Hideko Takamine Movies
- 1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer8.41961HD
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old...
- 1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs7.9811960HD
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...
- 1955
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds7.71955HD
A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He...
- 1964
Yearning
Yearning8.11964HD
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly...
- 1931
Tokyo Chorus
Tokyo Chorus6.7261931HD
In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his job.
- 1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
Twenty-Four Eyes7.71954HD
From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and...
- 1950
The Munekata Sisters
The Munekata Sisters6.91950HD
Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both of them...
- 1958
The Rickshaw Man
The Rickshaw Man7.11958HD
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
- 1956
Flowing
Flowing7.11956HD
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade...
- 1946
Those Who Make Tomorrow
Those Who Make Tomorrow01946HD
Two sisters, one a dancer and the other a script supervisor at a big movie studio, become embroiled in union activities when a strike is called in...
- 1961
Immortal Love
Immortal Love7.51961HD
The year is 1932, and a woman, whose tenant-farmer fiancé is fighting in China, is raped by the landowner's son, who has returned from the war...
- 1951
Carmen Comes Home
Carmen Comes Home6.21951HD
A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.
- 1958
Stakeout
Stakeout6.91958HD
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.
- 1966
Moment of Terror
Moment of Terror6.31966HD
When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling drama. The car was driven by...
- 1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Where Chimneys Are Seen6.41953HD
Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial...
- 1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Times of Joy and Sorrow91957HD
The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.
- 1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Three Women Around Yoshinaka71956HD
The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari. Close in setting to Kinugasa’s famous...
- 1960
The River Fuefuki
The River Fuefuki7.51960HD
In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge...
- 1951
Sasaki Kojiro
Sasaki Kojiro51951HD
Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as...
- 1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
A Wanderer's Notebook7.21962HD
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...