Hideko Takamine Movies

9th directorial work by Yamamoto Satsuo.

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a...

The story of an airport and its air traffic control crew in a remote and northern Japanese town. Three of the air traffic controllers are female with...

The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined...

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who...

The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its...

A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.

A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.

Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness

Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).

A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of...

Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Yagibashis and the far less prosperous...

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin....

Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The new secretary, Nobuko, suggested her "shacho-san"...

Based on an autobiographical story by Toyota Masako.

A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble with the police. She gets sent to an "institute"...

My Daughter's Only Wish tells the story of a poorly paid and clumsy office clerk, played with much comedic talent by Atsushi Watanabe. His biggest...