Hideo Takamatsu Movies

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this...

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps...

A gangster named Sagara killed a broker at the request of a friend named Oba, was arrested and spent eight years in prison. Now released, he wants to...

Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage that had a slump in its...

A studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.

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.

On the night of the Sanja Festival, a bloodstained wallet left in the hands of a female pickpocket… The boss’s sinister grasp closing in...

A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

Third movie of the series starring Hakuryu.

Ide of the Kokusai Rayon Company visits a supermarket and finds cheap shirts being passed off as his company's products. But a closer look reveals...

Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and tragic crime. A reporter (Ken Utsui)...

The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate like a ruthless conglomerate -- and thriving.

The case of the counterfeit bills that spread all over Japan.

A large, dinosaur-like monster has risen from Tokyo Bay and attacked the city. As the government collapses into chaos, the people of a rural town in...

Hidemi is bored of school, and decides to find another way to succeed in life.

Depicts four cheerful, young former college students with promising futures who die tragic deaths as pilots in the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps.

A bunch of young, angry and penniless misfits are full of great vitality. They aren’t quite up to joining the yakuza and execute a variety of...

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