Takeshi Sakamoto Movies

An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo, until he chances upon an old friend and...

During the Depression, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is sacked for defending an older colleague.

The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.

In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take...

Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew,...

Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.

Japanese silent film from 1929.

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

A Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind by a former patron, leading to much curiosity among...

After being discharged from the military, Kenzo, convinced of his older brother Kenichi’s innocence—who had been executed five years...

A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a...

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

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

Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko...

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been...