Movies: Shizuko Takizawa

Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a ...

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him....

Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement....

Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy, Toshio, and is hired by the boy's parents....

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In Tokyo, Osen is the servant girl of an unscrupulous antiques dealer, Kumazawa, who takes in the penniless Sokichi Hata. Kumazawa mistreats Sokichi and Osen, while swindling some Buddhist monks out of their temple treasures. When Kumazawa is arreste...

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Once a wealthy local land owner, Toranosuke has long since fallen on hard times. Social ostracism befalls those who neglect communal duties and Toranosuke's life goes down hill by being exiled from the village. The story evolves around brother and si...

When a civil war threatens to break out, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. During the long journey, the socially inferior women prove to be morally superior to their betters....

Directed by Mansaku Itami....

This film tells the story of a ronin's search for his parents, but primarily is a group portrait of life in a Tokugawa-era tenement....

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity....

A boatman's relationships with his mother and fiancee are disrupted when he is conscripted to fight in China....