Takashi Shimura Movies

1962 Japanese movie

1942 Japanese movie

The protagonist descends from the mountains with a huge amount of panned gold dust. Upon learning of his wealth, all sorts of people, driven by greed...

Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

Young Sentaro struggles to avenge the murder of his younger sister Osuga and their father.

Romantic melodrama

1958 Theater of Life adaptation.

Two youths – the serious son of a Buddhist abbot and his rakish pal – quarrel over a restaurant keeper's daughter. When one of the youths...

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

A 1944 propaganda film that depicts the fictionalised career of IJAAF pilot Tateo Kato, who led the 64th Sentai during the early months of the...

Japanese war film.

1962 Japanese movie

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

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...

Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said than done, evil forces lurk in Edo and Gentaro...

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...