Eiko Takamatsu Movies

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for...

An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board.

A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo...

Japanese silent film.

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.

Approaching their graduation ceremony, Saegusa, Sanae, and their classmates go on an overnight trip to Hakone with their teacher Ms. Kawahara, who...

A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are...

A young lawyer falls in love with the daughter of his former professor, whom he's hired to tutor his children.

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

Two friends accidentally run into a young, homeless woman, so they take her in.

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.

Mariko studies at a missionary school in Shinshu. She drops out of school and joins her father on a circus tour when she discovers that her father,...

A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

Hiroo Ikeda movie