Takeshi Sakamoto Movies

Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy. However, his father wants him to continue in the...

After being discharged from the military, Kenzo, convinced of his older brother Kenichi’s innocence—who had been executed five years...

Otoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed everything but who now seems to be headed for a...

Japanese comedy film.

Adapted from a novel by Kaoru Funayama

A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner. However his colleagues immediately start...

A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.

Hirano's wife Yasuko had grown weary of her life of poverty. Her feelings of dissatisfaction deepened when she met her elegantly dressed friend...

At the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of wind. As if manipulated by the mysterious voice,...

The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War...

A heartrending love story between an aspiring singer and a unnamed composer. Sobbing love songs sung by a heroine Mieko Takemine.

A married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him. Considered to be a lost film.

That Night's Woman

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

Japanese film from 1933, adapted from Masao Kume's serialized newspaper novel.

Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant...

Swimmers Akio and Natsuko train hard for national competition while Natsuko struggles with family chaos — her father’s affair and her...

A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of...