Takashi Shimura Movies

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

1942 Japanese movie

Kikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a gang of drug dealers tries to force the pair to...

When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col....

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.

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...

A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for a murder and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency, where he is...

An Ishiro Honda film.

The life of three beautiful princesses in feudal Japan.

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.

1962 Japanese movie

Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works...

Japanese family drama.

In 1853, Gentetsu Nishiyama tells his students that the French prophet Nostaradamus foretells great change for Japan, some of his students revolt,...

Also known as Crazy Uproar.

Ryoma is a former military man who gets to know the leader of a yakuza group and begins to work with them, helping them defend themselves against...