Takeshi Sakamoto Movies

1939 Japanese movie

Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant...

After the father of her son leaves her high and dry, Kazuko gives her child up for adoption and takes a job at a hot spring resort, watching her son...

Before a young woman can be sold to a geisha, she becomes pregnant.

A blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The...

A young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather unlikely, and unwilling, parental figure, while...

A film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve of violent changes, tells the story of a young man...

A geisha helps a runaway who looks just like her.

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki...

The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War...

The brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when the father becomes sick, and eventually live with their...

A road trip comedy set against the backdrop of the famous historical sites of Tohoku and Hokkaido.

A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister's a modern girl who's starting...

A ronin sets out on a journey with his horse, with no particular destination in mind. Re-released in 1953.

Comedy about a young man juggling several girlfriends. Considered to be a lost film.

Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.

A young couple is harrased by an uncle.