry and had been curious about. Although Makoto and Fumiyo were attracted to each other, her grandfather and older brother vehemently opposed their relationship.

Sado Island Elegy

1952

Lefty Fencer poster
4.3

As a child, Okin the one-armed one-eyed swordswoman was disfigured by Lord Daizen-dayu, who was after her family's most treasured possession, the famed Drenched Swallow sword. As an adult, she has become a skilled swordswoman and lives a carefree life with her adopted family. One day, Okin saves a girl from a group of yakuza, and in doing so, gets involved in a grand conspiracy involving religious leaders, government officials, the yakuza and Lord Daizen-dayu, the man who killed her father and mutilated her body...

Lefty Fencer

1969

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters poster
6.5

A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in back. But he makes the fatal mistake of hosting a 100 Ghost Stories ceremony without the closing cleansing ritual, opening the door for the Yokai Monsters to punish the wicked.

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters

1968

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts poster
6.4

In feudal Japan, gangsters chase a young girl who might testify against their boss. When the gangsters murder the girl's grandfather on sacred ground, the door is opened for the Yokai Monsters to step in.

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts

1969

Ninjutsu senshuken jiai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ninjutsu senshuken jiai

1956

Date sōdō: Haha goten poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Date sōdō: Haha goten

1954

Zatoichi's Cane Sword poster
7.3

Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local gangsters attempt to kill him, and the adventure begins. It turns out a blacksmith named Senzo examines Zatoichi's cane sword, and discovers it to be forged by his old mentor. Senzo discovers the sword is at the end of its usefulness and will break when it is used next.

Zatoichi's Cane Sword

1967

Adventures of Zatoichi poster
6.7

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.

Adventures of Zatoichi

1964

Tobidashita onna daimyō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tobidashita onna daimyō

1961

Bishōnen henge poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bishōnen henge

1961

Ninjutsu musha shūgyō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ninjutsu musha shūgyō

1956

Haha no hitomi poster
NR

A blind little girl searches for her mother.

Haha no hitomi

1953

Tenryū no karasu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tenryū no karasu

1959

Zoku suna-e jubaku: Yukijorō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zoku suna-e jubaku: Yukijorō

1953

Zatoichi's Conspiracy poster
7.0

Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who is now wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is, in reality, manipulating the ownership of a now valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza swordsmen backing his play.

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

1973

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tsukiyo no aho dori

1956

Hanatarō Jumon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hanatarō Jumon

1958

Ippon-gatana dohyō iri poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ippon-gatana dohyō iri

1960

Megitsune Buro poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Megitsune Buro

1958

Kai nusumadara kumo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kai nusumadara kumo

1954

Fūraibō ichiban shōbu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fūraibō ichiban shōbu

1958

New Tengu from Mount Kurama poster
NR

The film is set in Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa period, when there is a fierce clash between the supporters of the Emperor, who are fighting for the overthrow of the Shogunate, and the Shinsengumi squad, who are chasing them. Suddenly, a mysterious masked warrior appears, on a white horse he is called Tengu from Mount Kurama and he opposes the Shinsengumi.

New Tengu from Mount Kurama

1965

関八州勢揃い poster
NR

During the Tenpo era, the peasants of the Kanto region were in dire straits due to successive natural disasters. Maebashi's boss, Shiroganeya Ginjiro, allied with the magistrate Yamaoka Jintayu, and, using his baton as a shield, he committed a series of evil acts, earning the peasants' animosity. At this time, Omaeda Eigoro, who had been on a long journey, returned with his horseman Kunisada Chuji. Eigoro was popular with yakuza all over the country, and the Shiroganeya family, whose territory had been disturbed until then, were alarmed by the news of Eigoro's return.

関八州勢揃い

1954

Hana no yukyo-den poster
8.0

1958 Japanese movie

Hana no yukyo-den

1958

Yosakoi sandogasa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yosakoi sandogasa

1960

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing poster
6.2

A decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and draws nomadic Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) into more sword-fighting adventures when he's blamed for the beheading. Meanwhile, the head-chopper's mother is busy knocking off the shogun's lawful heirs to secure the shogunate for her son.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing

1964

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Suna-e jubaku

1953

Ghost of Kasane Swamp poster
7.1

One murky night, Soetsu, a blind acupuncturist and money lender, calls on Shinzaemon Fukami, a Hatamoto samurai, to collect some money. But Fukami is too busy having an affair with a maid and curtly tells Soetsu to ask Sawano, his wife, for the money. As they have no money, Sawano interprets her husband's words as telling her to give herself to Soetsu in lieu of payment. However, Fukami catches them in the act and kills them both. Snatching up Soetsu's money bag with 30 ryo in it, he then asks two ruffians, to sink the bodies in a marsh. From what follows, it seems as if the spirits of Soetsu and Sawano are still hovering on earth in anguish and anger. For soon afterwards, Fukami is found dead by his own hand and Osono, Soetsu's younger daughter, suddenly disappears from home.

Ghost of Kasane Swamp

1970

すっとび仁義 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

すっとび仁義

1961

Fighting Letter for 29 People poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fighting Letter for 29 People

1957