Movies123 - - Yasuzo Masumura Movie List

Blind Beast 1969 A blind sculpter kidnaps a beautiful young model and takes her back to his home He and his mother live in a warehouse that he has turned into a surreal tribute to the senses It is filled with huge sculptures of body parts and the female form He is obsessed with exploring the senses

Love for an Idiot (1967) A 31-year-old man is manipulated by a much younger woman.

Swastika 1964 Sonoko, a bored housewife entering middle age, met a young girl, Mitsuko, at a private school of art Sonoko paints a portrait of her, and when she invite Mitsuko at her house, the two end up locked in a passionate embrace Unable to think rationally about what she wants, Sonoko becomes

Lullaby of the Earth (1976) The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world, when her grandmother dies.

The Red Angel 1966 In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino Japanese war She has to assist the surgeon Dr Okabe with an incredible number of amputations In the crowded wards, she gives sympathy to some of the soldiers, including sexually

Irezumi 1966 Shinsuke and Otsuya, his boss daughter runs away to get married, but they are betrayed by the inn owner, Kenji Otsuya is sold to Tokubeis brothel Seikichi, a mysterious tattoo artist puts his masterpiece, a human faced spider, on her back She and her lover are then forced into a conspir

The Blue Sky Maiden (1957) Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is actually the love child of her wealthy businessman father and his ex-secretary.

A Wife Confesses 1961 Ayako is charged with murdering her much older academic husband while climbing a mountain Ayako was having an affair, apparently with her husbands approval, and this complicates the trial

Kono ko no nanatsu no oiwai ni (1982) The palmist "blue-moth (Seiga)" is rumored to manipulate the Japanese political and business from behind. Journalist Omoda had inquired into the "blue-moth" but is killed. Sudo who is ...

Yakuza Masterpiece 1970 A yakuza members half sister means much more to him in a film that repeatedly depicts realities other than what normal societal rules allow The overly protective and loving brother however, soon has to contend with his sister falling for and dating her school teacher, but the

Giants and Toys (1958) In the middle of a fierce commercial competition between three caramel companies, an executive builds up a ditsy teenage girl as a mascot while simultaneously trying to uncover the rival companies' plans.

Black Test Car (1962) Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.

Double Suicide of Sonezaki 1978 A rich merchant gives his clerk an I O U instead of wages When the impoverished clerk presents the paper to the merchant at the agreed upon time asking for payment, the man flies into a rage and pretends he never wrote it and claims the clerk is trying to defraud him

Danryû (1957) A young doctor running a small hospital has to choose between two women: a dedicated nurse or a wealthy girl who has been spoiled.

Headstrong but somewhat naive Keiichi Jiro Tamiya is coerced into a questionable get rich business scheme An associate from the past has tracked him down, especially for this job Keiichi agrees to go along and performs his part of the deal to the great satisfaction of his overseers Earning a hefty c

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime

The School of Spies 1966 A young lieutenant finds himself inducted into a top secret spy school at the start of the Sino Japanese war He and his comrades undergo grueling and bizarre training that proves fatal for some In the end he finds he must make a horrible choice between his personal life and

Afraid to Die 1960 Takeo is a young yakuza who renounces his former criminal activities after being released from prison But sometimes escaping the past is not so easy

Saiko shukun fujin 1959 lchiro, the president of Mihara and Co , is henpecked by his wife Momoko, a clever and beautiful woman, but prattling and intrusive She makes her younger sister Nashiko marry lchiros younger brother, Jiro, manager of his company and now plans to marry her youngest sister Kyok