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 melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.

A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.

A period drama about samurai who survived a loss in battle. An early jidaegeki by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

A boy falls in love with a girl. Neither of them know that she's to be sold to a brothel.

A young couple flee their disapproving parents, get lost of Mt. Akagi and find a cache of gold protected by the ghost of a gangster.

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce...

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.

A road trip comedy set against the backdrop of the famous historical sites of Tohoku and Hokkaido.

Mariko is an innocent girl who grew up in the highlands of Shinshu. She moves to Tokyo to live with her father who has successfully returned to...

In a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their studies and find jobs. Considered a lost film.

A young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather unlikely, and unwilling, parental figure, while...

A 1937 Japanese film.

A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is...

1939 Japanese movie

A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But...