Hideo Takamatsu Movies

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by...

Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a...

The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a supporter of rapprochement with the United...

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.

Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several...

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the...

A fierce succession battle ignites at a newspaper company when the president passes away.

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to...

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover...

When dead people starts returning to the small Japanese town of Aso, government official Kawada is dispatched to uncover the “truth”.

The twelfth 'Road to the Don' film.

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

The picture tells of a tremendous conflict between ju-jitsu, an aggressive art practiced by vicious hoodlums led by Takamatsu, and judo, which is...

In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.

The sixth 'Road to the Don' film.

During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the...

1962 Japanese movie

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.