Takeshi Sakamoto Movies

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run...

A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. While traveling, he rescues a young girl, Osayo,...

The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce...

Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant...

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and...

1961 Japanese movie

This pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife and Mine typify both the formal experimentation of...

A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.

The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.

A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted.

Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his...

A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the best whaling ship Hayabusa Maru. One day they will...

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

A period drama about samurai who survived a loss in battle. An early jidaegeki by Hiroshi Shimizu.

In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and...

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.