Tag Archives: Takashi Shimura

Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is so frightened and obsessed with the idea of nuclear Read More »

This early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiba tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka “The Shark,” Read More »

It’s a battle of good versus evil in the frozen north when former prison inmate Katsuji takes on Boss Tamaru Read More »

As the Killer Priest Shinkai travels around Japan during the Meiji era Read More »

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Read More »

Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. Read More »

Oharu is in love with ronin who lives next door, but he is being pursued by two of the town beauties. Read More »

When seventeen vessels blow-up and sink nearby Odo Island, Professor Kyohei Yamane, his daughter Emiko Yamane Read More »

During World War II, the management of a war industry of optical instruments for weapons requests Read More »

After a battle with rival criminals, a small-time gangster is treated by an alcoholic doctor in post-war Japan. Read More »