Toyo Takahashi Movies

Manao Horiuchi movie

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Cast: Masahiko Tsugawa

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Cast: Kingorō Yanagiya

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chishū Ryū

The story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the 1950s.

Genre: War

Cast: Naoki Sugiura

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Keiji Sada

After his company goes bankrupt, Katsuji Watanabe resorts to pickpocketing again with his old swindler buddies. However, one by one, his friends...

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Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Michiko Saga

War film by Kon Ichikawa

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Cast: Ryō Ikebe

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Shima Iwashita

When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ganjirō Nakamura II

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Hizuru Takachiho

A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shima Iwashita

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Frankie Sakai

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

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Cast: Mako Midori

The fourth part in the series "Code Between Brothers". The story takes place in Fukagawa, Tokyo, at the beginning of the Showa era, where five...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Saburo Kitajima

A Japanese war widow recalls her love affair with her deceased husband.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

On the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded by barracks and tin pens. Mitsu's husband died in the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yukiko Todoroki

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Isao Kimura

1959 Japanese movie

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kappei Matsumoto

1963 Japanese movie

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Cast: Noriko Maki

1961 Japanese movie

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yū Fujiki

A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It’s a musical comedy that shows Segawa’s...

Genre: Music

Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

Hana to ryu: Toshio Masuda directed movie

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Ineko Arima

Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her dancing begins...

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Cast: 花柳寿美

Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

Eighth installment in the "Gokudo" series. Depicts the activities of Shimamura Seikichi and his henchmen

Genre: Crime

Cast: Tomisaburō Wakayama

Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she...

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

After serving his sentence, Yakuza family member Toshin-gumi Umebayashi is released from prison. Toshin-gumi was already headed by the boss in the...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Isamu Nagato

Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chikage Awashima

Based on the Nobu Koito story

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chishū Ryū

Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshiko Kuga

A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kyōko Kagawa

Yoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and postwar disillusion. The story of the fatal...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Mariko Okada

A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ken Takakura

Kinta (Nabe Osami) is Japanese by birth, but raised by a Chinese man. He stowsaway to Japan to see his girlfriend Yukiko but gets picked up for...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hiroshi Inuzuka

Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. When Kotoito, the geisha Asakichi is in love with,...

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Cast: Shintarō Katsu

The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari. Close in setting to Kinugasa’s famous...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mariko Okada

A delinquent young man (Kobayashi Akira) from a wealthy family decides to get in on a blackmailing scheme targeting his young stepmother (Watanabe...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toyo Takahashi

An investigation into a drug smuggler who is assassinated in front of an insurance building sets two detectives, Sumikawa and Akine, into a sprawling...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Jirô Ishizaki

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Takakura

A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Fumio Watanabe

After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. They soon discover the woe of being landlords.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kazuya Kosaka

Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When her eldest daughter loses her fiancé due to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiji Sada

A laid-back man tries to become a member of the yakuza.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kyū Sakamoto

"Pure white nights" - A romantic tale that depicts love between married people and the psychology of their marriage with elegant and a controversial...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shûichi Doki

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Haruko Wanibuchi

On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji falls in love with Hatsue, the daughter of the richest...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter...

Genre: Action

Cast: Isamu Nagato

A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara

Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chishū Ryū

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

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Cast: Shizue Natsukawa

From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

The obstinate black market trader Okyo lives together with her son Seitaro, who works as a mechanic for a bus company. She also looks after her son's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiji Sada

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shin Saburi

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ineko Arima

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chikage Awashima

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michiyo Aratama

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sachiko Hidari

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobuko Otowa

The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Reikichi Kawamura

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shizue Natsukawa

Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for Daishiro. One day, Daishiro got a call from his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tamio Kawachi

Shochiku's popular series of gang films, this one has the hero returning from prison bent on revenge. He runs into Chinese hoodlums, blackmailers and...

Genre: Action

Cast: Noboru Andō

Part 3 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Bunta Sugawara

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shima Iwashita

Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day after committing theft, Asako finds out from the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yaeko Mizutani

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Junzaburō Ban

Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog soldier. He joins the army and winds up sent...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kyōko Kagawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshiko Yamaguchi

A nanny, played by Sayuri Yoshinaga, who lives and works in a Tokyo family, causes all kinds of waves with her outspoken personality and behavior in...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

As a bid to win contacts, ship building companies wine and dine political leaders, inviting the geisha Hidekoma and Hidechiyo to entertain the...

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Cast: Sumiko Hidaka