Tōru Takemitsu Movies

  • 1962
    The Body

    The Body

    The Body

    7.31962HD

    The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.

    The Body
  • 1986
    Gonza the Spearman

    Gonza the Spearman

    Gonza the Spearman

    71986HD

    During the peaceful Tokugawa period, handsome samurai Gonza becomes entangled in a tragic love triangle and a web of deceit while trying to advance...

    Gonza the Spearman
  • 1983
    Lanterns on Blue Waters

    Lanterns on Blue Waters

    Lanterns on Blue Waters

    5.81983HD

    The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89...

    Lanterns on Blue Waters
  • 1959
    Vagabond Lovers

    Vagabond Lovers

    Vagabond Lovers

    01959HD

    Vagabond Lovers
  • 1965
    With Beauty and Sorrow

    With Beauty and Sorrow

    With Beauty and Sorrow

    5.71965HD

    When the man who seduced famous painter Otoko Ueno as a teenager–and then wrote a bestselling novel about it–reappears in her life, her...

    With Beauty and Sorrow
  • 1992
    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden

    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden

    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden

    81992HD

    Exquisite exploration of landscape and Toru Takemitsu's music for a Japanese moss garden.

    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden
  • 1988
    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

    6.81988HD

    Young orphan Onimaru is adopted by the wealthy Yamabe family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his...

    Wuthering Heights
  • 1965
    Beast Alley

    Beast Alley

    Beast Alley

    71965HD

    Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns down their home to start anew. She is soon...

    Beast Alley
  • 1962
    A Flame at the Pier

    A Flame at the Pier

    A Flame at the Pier

    6.11962HD

    A union-busting Yokohama dockworker learns that the loyalties that rule his life are based on shaky foundations. Believing that his manager was...

    A Flame at the Pier
  • 1968
    Hymn to a Tired Man

    Hymn to a Tired Man

    Hymn to a Tired Man

    8.21968HD

    During WWII, Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son has fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.

    Hymn to a Tired Man
  • 1963
    She and He

    She and He

    She and He

    71963HD

    As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own life even as her husband's life...

    She and He
  • 1971
    The Earth is Born Again

    The Earth is Born Again

    The Earth is Born Again

    01971HD

    A dramatic film that recorded the history of Japan in the period of high economic growth. This work deals with Kashima Rinkai industrial zone...

    The Earth is Born Again
  • 1968
    The Man Without a Map

    The Man Without a Map

    The Man Without a Map

    6.71968HD

    A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man...

    The Man Without a Map
  • 1965
    Illusion of Blood

    Illusion of Blood

    Illusion of Blood

    6.41965HD

    The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.

    Illusion of Blood
  • 1992
    Basara: The Princess Goh

    Basara: The Princess Goh

    Basara: The Princess Goh

    71992HD

    Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to...

    Basara: The Princess Goh
  • 1962
    A Full Life

    A Full Life

    A Full Life

    101962HD

    A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.

    A Full Life
  • 1978
    Glowing Autumn

    Glowing Autumn

    Glowing Autumn

    81978HD

    A very beautiful Japanese woman is in love with Persian carpets. She is being chased by lecherous Saburi Shin and a handsome young photographer....

    Glowing Autumn
  • 1984
    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure

    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure

    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure

    6.21984HD

    Made for the centenary of France’s trade union laws, Chris Marker’s 2084 imagines a future in which a computer looks back on the labor...

    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure
  • 1967
    Clouds at Sunset

    Clouds at Sunset

    Clouds at Sunset

    61967HD

    A Japanese soldier deserts his position and travels to a small town on the Sea of Japan to start over. When a young maid falls for him, he talks her...

    Clouds at Sunset
  • 1960
    Youth in Fury

    Youth in Fury

    Youth in Fury

    71960HD

    Amidst the 1960 Japanese-American mutual security treaty, alienated young nihilist Takuya struggles to find his footing between his do-nothing wealth...

    Youth in Fury