Movies: Sumio Takatsu

The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life....

1962 Japanese movie...

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Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing polit...

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial ...

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...

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School teachers responsible for the lives of their students work to evacuate Allied bombings near the end of WWII....

A criminal syndicate wants detective Onihei dead, but the resolute hero proves to be hard to kill....

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history....