On the Chinese front, Kisaburo, a young soldier, falls in love with a Chinese spy. Read More »
Tag Archives: Takahiro Tamura
The Sea and Poison AKA Umi to dokuyaku (1986) Kei Kumai, Eiji Okuda, Ken Watanabe, Takahiro Tamura
Downed American fliers in WWII are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in cruel medical experiments. Read More »
Stakeout AKA Harikomi (1958) Yoshitarô Nomura, Minoru Ôki, Takahiro Tamura, Seiji Miyaguchi
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching Read More »
The River Fuefuki AKA Fuefukigawa (1960) Keisuke Kinoshita, Hideko Takamine, Takahiro Tamura, Kôshirô Matsumoto
A young man decides to become a warrior, causing trouble for his clan. Read More »
The Great White Tower AKA Shiroi Kyotô (1966) Satsuo Yamamoto, Jirô Tamiya, Eijirô Tôno, Takahiro Tamura
Zaizen Goro may only be an assistant professor but he has already made a name for himself. Read More »
Magino Village: A Tale AKA 1000-nen kizami no hidokei (1987) Shinsuke Ogawa, Tatsumi Hijikata, Junko Miyashita, Takahiro Tamura
The movie compiles footage taken by Ogawa Production for a period of more than ten years Read More »
Muddy River AKA Doro no kawa (1981) Kôhei Oguri, Takahiro Tamura, Mariko Kaga, Nobutaka Asahara
Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends. Read More »
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965) Daisuke Itô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Takahiro Tamura, Kei Yamamoto
From one of the most important forces in Japanese filmmaking, Ito Daisuke, comes the biography of the greatest Warlord in Japan’s history. Read More »
Seisakus Wife (1965) Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Takahiro Tamura, Nobuo Chiba, Drama, Romance, War
Japan at the beginning of the 20th century. Okane, a beautiful girl from a poor family, must serve as a mistress to a much older rich man. Read More »
Yorokobi mo kanashimi mo ikutoshitsuki / Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957) Keisuke Kinoshita, Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Takahiro Tamura, Drama
Covering the years from 1932 through 1957, this is the story of the trials and tribulations of lighthouse keeper Keiji Sada and his wife Hideko Takamine. Read More »
Kono ten no niji / The Eternal Rainbow (1958) Keisuke Kinoshita, Teiji Takahashi, Yoshiko Kuga, Takahiro Tamura, Drama
Two men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job, while the other finds himself falling for a co-worker. Read More »
Okami yo rakujitsu o kire / The Last Samurai (1974) Kenji Misumi, Hideki Takahashi, Ken Ogata, Takahiro Tamura, Action, Drama
The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Read More »
Yuyake-gumo / Farewell to Dream (1956) Keisuke Kinoshita, Shinji Tanaka, Yûko Mochizuki, Takahiro Tamura, Drama
A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. Read More »