Direction: Ren Yoshimura

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Ren Yoshimura. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Beautiful Teen

1964 · Movie · 79 min. · Japan

Direction Ren Yoshimura

Cast Mitsuo Hamada · Saburo Hiromatsu · Yoshiro Ichikawa · Chiharu Kuri

Plot A boy who dreams of being a yakuza leader is reformed by a girl’s pure love for him.

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Toki no teizo: zengohen

1948 · Movie · 180 min. · Japan

Direction Ren Yoshimura

Cast Setsuko Hara · Tatsuya Ishiguro · Takashi Shimura · Ichiro Sugai

Plot Shizue is a worker at a tissue paper factory that is somewhat attracted to Noshiro, a senior employee who comes from her own town. However, one day Shizue travels to...

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Acacia no ame ga yamu toki

1963 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

Direction Ren Yoshimura

Cast Takahisa Aida · Kyosuke Aihara · Ruriko Asaoka · Yuko Chishiro

Plot Hideo Ishizaki, who was painting on the shore of the lake, saves a woman named Keiko.

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Hoshi wa nan de mo shitteiru

1958 · Movie · 49 min. · Japan

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Hatsukoi kanariya musume

1955 · Movie · 58 min. · Japan

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Kiri ni kieta hito

1963 · Movie · 78 min. · Japan

Direction Ren Yoshimura

Cast Ruriko Asaoka · Hideaki Nitani · Ryoji Hayama · Reiko Sasamori

Plot The movie depicts the complicated romantic feelings of a woman who is attracted to a man other than her fiancé.

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Shônen shikeishû

1955 · Movie · 104 min. · Japan

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Joi no shinsatsushitsu

1950 · Movie · 86 min. · Japan

Direction Ren Yoshimura

Cast Setsuko Hara · Michiko Tsuyama · Akira Kazami · Chieko Nakakita

Plot Dedicated doctor overworks herself into a serious heart condition, leaving the doctor she loves to find a cure.

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Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi

1950 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

Direction Ren Yoshimura

Cast Setsuko Hara · Takashi Kohama · Jun Miyazaki · Sachio Mozaki

Plot The pride of Meikaze Elementary School is a large pond where everyone is comforted at recess. When Kayoko Amamiya, a teacher whom all children adore, meets an orphan without schooling,...

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Aishû no sono

1957 · Movie · min. · Japan

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