Filmography
The Twilight Samurai
2002 · Director, Writer
Tokyo Taxi
2025 · Director, Writer
It's Tough Being a Man
1968 · Writer
Fuusen no Doratarou
1981 · Writer
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977 · Director, Writer
Shounen Torajirou
2019 · Writer
The Castle of Sand
1974 · Writer
What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017 · Director, Writer
Tokyo Family
2013 · Director, Writer
What a Wonderful Family!
2016 · Director, Writer
What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018 · Director, Writer
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980 · Director, Writer
Love and Honor
2006 · Director, Writer
The Little House
2014 · Director, Writer
It's a Flickering Life
2021 · Director, Writer
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015 · Director, Writer
Tora-san Goes North
1987 · Director, Writer
My Sons
1991 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969 · Director, Writer
Kabei: Our Mother
2008 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976 · Director, Writer
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984 · Director, Writer
Older Brother, Younger Sister
2018 · Writer
Sea Without Exit
2006 · Writer
Free and Easy Special
1994 · Writer
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980 · Director, Writer
Where Spring Comes Late
1970 · Director, Writer
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019 · Director, Writer
A Class to Remember
1993 · Director, Writer
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001 · Writer
Mom, Is That You?!
2023 · Director, Writer
Tora-san, the Expert
1982 · Director, Writer
The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997 · Director, Writer
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984 · Director, Writer
I, the Executioner
1968 · Writer
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977 · Director, Writer
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969 · Director, Writer
A Class to Remember II
1996 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976 · Director, Writer
About Her Brother
2010 · Director, Writer
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978 · Director, Writer
A Distant Cry from Spring
2018 · Writer
Tora-san's Runaway
1970 · Director, Writer
The Rainbow Seeker
1996 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Promise
1981 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986 · Director, Writer
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982 · Director, Writer
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971 · Director, Writer
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973 · Director, Writer
The Hidden Blade
2004 · Director, Writer
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985 · Director, Writer
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975 · Director, Writer
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981 · Director, Writer
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987 · Director, Writer
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979 · Director, Writer
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Love Call
1971 · Director, Writer
Gamblers' Luck
1966 · Director, Writer
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
2000 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972 · Director, Writer
Free and Easy 5
1992 · Writer
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970 · Writer
At the Side of the Bridge 2
1962 · Writer
Free and Easy
1988 · Writer
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985 · Director, Writer
Free and Easy 2
1989 · Writer
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970 · Writer
Zero Focus
1961 · Writer
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972 · Director, Writer
A Trap
1965 · Director
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983 · Director, Writer
The Strangers Upstairs
1961 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974 · Director, Writer
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983 · Director, Writer
Downtown Heroes
1988 · Director, Writer
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980 · Director, Writer
Free and Easy 20: Final
2009 · Writer
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998 · Director, Writer
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997 · Director, Writer
Free and Easy 17
2006 · Writer
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994 · Director, Writer
The Shy Deceiver
1968 · Director, Writer
Shin Salaryman Senka
1997 · Writer
The Million Dollar Pursuit
1968 · Director, Writer
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971 · Director, Writer
The Yellow Handkerchief
2011 · Writer
Home from the Sea
1972 · Director, Writer
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973 · Director, Writer
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
1968 · Writer
The Sunshine Girl
1963 · Director, Writer
Free and Easy 8
1996 · Writer
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967 · Director, Writer
The Call of a Faraway Mountain
2022 · Writer
Free and Easy 13
2002 · Writer
Ken San
2016 · Acting
The Lovable Tramp
1966 · Director, Writer
Yamazaki Riverside - Over an Actor's Shoulder -
2026 · Acting
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958 · Writer
Itoshi no Lahaina
1983 · Writer
Ohana han
1966 · Writer
Salaryman Senka
1995 · Writer
I Lived, But...
1983 · Acting
Free and Easy 7
1994 · Writer
Tora-san Confesses
1991 · Director, Writer
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
1998 · Writer
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989 · Director, Writer
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964 · Writer
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978 · Director, Writer
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969 · Writer
Free and Easy 10
1998 · Writer
Yellow Cherries
1960 · Writer
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990 · Director, Writer
Free and Easy 14
2003 · Writer
Song of Love
1967 · Director, Writer
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
2015 · Acting
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964 · Director, Writer
Free and Easy 16
2005 · Writer
Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
2019 · Acting
Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
1996 · Writer
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988 · Director, Writer
Home Sweet Home
2025 · Writer
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995 · Director, Writer
Free and Easy 4
1991 · Writer
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966 · Writer
The Honest Fool
1964 · Director, Writer
Onna no issho
1967 · Writer
Let's Have A Dream
1967 · Director, Writer
Warm Current
1966 · Writer
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958 · Writer
Ore wa inaka no puresurī
1978 · Writer
The Irresponsible Fool
1964 · Director, Writer
The Girl Who Creates Tomorrow
1958 · Writer
Our Symphony
1979 · Writer
Toki no kagayaki
1995 · Writer
Follow the Girls
1971 · Writer
At the Side of the Bridge
1962 · Writer
Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirou Wasurenagusa
1998 · Writer
At the Side of the Bridge 4
1963 · Writer
- No Poster
戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～
2020 · Director
Xiongmao Monogatari TaoTao
1981 · Writer
Kyoto Story
2010 · Director, Writer
The Village
1975 · Director, Writer
Days with Harasu
1989 · Writer
Free and Easy 6
1993 · Writer
Koi no gashū
1961 · Writer
Kyū-chan ondo
1962 · Writer
55th anniversary performance of Tora-San: Rakugo, Talk and Tora Jiro Returns
2024 · Acting
Hachi no ko
1957 · Writer
Ore wa Ueno no puresurī
1978 · Writer
Oretachi no toki
1976 · Writer
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963 · Writer
Vagabond Schemer
1969 · Director, Writer
Center of Tokyo
1974 · Writer
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
2015 · Acting
Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto
1993 · Acting
Kanbi no ware koso wa ittō shain
1962 · Writer
Shinema Kabuki: Renjishi
2010 · Director
Akatsuki no chiheisen
1959 · Writer