Direction: Sadao Yamanaka

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


Humanity and Paper Balloons

1937 · Movie · 86 min. · Japan

Direction Sadao Yamanaka

Cast Chojuro Kawarasaki · Ganemon Nakamura · Tsuruzo Nakamura · Choemon Bando

Plot The story develops in the Tokugawa era of the 18th century, in a poor district of Tokyo, where impoverished samurai live from hand to mouth among equally poor people of...

7.3

323 votes

7.3

323 votes

Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

1935 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan

Direction Sadao Yamanaka

Cast Denjirô Ôkôchi · Kiyozo · Kunitaro Sawamura · Reisaburo Yamamoto

Plot The Yagyu family's elder son sends an old and cheap looking pot to his young brother, ignoring that the pot contains a map showing where it was hidden a treasure...

7.2

114 votes

7.2

114 votes

6.3

63 votes

Not rated

Yatappe from Seki

1935 · Movie · 75 min. · Japan

Not rated

Not rated

The White Hood

1935 · Movie · 74 min. · Japan

Not rated

Not rated