Eiko Takamatsu Movies

A hard-hearted old woman in a bombed-out Tokyo neighborhood reluctantly takes in an abandoned boy, leading to a heartwarming bond between them.

Tokiko patiently awaits her husband's return from WWII when her four-year old son falls ill. She takes him to the doctor but has no means of paying,...

A rural widow sends her only son to Tokyo to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him and finds he has become a night school teacher...

A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the...

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.

A man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets married... A man's life, full of joy and sorrow,...

A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.

Eiko is an innocent young lady born into a wealthy family with nothing to offer. She was good at singing, and lived her life playing around with her...

A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.

A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.

Japanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year.

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

A young student falls for an invalid girl, whom he can only see from afar.

A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a new, young and honest subordinate is...

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

A young lawyer falls in love with the daughter of his former professor, whom he's hired to tutor his children.

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...

Japanese war movie.

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.