Takashi Shimura Movies

In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.

The 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast, and were only connected by the title and Toei's...

Film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Youth movie.

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

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...

“Dokuro sen” (The Skull Coin) is the first film adaptation of the popular novel by Kikuo Sumita. The story evolves around the seven...

A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.

1958 Theater of Life adaptation.

Japanese war movie.

In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in order to avenge his parents’ deaths.

First part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.

This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent...

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.