Best movies of Kenjirô Ishiyama

Actors : Kenjirô Ishiyama, Misako Watanabe, Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama,
Directors : Masaki Kobayashi,

A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.

Actors : Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kenjirô Ishiyama, Mitsuo Hamada, Nijiko Kiyokawa,
Directors : Kenjirô Morinaga,

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo. Yasuo spreads unpleasant gossip about ...

Actors : Kenjirô Ishiyama, Minoru Ôki, Junko Fuji, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

This is yet another ninkyô yakuza film that seems to be (unconsciously?) trying to deal with issues of repressed homosexuality. In any case, long-lost friend.

Actors : Kenjirô Ishiyama, Kenjirô Uemura, Junko Miyazono, Kinuko Obata,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

The fast-moving picture is a bit a hybrid between the ninkyô and the emerging jitsuroku sub-genres.

Actors : Kenjirô Ishiyama, Yôko Yamamoto, Kotoe Hatsui, Hideki Takahashi,
Directors : Motomu Ida,

Action film about young outlaws around the year 1910.

Actors : Kenjirô Ishiyama, Saburô Date, Reiko Kasahara, Teruo Ishiyama,
Directors : Kimiyoshi Yasuda,

A blind masseur sleeps with the wife of a samurai, who catches them in the act and kills them. The murdered couple return as vengeful ghosts. This film is a remake of a 1957 film. It was the final picture made by Daiei Studios.