Movies: Osamu Takizawa

  • 1965
    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan (1965)

    Kwaidan

    7.71965HD

    Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue come...

    Kwaidan
  • 1952
    Children of Hiroshima

    Children of Hiroshima (1952)

    Children of Hiroshima

    7.21952HD

    Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath....

    Children of Hiroshima
  • 1970
    Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

    Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)

    Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

    6.71970HD

    With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking ...

    Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
  • 1959
    Fires on the Plain

    Fires on the Plain (1959)

    Fires on the Plain

    7.61959HD

    In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte....

    Fires on the Plain
  • 1958
    Stolen Desire

    Stolen Desire (1958)

    Stolen Desire

    6.61958HD

    A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows....

    Stolen Desire
  • 1961
    Bitter End of a Sweet Night

    Bitter End of a Sweet Night (1961)

    Bitter End of a Sweet Night

    5.81961HD

    An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder....

    Bitter End of a Sweet Night
  • 1961
    Buddha

    Buddha (1961)

    Buddha

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    An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals ...

    Buddha
  • 1962
    The Inheritance

    The Inheritance (1962)

    The Inheritance

    7.21962HD

    A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown, so a bevy of lawyers and associates scheme to take advantage of the situation....

    The Inheritance
  • 1963
    A Legend, or Was It?

    A Legend, or Was It? (1963)

    A Legend, or Was It?

    6.51963HD

    A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove....

    A Legend, or Was It?
  • 1973
    Men and War III: The Final Chapter

    Men and War III: The Final Chapter (1973)

    Men and War III: The Final Chapter

    61973HD

    Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family through the Sino-Japanese War through the Soviet Union's sudden attack upon Japanese troops at the end of the war....

    Men and War III: The Final Chapter
  • 1965
    Taking the Castle

    Taking the Castle (1965)

    Taking the Castle

    01965HD

    The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage...

    Taking the Castle
  • 1948
    Apostasy

    Apostasy (1948)

    Apostasy

    5.81948HD

    In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual....

    Apostasy
  • 1970
    Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

    Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny (1970)

    Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

    6.61970HD

    The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into Manchuria....

    Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
  • 1968
    The Sands of Kurobe

    The Sands of Kurobe (1968)

    The Sands of Kurobe

    6.21968HD

    Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only b...

    The Sands of Kurobe
  • 1978
    August without Emperor

    August without Emperor (1978)

    August without Emperor

    71978HD

    Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspir...

    August without Emperor
  • 1965
    A Trap

    A Trap (1965)

    A Trap

    7.11965HD

    When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is ...

    A Trap
  • 1963
    The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart

    The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart (1963)

    The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart

    81963HD

    Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. Having met by accident, they soon discover a new life together. But their love is ill-fated. Mami's family will not accept her choice, while leading an...

    The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
  • 1949
    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949)

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

    6.71949HD

    Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the evil Naosuke....

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
  • 1966
    The Great White Tower

    The Great White Tower (1966)

    The Great White Tower

    6.71966HD

    The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority,...

    The Great White Tower
  • 1971
    Shadow of Deception

    Shadow of Deception (1971)

    Shadow of Deception

    6.31971HD

    It was five years ago when Minako spent a night with Sozo, younger brother of her ex-husband. She now lives in a local town with a rich old man who owns a dry goods store. Minako travels to Tokyo on business every three months, during which time she ...

    Shadow of Deception