Takeshi Sakamoto Movies

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...

Nami (波 Nami) is a Japanese film directed by Noboru Nakamura. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.

Inochi uruwashi

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

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

1961 Japanese movie

The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.

A young couple is harrased by an uncle.

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...

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

Lost silent film

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the...

Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.

A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.

A geisha helps a runaway who looks just like her.

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

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...

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The...

A film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve of violent changes, tells the story of a young man...