Takashi Shimura Movies

Set at the end of World War II and after Japan's defeat, it is a melodrama about a man and a woman at the mercy of war. Wataru is entrusted by his...

A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and daughter who are attracted to the same man.

Romantic melodrama

Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.

A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young...

After being expelled from the Chiba Dojo , Hirate Zoshu , along with his acquaintances Tadaki Ganryu and Tamon Jubei, were hired as bodyguards by...

After facing hard times, an orphan Korean boy gets adopted to Japanese society. He meets several Japanese people who are kind to him, and grows up...

Japanese drama film.

This action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza.

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

A jazz pianist named Shiro Tsuda returns from an overseas tour unwittingly carrying drugs that have been sewn into his jacket. When he stops by to...

1942 Japanese movie

Taikoki is a legendary biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who rose to the office of taikō. And the story of this film is about the rise to power...

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

1952 Japanese movie

An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu.

1958 Theater of Life adaptation.

1962 Japanese movie

This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent...