Takeshi Sakamoto Movies

A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.

A film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve of violent changes, tells the story of a young man...

The southern tip of Shikoku. This village, surrounded by a bay, where, according to legend, the former warriors of the Heike clan settled, is famous...

1961 Japanese movie

A silent 3-reel comedy short that uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story. It was produced by Shochiku Studios (who released the...

Hisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.

Nami (波 Nami) is a Japanese film directed by Noboru Nakamura. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.

1961 Japanese movie

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

Kenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, and she finds out what kind of guy he...

A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is...

A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. While traveling, he rescues a young girl, Osayo,...

A hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts with her and humiliates him, he decides to get revenge...

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.

Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’...

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.