Takeshi Sakamoto Movies

When Tsukamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he investigates other employment opportunities. Considered to be a...

An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (Takeshi Sakamoto) who lives deep in the mountains....

A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.

A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.

The narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime committed by his boss. The woman also has a child to...

The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.

A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner. However his colleagues immediately start...

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako...

A young couple flee their disapproving parents, get lost of Mt. Akagi and find a cache of gold protected by the ghost of a gangster.

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him...

Kotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.

Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’...

Melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut