Akira Takarada Movies

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life,...

A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

The first of eight "Three Dolls" features. In this entry the girls, students at Nichinan University, balance studying for the final exams while...

In a small Tohoku town, family tensions rise when a sick mother’s care leads to conflict over a mistress joining the household....

Story of love, friendship, and college sports.

May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes...

Two brothers must take the helm of their family's company, Armadillo, Inc., after their father steps down from his position as the company's...

An all-star reboot of the lost classic 1934 film, The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through The Country, made with the cooperation of director Yoshiro...

1956 Drama by Toshio Sugie

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in...

Emiko Hayasaka (Seiko Matsuda), who lives in Hawaii, has arranged a marriage with Akira Kuniyoshi (Shinji Yamashita), the son of the president of a...

About schoolgirls in a rural town, and a love letter which has the entire community in an uproar.

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity".

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

In a seaside town, local boys run each morning to glimpse wealthy Miyako, sparking a prank-filled rivalry with the shopgirls. Hoping to impress her...

Shigemitsu Kamio, a member of a Shibuya color-gang who is respected even by other chīmers (delinquents), carries the bitter secret of having...