Hisako Takihana Movies

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

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This...

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...

Yutaro Kodan, born under a cloud because his aristocrat father died opposing the shogunate, stumbles onto a treasure map. Lusting after the treasure,...

1962 Japanese movie

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

In Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic success liked by his teacher. Things are not going...

Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as...

A mystery story set on a haunted island: a student is murdered, followed by the suicide of his lover.

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

In 1945, in a Shanghai filled with a palpable sense of unease as the war was still raging, Atsuko Kijima and Ryuji Kudo fell in love and exchanged...

The sincere clown act performed by a master thief who infiltrates a remote island.

A wife is diagnosed with an incurable disease at a young age. Her husband loves her, supports her, and tries to stay with her. However, the wife is...

This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film...

1956 Japanese movie

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