Osamu Takizawa Movies
- 1965
Kwaidan
Kwaidan7.7141965HD
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...
- 1959
Fires on the Plain
Fires on the Plain7.61959HD
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of...
- 1970
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo6.71970HD
With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a...
- 1958
Stolen Desire
Stolen Desire6.61958HD
A rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows.
- 1951
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji5.51951HD
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...
- 1971
Shadow of Deception
Shadow of Deception6.31971HD
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...
- 1961
Buddha
Buddha01961HD
An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha...
- 1962
The Inheritance
The Inheritance7.21962HD
A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown, so a bevy of lawyers and...
- 1961
Bitter End of a Sweet Night
Bitter End of a Sweet Night5.81961HD
An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder.
- 1935
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts6.81935HD
Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means mainly playing a banjo type instrument for tips in...
- 1951
Story of a Beloved Wife
Story of a Beloved Wife71951HD
Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...
- 1971
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow5.81971HD
Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family from 1935 through Japan's invasion of...
- 1970
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny6.61970HD
The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into...
- 1978
August without Emperor
August without Emperor71978HD
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...
- 1952
Children of Hiroshima
Children of Hiroshima7.11952HD
Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in...
- 1948
Apostasy
Apostasy5.81948HD
In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.
- 1962
Drunkard's Paradise
Drunkard's Paradise01962HD
A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that...
- 1968
The Sands of Kurobe
The Sands of Kurobe6.21968HD
Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of...
- 1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 16.71949HD
Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely...
- 1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
The Loyal 47 Ronin61958HD
Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the...