Akira Takarada Movies

  • 1958
    Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

    Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

    Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

    3.21958HD

    An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote...

    Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
  • 1959
    The Three Treasures

    The Three Treasures

    The Three Treasures

    5.41959HD

    The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the...

    The Three Treasures
  • 1997
    Woman in Witness Protection

    Woman in Witness Protection

    Woman in Witness Protection

    6.41997HD

    Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of...

    Woman in Witness Protection
  • 1969
    Latitude Zero

    Latitude Zero

    Latitude Zero

    5.7691969HD

    A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named The...

    Latitude Zero
  • 1960
    The Storm of the Pacific

    The Storm of the Pacific

    The Storm of the Pacific

    5.41960HD

    Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in...

    The Storm of the Pacific
  • 1965
    Ironfinger

    Ironfinger

    Ironfinger

    5.91965HD

    After being mistaken for an Interpol agent, a man who was just supposed to go on vacation gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning...

    Ironfinger
  • 2018
    The Great Buddha Arrival

    The Great Buddha Arrival

    The Great Buddha Arrival

    62018HD

    An all-star reboot of the lost classic 1934 film, The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through The Country, made with the cooperation of director Yoshiro...

    The Great Buddha Arrival
  • 2015
    The Man of the Political Economy

    The Man of the Political Economy

    The Man of the Political Economy

    02015HD

    Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high economic growth serve as the basis for him to...

    The Man of the Political Economy
  • 1960
    The Masterless 47

    The Masterless 47

    The Masterless 47

    01960HD

    Part one of The Masterless 47.

    The Masterless 47
  • 1959
    The Big Boss

    The Big Boss

    The Big Boss

    6.31959HD

    Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life,...

    The Big Boss
  • 2008
    Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

    Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

    Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

    8.42008HD

    A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the tradition of Japanese special-effects. Highlighted is...

    Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
  • 1962
    The Wiser Age

    The Wiser Age

    The Wiser Age

    7.31962HD

    Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

    The Wiser Age
  • 2019
    The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

    The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

    The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

    8.4442019HD

    Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film...

    The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
  • 1957
    Price of Beauty

    Price of Beauty

    Price of Beauty

    01957HD

    Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity".

    Price of Beauty
  • 1962
    女難コースを突破せよ

    女難コースを突破せよ

    女難コースを突破せよ

    01962HD

    1962 Japanese movie

    女難コースを突破せよ
  • 1983
    Legend of Plumeria

    Legend of Plumeria

    Legend of Plumeria

    01983HD

    Emiko Hayasaka (Seiko Matsuda), who lives in Hawaii, has arranged a marriage with Akira Kuniyoshi (Shinji Yamashita), the son of the president of a...

    Legend of Plumeria
  • 2014
    A Far Promise

    A Far Promise

    A Far Promise

    02014HD

    There was a tragedy that began at the end of the '69 war. The sad story about the lives of the orphans of Manchuria refugee camp who had to struggled...

    A Far Promise
  • 1959
    A Whistle in My Heart

    A Whistle in My Heart

    A Whistle in My Heart

    6.31959HD

    The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.

    A Whistle in My Heart
  • 1963
    A Woman's Life

    A Woman's Life

    A Woman's Life

    7.11963HD

    A woman remember's her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

    A Woman's Life
  • 1957
    Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

    Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

    Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

    8.81957HD

    Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters! in a...

    Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean