Takashi Shimura Movies

After the son of a wealthy man is kidnapped, a tenacious young reporter decides to find the culprit.

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

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

A 1944 propaganda film that depicts the fictionalised career of IJAAF pilot Tateo Kato, who led the 64th Sentai during the early months of the...

Youth movie.

Japanese war film.

When a corrupt executive takes over his struggling company and violates his girlfriend, a young salaryman declares war, leaving his job to expose the...

1942 Japanese movie

Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and...

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

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...

The protagonist descends from the mountains with a huge amount of panned gold dust. Upon learning of his wealth, all sorts of people, driven by greed...

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.

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.

Soldiers Hayate and Yaheiji secretly escape from their besieged castle. Hayate has left behind his lover, Kano. On his way, Hayate is wounded and...