Cinematography: Hideo Ishimoto

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Hideo Ishimoto. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.

Edo no akutarô

1939 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan

Comedy Feudal Japan

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Takashi Shimura · Kanjuro Arashi · Kensaku Hara · Reiko Hoshi

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Travels Under the Blue Sky

1932 · Movie · min. · Japan

Drama Silent Film

Direction Hiroshi Inagaki

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Naoe Fushimi · Fujiko Hamaguchi · Fudeko Tanaka

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Natsumatsuri sandogasa

1951 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Drama

Direction Santarô Marune

Cast Kenjiro Ishiyama · Kikue Môri · Shôgo Shimada · Ryunosuke Tsukigata

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My Name Is Mistress

1949 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

Drama

Direction Kazuo Mori

Cast Mitsuko Mito · Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi · Sadako Sawamura · Ichiro Sugai

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Banquet of the White Night

1932 · Movie · min. · Japan

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Isuzu Yamada · Ryûzaburô Mitsuoka · Kobunji Ichikawa

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Sanbon yubi no otoko

1947 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan

Horror Thriller Mystery

Direction Sadatsugu Matsuda

Cast Setsuko Hara · Haruko Sugimura · Seiji Miyaguchi · Chiezô Kataoka

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The Inner Palace Conspiracy

1951 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Drama

Direction Daisuke Itô

Cast Tsumasaburo Bando · Kinuyo Tanaka · Isuzu Yamada · Keiji Sada

Plot A 1951 jidai-geki from Ito Daisuke with Bando Tsumasaburo and Tanaka Kinuyo. Based on a serialized novel by Osaragi Jiro.

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Tokai's Suiko Story

1945 · Movie · min. · Japan

Drama

Direction Hiroshi Inagaki · Daisuke Itô

Cast Kamatari Fujiwara · Yumeko Aizome · Tsumasaburo Bando · Chiezô Kataoka

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Ma no kuchibeni

1949 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

Drama Supernatural Ghosts Revenge

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Ryunosuke Tsukigata · Yuriko Hamada · Chizuru Kitagawa · Michitaro Mizushima

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Oshidori Kasa

1948 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan

Drama Feudal Japan

Direction Kazuo Mori

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Isamu Kosugi · Hisako Yamane · Kyoji Sugi

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Chûshingura: Hana no maki: Yukinomaki

1954 · Movie · 233 min. · Japan

Drama Samurai

Direction Tatsuo Ôsone

Cast Shogoro Ichikawa · Kôkichi Takada · Osamu Takizawa · Koji Tsuruta

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The Adventurer Nobunaga

1940 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

Drama Biography

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Takashi Shimura · Eiji Takagi · Goro Abe

Plot Tells a highly fictionalized version of the story of Oda Nobunaga, the most brutal of Japan's three unifiers (the others were Toyotomi and Tokugawa).

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Rônin-gai

1939 · Movie · min. · Japan

Drama Samurai Feudal Japan

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Ryôsuke Kagawa · Yukiko Todoroki · Ryunosuke Tsukigata · Sayoko Kasumi

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Five Men of Edo

1951 · Movie · 132 min. · Japan

Action Drama Samurai 17th Century Historical

Direction Daisuke Itô

Cast Tsumasaburo Bando · Utaemon Ichikawa · Isuzu Yamada · Kôkichi Takada

Plot During the 17th Century bands of hatamoto, samurai vassals of the Tokugawa shogunate, were causing havoc in the new capital city of Edo. Opposing them was Banzui-in Chobei,whose sole aim...

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