Takashi Shimura Movies

1961 Japanese movie

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

1962 Japanese movie

Japanese mystery film.

The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and...

The story of an airport and its air traffic control crew in a remote and northern Japanese town. Three of the air traffic controllers are female with...

A young man and woman are determined to marry despite opposition from her parents.

This action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza.

Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai...

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

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives.

Mine, the only daughter of Kiyagen, is faced with running the family's timber business when her father falls ill. Under a great deal of pressure to...

Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become romantically involved with Furuya's mistress, Natsue....

A man with a dark past comes from Tokyo to the fishing port of Izu, and tries to begin a new life as a fisherman.