Takeshi Sakamoto Movies

A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his...

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is...

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him...

Hisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the shame. Later she meets the rapist again who is...

Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.

A silent 3-reel comedy short that uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story. It was produced by Shochiku Studios (who released the...

Lost silent film

On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement.

Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki...

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the...

Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's...

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’...