Screenplay: Mansaku Itami

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Mansaku Itami. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Rickshaw Man

1958 · Movie · 103 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Inagaki

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Hideko Takamine · Hiroshi Akutagawa · Choko Iida

Plot 1958: Venice Film Festiva: Golden Lion. Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy,...

7.5

726 votes

7.5

726 votes

The Rickshaw Man

1943 · Movie · 79 min. · Japan

6.8

33 votes

6.8

33 votes

Elegy of Hell 1

1928 · Movie · min. · Japan

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Samurai Lover

1986 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

Direction Nobuhiko Hosaka

Cast Kiichi Nakai · Mieko Harada · Frankie Sakai · Kyôko Enami

Plot Remake of classic samurai film of 1932.

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Capricious Young Man

1936 · Movie · 77 min. · Japan

Direction Mansaku Itami

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Shôsaku Sugiyama · Sojin · Yôko Umemura

Plot A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him. After collecting enough information to prove a...

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Children Hand in Hand

1948 · Movie · 86 min. · Japan

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The Wandering Gambler

1928 · Movie · min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Inagaki

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Junko Igasa

Plot Date Mosui, a young samurai, one day gets a scolding from a nameless ronin that sets him thinking about what life is all about and his ways of living. His...

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Peace on Earth

1928 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

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Kyojin-den

1938 · Movie · 66 min. · Japan

Direction Mansaku Itami

Cast Denjirô Ôkôchi · Setsuko Hara · Sadao Maruyama · Ryô Sayama

Plot A film adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables relocated to Kyushu and the era of the Satsuma Rebellion.

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