Hideo Takamatsu Movies

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by...

When dead people starts returning to the small Japanese town of Aso, government official Kawada is dispatched to uncover the “truth”.

Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a...

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to...

Remake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)

Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several...

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

1962 Japanese movie

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance...

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.

Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the...

A fierce succession battle ignites at a newspaper company when the president passes away.

In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

Ide of the Kokusai Rayon Company visits a supermarket and finds cheap shirts being passed off as his company's products. But a closer look reveals...

A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this...

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover...

Japan-Hong Kong co-production.