Takashi Shimura Movies

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...

After the death of a colleague, the workers at a factory form a labor union.

A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.

1942 Japanese movie

1958 Theater of Life adaptation.

Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become romantically involved with Furuya's mistress, Natsue....

Early Japanese three-part samurai / fantasy serial.

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an...

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

1945 Japanese movie

Naosuke, a servant of Okajima Yasoemon, devoted himself to his master. One day, his master Okajima Yasoemon, lost his face in front of people. It...

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

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

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...

The story of Kanesuke and Entaro who are master elephant trainers in charge of two elephants, Taro and Hanako at the Metropolitan Zoo.

A Japanese woman, the mistress of an American, falls in love with her servant.