Ken Takakura Movies

A Dead Drifter / Hyoryû shitaî

Japanese drama film.

The life of entertainers in Asakusa’s pleasure quarters. An exciting yakuza story with superb action.

A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang. ...

Japanese drama film.

Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond.

A film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve of violent changes, tells the story of a young man...

Ken Takakura's screen debut, following his admission into Toei ranks via the studio's annual New Faces program, came surprisingly enough in this pair...

Japanese mystery film.

Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological...

Japanese comedy film.

A geisha helps a runaway who looks just like her.

One of the earliest of sukeban / girl boss type eiga

The Domain: Rising Dragon

The Domain: Severed Relations

A Kansai gang is up to conquer the whole country under the mask of a patriotic group. However after an assassination their henchmen will struggle to...

The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and...