Takashi Shimura Movies

The story of Kanesuke and Entaro who are master elephant trainers in charge of two elephants, Taro and Hanako at the Metropolitan Zoo.

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

A period comedy set at the end of the Sengoku Period about Sasuke Saruhi, a middle-aged ninja.

A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless.

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

This action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza.

A skilled assassin's services are called upon to put an end to the ugly turf battle between two yakuza families, Mitsuwa and Aikawa. Forced by the...

Forty-seven Ronin of the Ako clan are waiting for the right moment to avenge the insult and death of their master. The film tells the story of one of...

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

The life of three beautiful princesses in feudal Japan.

A veteran officer and a young detective investigate a late-night taxi-driver killing; tracing an illegally held pistol leads them through a chain of...

Set at the end of World War II and after Japan's defeat, it is a melodrama about a man and a woman at the mercy of war. Wataru is entrusted by his...

Early Japanese three-part samurai / fantasy serial.

Youth movie.

1947 Toho film directed by Tadashi Imai