Takashi Shimura Movies

There is an inn named Asano Ya in the port town, and a beautiful woman works there. Every year, during a local festival, travelling artists and...

A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this...

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.

A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.

A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and daughter who are attracted to the same man.

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.

As the Killer Priest Shinkai travels around Japan during the Meiji era, he comes to the aid of a village headman fighting corruption from up above....

1942 Japanese movie

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai...

A movie by Hiroshi Inagaki

A jazz pianist named Shiro Tsuda returns from an overseas tour unwittingly carrying drugs that have been sewn into his jacket. When he stops by to...

A gritty, noirish gangster saga.

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

Lord Oda Nobunaga gains control of nearly all of Japan and tries to enlist the aid of Magoichi and his 3.000 gunners.

Also known as Crazy Uproar.

The story of an airport and its air traffic control crew in a remote and northern Japanese town. Three of the air traffic controllers are female with...