Takashi Shimura Movies

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an...

Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.

Also known as Crazy Uproar.

This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent...

Lord Oda Nobunaga gains control of nearly all of Japan and tries to enlist the aid of Magoichi and his 3.000 gunners.

As the Killer Priest Shinkai travels around Japan during the Meiji era, he comes to the aid of a village headman fighting corruption from up above....

Two youths - the serious son of a Buddhist abbot and his rakish pal - quarrel over a restaurant keeper's daughter. When one of the youths die the...

A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.

The 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast, and were only connected by the title and Toei's...

Early Japanese three-part samurai / fantasy serial.

A Japanese woman, the mistress of an American, falls in love with her servant.

A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first...