Takeshi Sakamoto Movies

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

A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove.

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

A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.

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

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

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

A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive...

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

Silent jidaigeki released on New Year's Eve, 1926.

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him...

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...

Japanese silent film from 1929.

A ronin sets out on a journey with his horse, with no particular destination in mind. Re-released in 1953.

"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...

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...

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

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...

Japanese comedy film.