Takashi Shimura Movies

Two youths – the serious son of a Buddhist abbot and his rakish pal – quarrel over a restaurant keeper's daughter. When one of the youths...

This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other...

1947 Toho film directed by Tadashi Imai

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

Ryoma is a former military man who gets to know the leader of a yakuza group and begins to work with them, helping them defend themselves against...

The undercover agent Tsukinosuke Kigurumi successfully escapes with Kirisaku, who possesses the coveted Shinshu Mountain map targeted by the phantom...

A period comedy set at the end of the Sengoku Period about Sasuke Saruhi, a middle-aged ninja.

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

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

Young Sentaro struggles to avenge the murder of his younger sister Osuga and their father.

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

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

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

The tale of Nakayama Yasubei’s duel is famous, even if he in reality probably did not cut down 18 opponents. The story has been related in...

Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the...

An exciting film about thugs, in which murders and drugs, justice and resentment explode in the dark city of Tokyo with the help of guns and violence.

It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first year of the Meiji period.

An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during...

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