Takeshi Sakamoto Movies

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

A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner. However his colleagues immediately start...

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.

Comedy about a young man juggling several girlfriends. Considered to be a lost film.

Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako...

The southern tip of Shikoku. This village, surrounded by a bay, where, according to legend, the former warriors of the Heike clan settled, is famous...

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...

Lost silent film

An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (Takeshi Sakamoto) who lives deep in the mountains....

Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.

Born to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to spend her life serving god, she sets off to a convent...

Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.

1956 Japanese movie

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big...

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

In a back alley of the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Kihachi bears witness to a series of romantic complications involving the inhabitants of the...

That Night's Woman

Melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut