Minoru Takada Movies

Father, son Kentaro and daughter Ochiyo, who live on the banks of the Sumida River, regain their love for each other after family discord and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Minoru Takada

The superhero Starman is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from belligerent aliens from the Sapphire Galaxy. The Sapphireans (or...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Utsui

The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Tadao Takashima

After facing hard times, an orphan Korean boy gets adopted to Japanese society. He meets several Japanese people who are kind to him, and grows up...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Minoru Takada

An evil brain from outer space unleashes monsters with deadly diseases on Earth with trying to conquer the universe. Superhero Starman must battle...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Utsui

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Yūji Hori

In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Koreya Senda

Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Utsui

Genre: History

Cast: Hibari Misora

Genre: History

Cast: Hibari Misora

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshio Kurosawa

Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chiemi Eri

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Frankie Sakai

A bunch of pernicious salamander men from the planet Kulimon in the Moffit Galaxy plan on taking over Earth by unleashing a lethal plague on mankind....

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Utsui

Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she has met through her work.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Emiko Yagumo

Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts...

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Cast: Takako Irie

OSHINO, the beautiful daughter of restaurant owners, is in love with SHIRASAGI the painter. But there is another young man, the son of a moneylender...

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Cast: Takako Irie

Part 1 of a 2-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. The central character here is Toyomi (played by Takako IRIE, star of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takako Irie

Part 2 of a 2-part romance (fist part - Kafuku zempen) based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. In the second half, we discover that Toyomi is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takako Irie

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Cast: Machiko Kyō

When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice.

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Seizaburō Kawazu

The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokudani, a place along his journey through various...

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan, and the appearance of the heroic woman Oshin,...

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Tetsuo Nomoto, a young graduated student tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he will marry his girlfriend, Machiko, whom he hides the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Minoru Takada

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kenichi Enomoto

Genre: Drama

Cast: Minoru Takada

Early adaptation of the book "The Inugami Clan", featuring the detective Kōsuke Kindaichi.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

The 2nd Super Giant film. Super Giant continues his battle against the foreign terrorists. In return, they frame him for murder. (Part 2 of 2)

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Ken Utsui

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hizuru Takachiho

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Cast: Yukiko Todoroki

Two high school girls, Ruri and Yumi, go to Kyoto on a school trip, here they get acquainted with Hinagiku, there are many adventures ahead of the...

Genre: Music

Cast: Hibari Misora

Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Genre: Crime

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Chikako Miyagi

After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Yōsuke Natsuki

A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of...

Genre: War

Cast: Denmei Suzuki

Kenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, and she finds out what kind of guy he...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Minoru Takada

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Setsuko Hara

Two young girls, Nobiko and Tomiko, go to the same school. The less fortunate girl Nobiko is one of the top students, while the rich girl Tomiko is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takako Irie

It's been a long time since the war. Since we haven't been at war with America yet, there is a line in the movie that asks, "How do you say "dried...

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Cast: Minoru Takada

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

A sensual love-story between two lesbian nuns.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Miyuki Takakura

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the...

Genre: History

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

Harada Kai, the Date clan's Chamberlain attempts to take power from the lord himself.

Genre: History

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Masayuki Mori

1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ichirō Ryūzaki

Japanese film about motorcycle racing.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jun Tazaki

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kingorō Yanagiya

Japanese war film.

Genre: War

Cast: Susumu Fujita

Japanese film.

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Susumu Fujita

Japanese musical.

Genre: Music

Cast: Izumi Yukimura

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Cast: Izumi Yukimura

Japanese film.

Genre: Action

Cast: Jun Tazaki

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

Japanese film.

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the...

Genre: War

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isuzu Yamada

In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an...

Genre: War

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

Set in a tavern, director Tomu Uchida depicts the joys and sorrows of the people who gather there in an experimental style, weaving in a variety of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isamu Kosugi

1941 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Minoru Takada

Adaptation of a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya that was serialized in "Shufu no tomo" between 1939 and 1940.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takako Irie

The film depicts the exploits of Kindaichi Kosuke, who pursues a series of serial murders that occur one after another along with the terrifying...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by...

Genre: Action

Cast: Minoru Takada

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...

Genre: War

Cast: Susumu Fujita

Adaptation of the novel by Bunroku Shishi.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ken Uehara

Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ruriko Asaoka

Japanese drama film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mitsuko Miura

20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobuko Otowa

College student Yuuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuuichi has his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūzō Kayama

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.

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Cast: Hideko Takamine

Genre: History

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

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...

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Cast: Emiko Yagumo

A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

Three and a half years after Japan was bombed, the tax authorities organized the T-Men. Nango is in love with a girl called Mibu, and the two are...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Eitarō Ozawa

Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tatsuo Saitō

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Cast: Takako Irie

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Roppa Furukawa

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Cast: Keiko Hibino

A priest in Hokkaido adopts a blind orphan girl, and as she grows up he finds himself falling in love with her.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Seiji Miyaguchi

Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.

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Cast: Hisaya Morishige

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hideko Takamine

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.

Genre: War

Cast: Shin Saburi