Ken Takakura Movies

Japanese mystery film.

"Masayoshi Ryanko" jumps into the den of the underworld swirling with smuggling and murder, and defeats the culprit with a heart-pounding pistol.

To fulfill a friend’s dying wish, a young sailor Kenji takes on the task of delivering an heirloom to his friend’s daughter, Harumi, who...

Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Japanese movie.

A gang of bank robbers plan a big robbery, but they all plot to betray each other after the heist for different reasons.

Japanese drama film.

Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining buddy Ichiro accompanies him to Tokyo, and the...

Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players. When he's released in...

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki’s...

1958 Toei movie.

An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love.

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun...