Takashi Shimura Movies

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

An exciting film about thugs, in which murders and drugs, justice and resentment explode in the dark city of Tokyo with the help of guns and violence.

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

After her father gets incapacitated due to a stroke, a young girl named Sanae takes over his postal job to support her family.

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

A veteran officer and a young detective investigate a late-night taxi-driver killing; tracing an illegally held pistol leads them through a chain of...

Fifth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives.

There is an inn named Asano Ya in the port town, and a beautiful woman works there. Every year, during a local festival, travelling artists and...

This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other...

An Ishiro Honda film.

Toru Sagara, a lone wolf assassin, is imprisoned for betraying his employer, Hanawa. After completing his sentence, he immediately takes revenge on...

After being expelled from the Chiba Dojo , Hirate Zoshu , along with his acquaintances Tadaki Ganryu and Tamon Jubei, were hired as bodyguards by...

A classic wartime jidaigeki about the life of the famous samurai and first of the "Great Unifiers" of Japan, Oda Nobunaga, with Kataoka Chiezo and...

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

A gritty, noirish gangster saga.

The fall of an accountant enthralled by the sexual charms of a cabaret dancer.