Takeshi Sakamoto
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
as KawayoshiAn errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor...
Movie pageThe Masseurs and a Woman
as uncreditedA pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The...
Movie pageI Was Born, But...
as JuuyakuTwo young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming...
Movie pageCarmen Comes Home
as Shoichi AoyamaA rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware...
Movie pageWhat Did the Lady Forget?
as SugiyamaA professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited...
Movie pageAn Inn in Tokyo
as KihachiKihachi, an unemployed worker, wanders around the industrial flatlands of Tokyo's Koto district...
Movie pageGrowing Up
as uncreditedA boy falls in love with a girl. Neither of them know that she's to be sold to a brothel.
Movie pageOrnamental Hairpin
as uncreditedA soldier is forced to prolong his stay at a rural spa when he accidentally cuts his foot on an...
Movie pageA Story of Floating Weeds
as KihachiAn aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and...
Movie pageThere Was a Father
as Makoto HirataShuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite...
Movie pageCold Rice, Osan, Chan
as uncreditedThree stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman...
Movie pageWhere Chimneys Are Seen
as Tokuji KawamuraGosho’s most celebrated film both in Japan and the West, Where Chimneys Are Seen is perhaps the...
Movie pageSailor
as Teacher (uncredited)Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy....
Movie pageA Hen in the Wind
as Hikozo SakaiTokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old...
Movie pagePort of Flowers
as uncreditedThe sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at...
Movie pageFamily Diary
as PolicemanTwo childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both...
Movie pageYakuza of Seki
as uncreditedA young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister,...
Movie pageOkoto and Sasuke
as SeikichiA period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her...
Movie pagePassing Fancy
as KihachiIn Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a...
Movie pageA Straightforward Boy
as Boss GontoraA kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.
Movie pageWalk Cheerfully
as OnoKenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet...
Movie pageA Legend, or Was It?
as uncreditedA Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry...
Movie pageBoyhood
as FurukawaWhen a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.
Movie pageBallad of a Workman
as uncreditedA demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to...
Movie pageBurden of Life
as uncreditedFamily drama. A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his...
Movie pageAfter the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced...
Movie pageTokyo Chorus
as Rou-Shain YamadaIn Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from...
Movie pageA Brother and His Younger Sister
as Shinzō AritaA man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger...
Movie pageThe Lady and the Beard
as KareiGraduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the ...
Movie pageStreet Without End
as Guest for portrait painterMikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose...
Movie pageThe Tree of Love
as uncreditedA young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret:...
Movie pageWoman in the Mist
as FumikichiOtoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed...
Movie pageMen vs. Women
as uncreditedA musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of...
Movie pageJoi Kinuyo sensei
as Tessai YamaokaKinuyo is a daughter of doctor of Chinese medicine, and Yasuo is a son of surgeon. Their...
Movie pageYoung Miss Executive
as uncreditedA President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old...
Movie pageHere's to the Young Lady
as Mr. SatoA matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of...
Movie pageSunny house
as uncreditedOn the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded...
Movie pageThe Boss's Son at College
as Fujii's uncle MurakiThe story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his...
Movie pageI Graduated, But...
as SecretaryTetsuo Nomoto, a young graduated student tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he...
Movie pageCity of Love
as Eitaro YoshiiAiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and...
Movie pageEvery-Night Dreams
as uncreditedIn Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the...
Movie pageVictory Song
as Nobue's fatherHisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.
Movie pageKigeki ekimae bentô
as uncreditedThird film in the "Ekimae" series set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run...
Movie pageDays of Youth
as ProfessorStudents Watanabe and Yamamoto unknowingly compete for the same girl.
Movie pageDay-Dream
as Department store guardWhile under sedation in a dentist's office, a young art student has sex fantasies about naked...
Movie pageChildren in the Wind
as UncleOn vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is...
Movie pagePhysical Beauty
as uncreditedA hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts...
Movie pageFireworks Over the Sea
as Jinkichi AikawaA fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains...
Movie pageNatsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
as uncreditedBorn to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to...
Movie pageA Carpenter and Children
as uncreditedA carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an...
Movie pageMaria of the Ant Village
as uncreditedAlongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a...
Movie pageTwice on a Certain Night
as uncreditedPoor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband,...
Movie pageSo Goes My Love
as Shigeo's uncleShigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a...
Movie pageThe Tattered Wings
as Fuyuko's fatherA young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor...
Movie pageWhere Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
as College janitorWhen a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three...
Movie pageSound in the Mist
as uncreditedIn the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko...
Movie pageThe Dancing Girl of Izu
as Hattori"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu...
Movie pageCarmen's Innocent Love
as Landlord's cousinStrip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing...
Movie pageUntamed Woman
as Kisuke, the foster fatherA woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a...
Movie pageLovers' Duet
as Rakugo-kaMelodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut
Movie pageThe Living Magoroku
as uncreditedA wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their...
Movie pageA Certain Woman
as uncreditedPretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at...
Movie pageIntrospection Tower
as Tamiko's FatherA reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The...
Movie pageNew Tokyo March
as uncreditedFollows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter,...
Movie pageWarm Current
as uncreditedAdaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a...
Movie pageI Want to Be a Shellfish
as uncreditedTelevision production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan,...
Movie pageThe Cock Crows Twice
as uncreditedThree young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.
Movie pageFamily Meeting
as HanajuA melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.
Movie pageSpring Comes from the Ladies
as Sakaguchi, tailorA student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him....
Movie pageThe Luck Which Touched the Leg
as Section chiefA salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful...
Movie pageThe Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
as uncreditedPopular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is...
Movie pageMarching On
as uncreditedA farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real...
Movie pageThe Life of an Office Worker
as FriendWhen Tsukamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he...
Movie pageThe Neighbour's Wife and Mine
as uncreditedA playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he...
Movie pageTwenty-Year-Old Youth
as MoritaThe film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged...
Movie pageHotaru no hikari
as uncreditedApproaching their graduation ceremony, Saegusa, Sanae, and their classmates go on an overnight...
Movie pageWife Lost
as UncleA married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him....
Movie pageSeven Seas: Chastity Chapter
as uncreditedPart two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the...
Movie pageSumida River
as uncreditedInoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to...
Movie pageManchurian Sunset
as MatsugenA film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve...
Movie pageFour Seasons of Children
as GrandfatherThe brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when...
Movie pagePumpkin
as PrincipalComedy about a young man juggling several girlfriends. Considered to be a lost film.
Movie pageAn Innocent Maid
as KihachiIn a back alley of the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Kihachi bears witness to a series of...
Movie pageMy Elder Brother
as Нагамацу, водительJyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the...
Movie pageWood and Stone
as uncreditedMovie about a devoted and single woman and her daughter. The mother's nickname is "Bokuseki"...
Movie pageWood and Stone
as director of the arishima's hospitalMovie about a devoted and single woman and her daughter. The mother's nickname is "Bokuseki"...
Movie pageMoon of the Plateau
as uncreditedAn older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their...
Movie pageThe Magical Warrior
as uncreditedRikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day...
Movie pageThe Tokyo Kid
as uncreditedA young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather...
Movie pageOutlaw island
as uncreditedThe southern tip of Shikoku. This village, surrounded by a bay, where, according to legend, the...
Movie pageThe Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
as MatabeiA story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely...
Movie pageJapanese King Kong
as YokoshimaA silent 3-reel comedy short that uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story. It...
Movie pageFlowers of Patriotism
as uncreditedA nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song...
Movie pageThe Dawning Sky
as uncreditedA melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later...
Movie pageThe Waves
as uncreditedNami (波 Nami) is a Japanese film directed by Noboru Nakamura. It was entered into the 1952...
Movie pageCollege is a Nice Place
as TeacherIn a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their...
Movie pageOtoko no iki
as uncreditedThis was 1942, so it was a national policy film, no matter what you call it. But when the war...
Movie pageMiddle-Aged Man
as uncreditedThe story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.
Movie pageThe Bride Talks in Her Sleep
as ThiefThis pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife...
Movie pageOur Chief, Our Doctor
as TaheiIt chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular...
Movie pageMother's Love Letter
as uncreditedDomestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run...
Movie pageHousewife Camellia
as uncreditedThe narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime...
Movie pageLove
as uncreditedHeinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a...
Movie pageTheater
as uncreditedKotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.
Movie pageSilver Stream
as uncreditedMichiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid...
Movie pageMen Fighting Whales
as uncreditedA film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the...
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