Movies: Nobuo Takagi

  • 1959
    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    8.11959HD

    After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his...

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • 1954
    Twenty-Four Eyes

    Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)

    Twenty-Four Eyes

    7.71954HD

    From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances....

    Twenty-Four Eyes
  • 1964
    Pale Flower

    Pale Flower (1964)

    Pale Flower

    7.41964HD

    A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling....

    Pale Flower
  • 1974
    The Castle of Sand

    The Castle of Sand (1974)

    The Castle of Sand

    7.31974HD

    Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard....

    The Castle of Sand
  • 1956
    I Will Buy You

    I Will Buy You (1956)

    I Will Buy You

    71956HD

    A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers....

    I Will Buy You
  • 1971
    Shadow of Deception

    Shadow of Deception (1971)

    Shadow of Deception

    6.31971HD

    It was five years ago when Minako spent a night with Sozo, younger brother of her ex-husband. She now lives in a local town with a rich old man who owns a dry goods store. Minako travels to Tokyo on business every three months, during which time she ...

    Shadow of Deception
  • 1955
    She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

    She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955)

    She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

    71955HD

    On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman....

    She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
  • 1959
    Street of Love and Hope

    Street of Love and Hope (1959)

    Street of Love and Hope

    6.61959HD

    A young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. He falls under the wing of Kyoko, an older student whose heart is touched after Masuo sells his pigeons to her. However, after his scam is revealed, can these feelings truly rema...

    Street of Love and Hope
  • 1980
    A Distant Cry from Spring

    A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)

    A Distant Cry from Spring

    7.21980HD

    The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the a...

    A Distant Cry from Spring
  • 1968
    Black Lizard

    Black Lizard (1968)

    Black Lizard

    6.71968HD

    A detective tries to outwit a jewel thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquisite diamond....

    Black Lizard
  • 1980
    Tora-san's Tropical Fever

    Tora-san's Tropical Fever (1980)

    Tora-san's Tropical Fever

    81980HD

    When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her side....

    Tora-san's Tropical Fever
  • 1969
    It's Tough Being a Man

    It's Tough Being a Man (1969)

    It's Tough Being a Man

    8.11969HD

    Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting and ruining Sa...

    It's Tough Being a Man
  • 1960
    The River Fuefuki

    The River Fuefuki (1960)

    The River Fuefuki

    7.51960HD

    In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followe...

    The River Fuefuki
  • 1961
    Zero Focus

    Zero Focus (1961)

    Zero Focus

    6.61961HD

    One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With onl...

    Zero Focus
  • 1973
    Miyamoto Musashi

    Miyamoto Musashi (1973)

    Miyamoto Musashi

    7.11973HD

    In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Koji...

    Miyamoto Musashi
  • 1978
    August without Emperor

    August without Emperor (1978)

    August without Emperor

    71978HD

    Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspir...

    August without Emperor
  • 1962
    August Moon

    August Moon (1962)

    August Moon

    01962HD

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    August Moon
  • 1973
    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog (1973)

    Stray Dog

    71973HD

    When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works feverishly to trace the location of his pistol, ultimately cla...

    Stray Dog
  • 1970
    Tora-san's Grand Scheme

    Tora-san's Grand Scheme (1970)

    Tora-san's Grand Scheme

    7.41970HD

    After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he owes them, but the plan hits a snag. Also, a pretty kindergarten teacher rents a room at Toraya....

    Tora-san's Grand Scheme
  • 1959
    The Snow Flurry

    The Snow Flurry (1959)

    The Snow Flurry

    6.61959HD

    After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child....

    The Snow Flurry