Masaya Takahashi Movies

Natsuko is witnessed carrying on an affair with her boss, Misawa, by the unmarried Chieko. However, Chieko dies by falling and is found about ten...

Business is a game! A theatrical version of the TV drama that became a social phenomenon starring Teruhiko Saigo. Set in a wholesaler town in Osaka,...

Place your bets! Japan's greatest gambler, Koji Himuro (Akira Kobayashi), faces off against an international cabal of gamblers with only his wits and...

A travelling theater troupe, led by Umagoro Ichikawa, comes to play in a mining town, and manages to sell every seat. Before the play begins,...

Kogoro approaches the true face of a bloody clown who attacks beautiful women one after another! Based on the Edogawa Rampo story, "Hell's Clown."

Based on Kaoru Morimoto oft performed 1945 play, a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo as Kei an abused orphaned girl that eventually...

Two sisters involved in rival underworld sex trade factions compete against each other in this tale of elaborate sex antics, yakuza crime, and bloody...

1962 Japanese movie

The 16th installment in the "Female Gambler" series starring Kyoko Enami. Ginko Otaki's father, Kurakichi, was killed after being falsely accused of...

A drama centered on women, adapted from the novel of the same name by Ineko Sata.

The fifth and final chapter of the Kanto Street Peddlers series! Will the battle in Asakusa be enough for a complete victory?

A major pink film set in the early Meiji era, depicting the lives of a yakuza who tries to make a fortune by starting a new religious movement, and...

Set in Kyokuhoku Citizen Hospital in Hokkaido, Japan. "Kyokuhoku Rhapsody" follows the life of a young doctor for a one year period. Yoshio Imanaka...

A salaryman debates selling his grandfather's land to pay off his father's debt.

Yumi Ishikawa (Mari Atsumi) is nineteen and a popular geisha. Orphaned when a child, Yumi she was raised by Shizuko, the madame of a geisha house....

An artistic and unconventional approach to winter sports, using striking visuals, sound design, and a focus on both the spectacle and the human...

1967 Nikkatsu film.