Movies: Chōei Takahashi

  • 1987
    Hachiko

    Hachiko (1987)

    Hachiko

    7.71987HD

    The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death....

    Hachiko
  • 1985
    Tampopo

    Tampopo (1985)

    Tampopo

    7.81985HD

    In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making"...

    Tampopo
  • 1995
    A Quiet Life

    A Quiet Life (1995)

    A Quiet Life

    7.41995HD

    A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip....

    A Quiet Life
  • 1987
    A Taxing Woman

    A Taxing Woman (1987)

    A Taxing Woman

    6.91987HD

    Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his a...

    A Taxing Woman
  • 1988
    A Taxing Woman's Return

    A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)

    A Taxing Woman's Return

    6.21988HD

    Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a way to expose a fanatical religious cult lead by a corrupt sociopath....

    A Taxing Woman's Return
  • 1996
    Supermarket Woman

    Supermarket Woman (1996)

    Supermarket Woman

    6.51996HD

    A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business....

    Supermarket Woman
  • 1997
    Woman in Witness Protection

    Woman in Witness Protection (1997)

    Woman in Witness Protection

    6.41997HD

    Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of two dedicated cops, Biwako struggles to maintain her career, her public image, and her personal life as...

    Woman in Witness Protection
  • 1971
    Lake of Dracula

    Lake of Dracula (1971)

    Lake of Dracula

    6.71971HD

    A young girl suffers a terrifying nightmare of a vampire with blazing golden eyes. Eighteen years later, it is revealed to be a hellish prophecy when a strange package containing an empty coffin mysteriously turns up at a nearby lake....

    Lake of Dracula
  • 1993
    The Last Dance

    The Last Dance (1993)

    The Last Dance

    6.71993HD

    A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor try to keep the secret of his terminal cancer from him, Buhei gradually comes to realize the truth o...

    The Last Dance
  • 2012
    Casting Blossoms to the Sky

    Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)

    Casting Blossoms to the Sky

    6.62012HD

    In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a city decimated during a WWII air raid and by the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, to report on the disaster; there, she learns about the experiences of its inhabi...

    Casting Blossoms to the Sky
  • 1969
    Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

    Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)

    Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

    71969HD

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

    Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
  • 1999
    Will to Live

    Will to Live (1999)

    Will to Live

    6.31999HD

    It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2...

    Will to Live
  • 1991
    Heat Wave

    Heat Wave (1991)

    Heat Wave

    5.81991HD

    Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself....

    Heat Wave
  • 1985
    Scent of a Spell

    Scent of a Spell (1985)

    Scent of a Spell

    5.81985HD

    A young man returns home from the bar only to find a woman who was about to kill herself. Taking her home and protecting her, he learns that she’s escaped from a violent husband. but there’s more to her story than she's willing to tell at first....

    Scent of a Spell
  • 2007
    I Just Didn't Do It

    I Just Didn't Do It (2007)

    I Just Didn't Do It

    7.32007HD

    A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent....

    I Just Didn't Do It
  • 2004
    Going Home

    Going Home (2004)

    Going Home

    7.52004HD

    Haruo returns to his hometown for his mother’s second marriage, where he happens to meet his first love Miyuki for the first time in eight years. Miyuki is back in town with her daughter Chiharu, after leaving a failed marriage....

    Going Home
  • 1987
    Fugitive Alien

    Fugitive Alien (1987)

    Fugitive Alien

    3.41987HD

    An alien is pursued as a traitor by his own race because he refuses to kill humans....

    Fugitive Alien
  • 2000
    Riot in Gujo

    Riot in Gujo (2000)

    Riot in Gujo

    52000HD

    Naoto Ogata plays Sadajiro, a young farmer fighting out the battle of the riot through to the end. Sadajiro's wife is played by Hiromi Iwasaki, his father is played by Go Kato and Ryuzo Hayashi plays a leader of the Riot. The Riot in Gujo is called o...

    Riot in Gujo
  • 1992
    Manila Gokudo Wars

    Manila Gokudo Wars (1992)

    Manila Gokudo Wars

    01992HD

    Shuji Kanzaki, who lives in the underworld of Manila, winds up in a fierce battle with Japan's biggest gangster....

    Manila Gokudo Wars
  • 1987
    Machi nureta onna

    Machi nureta onna (1987)

    Machi nureta onna

    5.21987HD

    A woman living alone is visited by her ex-husband. At the same time a young couple who are about to break up get trapped in the town as public transport is cut off....

    Machi nureta onna