Toru Takemitsu Movies

  • 1964
    Pale Flower

    Pale Flower

    Pale Flower

    7.331964HD

    A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young...

    Pale Flower
  • 1977
    Flickering Flames

    Flickering Flames

    Flickering Flames

    101977HD

    In the early hours of April 13th, a five year old hemophiliac child was kidnapped by someone from Tanemura General Hospital in Tokyo, Setagaya. Tokyo...

    Flickering Flames
  • 1966
    The Kii River

    The Kii River

    The Kii River

    81966HD

    Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.

    The Kii River
  • 1974
    Himiko

    Himiko

    Himiko

    6.8521974HD

    The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history.

    Himiko
  • 1971
    Silence

    Silence

    Silence

    7.21971HD

    Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.

    Silence
  • 1975
    Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

    Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

    Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

    6.9491975HD

    A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.

    Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
  • 1965
    With Beauty and Sorrow

    With Beauty and Sorrow

    With Beauty and Sorrow

    5.3671965HD

    When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling novel about it--reappears in her life, her pupil--and...

    With Beauty and Sorrow
  • 1969
    Double Suicide

    Double Suicide

    Double Suicide

    6.8931969HD

    Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan....

    Double Suicide
  • 1956
    Crazed Fruit

    Crazed Fruit

    Crazed Fruit

    6.9391956HD

    Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.

    Crazed Fruit
  • 1968
    Hymn to a Tired Man

    Hymn to a Tired Man

    Hymn to a Tired Man

    7.81968HD

    Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son's fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.

    Hymn to a Tired Man
  • 1973
    Time Within Memory

    Time Within Memory

    Time Within Memory

    4.21973HD

    Minoru visits his home on Okinoerabu island for the first time in thirty years. Seeing the old man who used to be in love with his mother, Minoru...

    Time Within Memory
  • 1963
    Alone Across the Pacific

    Alone Across the Pacific

    Alone Across the Pacific

    6.91963HD

    Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful...

    Alone Across the Pacific
  • 1966
    Captive's Island

    Captive's Island

    Captive's Island

    6.51966HD

    Seeking revenge against the guard who tormented him, a young man returns to the island where he was imprisoned in reform school. But his plans for...

    Captive's Island
  • 1964
    Children Hand in Hand

    Children Hand in Hand

    Children Hand in Hand

    01964HD

    The film centres around a group of schoolchildren navigating the complexities of friendship, trust, and honesty. At its heart is a thoughtful and...

    Children Hand in Hand
  • 1992
    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden

    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden

    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden

    01992HD

    Exquisite exploration of landscape and Toru Takemitsu's music for a Japanese moss garden.

    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden
  • 1971
    The Earth is Born Again

    The Earth is Born Again

    The Earth is Born Again

    01971HD

    A dramatic film that recorded the history of Japan in the period of high economic growth. This work deals with Kashima Rinkai industrial zone...

    The Earth is Born Again
  • 1957
    When It Rains, It Pours

    When It Rains, It Pours

    When It Rains, It Pours

    61957HD

    Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When her eldest daughter loses her fiancé due to...

    When It Rains, It Pours
  • 1966
    Once a Rainy Day

    Once a Rainy Day

    Once a Rainy Day

    01966HD

    Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.

    Once a Rainy Day
  • 1971
    Inn of Evil

    Inn of Evil

    Inn of Evil

    5.9171971HD

    The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an...

    Inn of Evil
  • 1967
    Two in the Shadow

    Two in the Shadow

    Two in the Shadow

    7.61967HD

    A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he...

    Two in the Shadow