Takeshi Sakamoto Movies

Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some...

A nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song made popular by singer Hamako Watanabe during the Second...

An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo, until he chances upon an old friend and...

Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant...

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tension between tradition and modernity.

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big...

The narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime committed by his boss. The woman also has a child to...

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

Three couples connected to rival business and theatrical families navigate complicated romances, workplace disputes, and family opposition.

A private detective chases a female pickpocket into a film studio and dashes through the sets. With special appearances by a star-studded cast.

Movie about a devoted and single woman and her daughter. The mother's nickname is "Bokuseki" (wooden head) because of his supposed stubbornness....

Kotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.

Japanese war movie.

Bank robbers hide their loot in an underwater cave in a small fishing village, but the Ama (female divers) of the village suspect something and dive...

A married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him. Considered to be a lost film.