Isao Kumagai

Movies

August without Emperor
Assistant Director
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
The Castle of Sand
Assistant Director
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murderer of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a rail yard.
Deeper Than Blue
Assistant Director
About a girl who marries in the middle of the Pacific War, is widowed at 18, and her unflagging struggle to survive during and after the war with her son.
Deeper Than Blue
Screenplay
About a girl who marries in the middle of the Pacific War, is widowed at 18, and her unflagging struggle to survive during and after the war with her son.
Follow the Girls
Screenplay
Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.
High-School Outcasts
Assistant Director
Tsutomu (Kensaku Morita), an orphan who once stabbed a man, is released from a reformatory and goes to Tottori, on the Japan Sea coast, to enter a high school. On the beach, he meets a young fisherman, Yusuke (Norihiko Yamamoto) also a student of the same school. They become friends and Tsutomu is offered free board at Yusuke's home.
High-School Outcasts
Screenplay
Tsutomu (Kensaku Morita), an orphan who once stabbed a man, is released from a reformatory and goes to Tottori, on the Japan Sea coast, to enter a high school. On the beach, he meets a young fisherman, Yusuke (Norihiko Yamamoto) also a student of the same school. They become friends and Tsutomu is offered free board at Yusuke's home.
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Assistant Director
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
Madcap Mixup
Assistant Director
Five fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups.
The Sunshine Girl
Screenplay
A young factory worker struggles to figure out what she wants to do with her life.