Takeshi Sakamoto Movies

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night,...

Kotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.

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

A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.

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

In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and...

A Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind by a former patron, leading to much curiosity among...

"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...

During the Depression, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is sacked for defending an older colleague.

The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’...

Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond.

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

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

While under sedation in a dentist's office, a young art student has sex fantasies about naked women, vampires and a beautiful patient he saw in the...

When noble wanderer Moritaro saves a disowned merchant’s son from gangsters, he becomes entangled in a town’s struggle against...

Detective Umon investigates a wave of counterfeit money in Edo linked to the murder of a mint official. His search leads him to a mysterious...

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

An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo, until he chances upon an old friend and...