Takashi Shimura Movies

Part one of The Masterless 47.

Historical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the investigation of corruption in the administration of...

The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and...

A film by Hideo Suzuki.

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

Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is...

Wataru Naohiko who has the prosecutor general as his father became a young composer and its symphony "saint" invoked the world echoed. But his...

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

Romantic melodrama

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...

Film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the...

Taikoki is a legendary biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who rose to the office of taikō. And the story of this film is about the rise to power...

In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

Mine, the only daughter of Kiyagen, is faced with running the family's timber business when her father falls ill. Under a great deal of pressure to...

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...

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