Hisako Takihana Movies

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) shoves aside her mentor (Kyo Machiko) on her way...

When a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the officer, becoming thereby a fugitive, haunted and...

Japanese war film.

Shunji Mitamura's wife died very early and left him a young son. Shunji's sister Hideko decided to fulfill her sisterly duty and moved to the main...

Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a gentle heart. Soichi's wife, Kuniko is devoted to...

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...

Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

1956 Japanese movie

Film directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako

Based on a story by Akiyuki Nosaka.

Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord Kira Yoshinaka as detailed in Japan's...

A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.

The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.

The movie depicts the youth of kamikaze pilots who scattered young lives in the sky.

Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned...

A story of aristocratic star-crossed love.