It’s a battle of good versus evil in the frozen north when former prison inmate Katsuji takes on Boss Tamaru Read More »
Tag Archives: Takashi Shimura
Gokuaku bozu – Nomu utsu kau AKA Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments (1971) Buichi Saitô, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Bunta Sugawara, Takashi Shimura
As the Killer Priest Shinkai travels around Japan during the Meiji era Read More »
The Prickly-mouthed Geisha AKA Beran me-e geisha (1959) Eiichi Koishi, Hibari Misora, Shinjirô Ebara, Takashi Shimura
Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Read More »
Snow Trail AKA Ginrei no hate (1947) Senkichi Taniguchi, Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Kosugi
Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. Read More »
Singing Lovebirds AKA Oshidori utagassen (1939) Masahiro Makino, Chiezô Kataoka, Ryôsuke Kagawa, Takashi Shimura
Oharu is in love with ronin who lives next door, but he is being pursued by two of the town beauties. Read More »
Godzilla AKA Gojira (1954) Ishirô Honda, Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada
When seventeen vessels blow-up and sink nearby Odo Island, Professor Kyohei Yamane, his daughter Emiko Yamane Read More »
The Most Beautiful AKA Ichiban utsukushiku (1944) Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Shimura, Sôji Kiyokawa, Ichirô Sugai
During World War II, the management of a war industry of optical instruments for weapons requests Read More »
Drunken Angel (1948) Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Reizaburô Yamamoto
After a battle with rival criminals, a small-time gangster is treated by an alcoholic doctor in post-war Japan. Read More »
Attack Squadron! (1963) Shûe Matsubayashi, Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Takashi Shimura
Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. Read More »
The Quiet Duel (1949) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Miki Sanjô, Drama
In 1944, in WWII, Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki cuts his finger with the scalpel during a surgery in a field hospital and is infected by spirochete from his patient Susumu Nakada. Read More »