Takeshi Sakamoto Movies

1956 Japanese movie

Rikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day They help Ocho, who is a beautiful pickpocket when she...

Bank robbers hide their loot in an underwater cave in a small fishing village, but the Ama (female divers) of the village suspect something and dive...

After being discharged from the military, Kenzo, convinced of his older brother Kenichi’s innocence—who had been executed five years...

That Night's Woman

A Japanese screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes: two timid men, egged on by their wives, end up in a bitter duel over an expensive...

A young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather unlikely, and unwilling, parental figure, while...

A ronin sets out on a journey with his horse, with no particular destination in mind. Re-released in 1953.

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.

It is considered to be a lost film.

A wandering swordsman helps a doll maker and his fiancée fight against a ruthless gang in a small town. As tensions escalate, epic duels and...

In a back alley of the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Kihachi bears witness to a series of romantic complications involving the inhabitants of the...

A human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her foster parents and ends up with her mother in...

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The...

A heartrending love story between an aspiring singer and a unnamed composer. Sobbing love songs sung by a heroine Mieko Takemine.

A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.

Japanese comedy film.