Hisako Takihana Movies

A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husband becomes jealous of the widower and his wife.

Set in Tsukuda Island, Tokyo, this drama SP depicts a misunderstanding between an old man with old-fashioned spirit and a young tenant.

Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord Kira Yoshinaka as detailed in Japan's...

Based on a story by Akiyuki Nosaka.

1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

Depicts four cheerful, young former college students with promising futures who die tragic deaths as pilots in the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps.

Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi

One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of...

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

The movie depicts the youth of kamikaze pilots who scattered young lives in the sky.

1962 Japanese movie

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This...

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

Japanese war film.

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...

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

A dead beauty is found in the trunk. Kubota (Miaki), Okayama (Kawazu) and Tsuji (Funakoshi) begin investigating this mysterious crime at the...