Takeshi Sakamoto Movies

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

A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.

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

An anthology of thirteen patriotic stories about Japanese citizens contributing to the war effort.

On the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded by barracks and tin pens. Mitsu's husband died in the...

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...

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big...

A married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him. Considered to be a lost film.

Mariko is an innocent girl who grew up in the highlands of Shinshu. She moves to Tokyo to live with her father who has successfully returned to...

A young couple is harrased by an uncle.

Japanese silent film from 1929.

A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner. However his colleagues immediately start...

Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako...

A 1937 Japanese film.

Kenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, and she finds out what kind of guy he...

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 blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The...

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