Takashi Shimura Movies

The tale of Nakayama Yasubei’s duel is famous, even if he in reality probably did not cut down 18 opponents. The story has been related in...

Romantic melodrama

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.

When a corrupt executive takes over his struggling company and violates his girlfriend, a young salaryman declares war, leaving his job to expose the...

A skilled assassin's services are called upon to put an end to the ugly turf battle between two yakuza families, Mitsuwa and Aikawa. Forced by the...

Also known as Crazy Uproar.

At Kaikō Girls’ School, a fake love letter sparks a heated PTA debate. Teacher Shimazaki wins the vote, while students and staff navigate...

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

A romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious employment and social circumstances shift around...

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...

1962 Japanese movie

The life of three beautiful princesses in feudal Japan.

A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless.

1955 Japanese movie

Two youths – the serious son of a Buddhist abbot and his rakish pal – quarrel over a restaurant keeper's daughter. When one of the youths...

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.