Hisako Takihana Movies

Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as...

1962 Japanese movie

A delicate study of the relationship between two disillusioned young people, shot in atmospheric monochrome among Tokyo's decaying lumberyards and...

Japanese war film.

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

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

1958 Theater of Life adaptation.

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it...

Based on a story by Akiyuki Nosaka.

A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.

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

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

1962 Japanese movie

The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

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

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

Based on the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Story of the beautiful blind daughter of a wealthy businessman who falls in love with a servant.