Takashi Shimura Movies

A grieving factory worker storms a Tokyo police station, holding a department chief at gunpoint, convinced he killed his girlfriend. When he learns...

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

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

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

Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a briefcase full of cash. His impulsive decision...

Movie about biological mothers, foster mothers, and stepmothers.

Ken, son of a former samurai settles with his family in the west from Japan. Soon his family is killed in front of him by stagecoach robbers, making...

Ken Takakura stars as Ryoji one of the Aramasa family's loyal lieutenants whao takes the burden of his family being insulted by the Tanuma's family...

Based on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the love of the proud geisha Nobukichi Hakata in the...

About schoolgirls in a rural town, and a love letter which has the entire community in an uproar.

A man with a dark past comes from Tokyo to the fishing port of Izu, and tries to begin a new life as a fisherman.

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

A skilled assassin's services are called upon to put an end to the ugly turf battle between two yakuza families, Mitsuwa and Aikawa. Forced by the...

The tale of Nakayama Yasubei’s duel is famous, even if he in reality probably did not cut down 18 opponents. The story has been related in...

1962 Japanese movie