Hisako Takihana Movies

  • 1955
    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

    7.1831955HD

    After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for...

    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
  • 1951
    Repast

    Repast

    Repast

    7.5231951HD

    Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

    Repast
  • 1959
    Across the Darkness

    Across the Darkness

    Across the Darkness

    01959HD

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

    Across the Darkness
  • 1957
    The Blue Sky Maiden

    The Blue Sky Maiden

    The Blue Sky Maiden

    6.7951957HD

    Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she...

    The Blue Sky Maiden
  • 1961
    A Lustful Man

    A Lustful Man

    A Lustful Man

    5.91961HD

    Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that day on, he recklessly and forwardly...

    A Lustful Man
  • 1959
    The Most Valuable Wife

    The Most Valuable Wife

    The Most Valuable Wife

    7.51959HD

    Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of...

    The Most Valuable Wife
  • 1929
    Tokyo March

    Tokyo March

    Tokyo March

    61929HD

    A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in Taishō-era Japan, The nostalgic scenes of 1920s Tokyo provides a valuable...

    Tokyo March
  • 1965
    While Yet a Wife

    While Yet a Wife

    While Yet a Wife

    01965HD

    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...

    While Yet a Wife
  • 1972
    The Long Darkness

    The Long Darkness

    The Long Darkness

    6.81972HD

    A delicate study of the relationship between two disillusioned young people, shot in atmospheric monochrome among Tokyo's decaying lumberyards and...

    The Long Darkness
  • 1966
    The Great White Tower

    The Great White Tower

    The Great White Tower

    6.71966HD

    The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The...

    The Great White Tower
  • 1958
    Forbidden Lips

    Forbidden Lips

    Forbidden Lips

    01958HD

    A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mother and sisters Maiko and a college student.

    Forbidden Lips
  • 1953
    Husband and Wife

    Husband and Wife

    Husband and Wife

    6.61953HD

    A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husband becomes jealous of the widower and his wife.

    Husband and Wife
  • 1948
    The Dead Beauty Incident

    The Dead Beauty Incident

    The Dead Beauty Incident

    01948HD

    A dead beauty is found in the trunk. Kubota (Miaki), Okayama (Kawazu) and Tsuji (Funakoshi) begin investigating this mysterious crime at the...

    The Dead Beauty Incident
  • 1951
    The Tale of Genji

    The Tale of Genji

    The Tale of Genji

    5.51951HD

    Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his...

    The Tale of Genji
  • 1952
    A Ripple in a Morning

    A Ripple in a Morning

    A Ripple in a Morning

    61952HD

    Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.

    A Ripple in a Morning
  • 1951
    Clothes of Deception

    Clothes of Deception

    Clothes of Deception

    6.51951HD

    The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

    Clothes of Deception
  • 1960
    A Woman's Testament

    A Woman's Testament

    A Woman's Testament

    5.81960HD

    The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the...

    A Woman's Testament
  • 1952
    Lightning

    Lightning

    Lightning

    7.141952HD

    The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a...

    Lightning
  • 1957
    An Osaka Story

    An Osaka Story

    An Osaka Story

    5.41957HD

    A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it...

    An Osaka Story
  • 1961
    A Design for Dying

    A Design for Dying

    A Design for Dying

    61961HD

    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 Design for Dying