Takeshi Sakamoto Movies

A period drama about samurai who survived a loss in battle. An early jidaegeki by Hiroshi Shimizu.

That Night's Woman

A 1937 Japanese film.

A young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather unlikely, and unwilling, parental figure, while...

1961 Japanese movie

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big...

Rikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day They help Ocho, who is a beautiful pickpocket when she...

The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.

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’...

1962 Japanese movie

Japanese mystery film marking Yuka Mizuhara's film debut.

An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (Takeshi Sakamoto) who lives deep in the mountains....

Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.

In a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their studies and find jobs. Considered a lost film.

A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.

Kotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.

1945 Japanese movie

Japanese jidaigeki from 1927. The titular character's nickname may suggest agility, stealth, or other outstanding skills.

Japanese comedy film.