Shinji Takano Movies

Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

A musical romance.

Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.

In the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects facing death on the gallows for maltreatment of Allied...

Chie (Sanae Ōhori), newly arrived in Tokyo, saves her friend from school, Mari (Annu Mari), from a suicide attempt. The two girls become close,...

A portrait of a man trying to become an artist in order to escape from his life as a miserable peasant due to severe annual tribute during the reign...

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 story of an ardent young man who laid down his life for his country.

From birth Hideyoshi was a restless, defiant spirit--a child of the poorest of the poor. Cast out of his peasant cottage, he would live by his wits,...

We find Reiko Ike once again cast as a tough schoolgirl who has to band together with her enemies to upset the reign of their private Catholic high...

A mysterious swordsman called Hatokuro Yawata (Ken Matsudaira) who appeared from somewhere with white pigeons is actually Naotada Ii, the lord of...

Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is...

Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works...

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.

1962 Japanese movie

A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown, but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure, and launches a...