Etsushi Takahashi Movies

A Yasuzō Masumura film about a love affair starring Ayako Wakao. The literal title is The Two Who Got Wet.

Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family from 1935 through Japan's invasion of...

Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the...

A high school girl becomes convinced that her mother, who was said to have died fourteen years ago, is alive and residing in Hokkaido.

Keiko Inagawa pays a visit to neurologist Aizawa about her fiancé Tatsuo Tamura. A mysterious case involving the disappearance of...

A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the law. Their situation becomes increasingly...

Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly confusion. But he's not going down without a fight.

During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial...

A criminal syndicate wants detective Onihei dead, but the resolute hero proves to be hard to kill.

As a young woman, Oriko condemned her widowed mother for openly pursuing relationships with younger men. After her mother passes away, she finds...

Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the...

An entire Japanese international grade school—and all within—are mysteriously transported to a foreboding desert wasteland. As the story...

1980 Japanese film distributed by Shochiku.

The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.

The daughter of a Prime Minister turns down the proposal of a young teacher when she falls for the wrong man. Despite the continual degradation by...

Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to...

A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a...

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history...

Following the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII. Though they believe their service will help to...