Takashi Shimura Movies

The story of an airport and its air traffic control crew in a remote and northern Japanese town. Three of the air traffic controllers are female with...

This action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza.

A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless.

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

“Dokuro sen” (The Skull Coin) is the first film adaptation of the popular novel by Kikuo Sumita. The story evolves around the seven...

Japanese war film.

Adventures of Mori no Ishimatsu, a famous member of Jirocho gang. Ishimatsu is strong in righteousness weak to mercy, who falls in love at first...

When a corrupt executive takes over his struggling company and violates his girlfriend, a young salaryman declares war, leaving his job to expose the...

1962 Japanese movie

It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first year of the Meiji period.

A young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his wife is being unfaithful to him. He contrives his...

In a small Tohoku town, family tensions rise when a sick mother’s care leads to conflict over a mistress joining the household....

At Kaikō Girls’ School, a fake love letter sparks a heated PTA debate. Teacher Shimazaki wins the vote, while students and staff navigate...

An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu.

1958 Theater of Life adaptation.

Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

After facing hard times, an orphan Korean boy gets adopted to Japanese society. He meets several Japanese people who are kind to him, and grows up...