Takashi Shimura Movies

In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.

Film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai...

Japanese family drama.

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...

During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders...

Fifth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

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

Set at the end of World War II and after Japan's defeat, it is a melodrama about a man and a woman at the mercy of war. Wataru is entrusted by his...

Japanese war film.

Lord Oda Nobunaga gains control of nearly all of Japan and tries to enlist the aid of Magoichi and his 3.000 gunners.

1947 Toho film directed by Tadashi Imai

Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and...