Takashi Shimura Movies

A grieving factory worker storms a Tokyo police station, holding a department chief at gunpoint, convinced he killed his girlfriend. When he learns...

A man with a dark past comes from Tokyo to the fishing port of Izu, and tries to begin a new life as a fisherman.

With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst of negotiations, when all hell breaks loose.

1961 Japanese movie

A period comedy set at the end of the Sengoku Period about Sasuke Saruhi, a middle-aged ninja.

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

A dramatic film that recorded the history of Japan in the period of high economic growth. This work deals with Kashima Rinkai industrial zone...

A gritty, noirish gangster saga.

Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and...

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

Early Japanese three-part samurai / fantasy serial.

Historical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the investigation of corruption in the administration of...

It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first year of the Meiji period.

Mine, the only daughter of Kiyagen, is faced with running the family's timber business when her father falls ill. Under a great deal of pressure to...