Takashi Shimura Movies

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

1962 Japanese movie

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

A grieving factory worker storms a Tokyo police station, holding a department chief at gunpoint, convinced he killed his girlfriend. When he learns...

A young man and woman are determined to marry despite opposition from her parents.

About schoolgirls in a rural town, and a love letter which has the entire community in an uproar.

Based on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the love of the proud geisha Nobukichi Hakata in the...

Komichi (Chieko Baisho), a maiko in Gion, reunites with her elementary school classmate Takao Segawa (Yukio Hashi) for the first time in eight years,...

In 1943, Japan is amidst the Pacific War. Sobei Sonoda is one of the wealthiest landowners of the San'in region. His land spread for miles, as far as...

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

A man with a dark past comes from Tokyo to the fishing port of Izu, and tries to begin a new life as a fisherman.

Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.

A romantic tale depicting the beautiful and tragic love between a young man and woman from aristocratic families who are caught in the crossfire of...

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