Movies: Hiroshi Tachikawa

  • 1961
    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo (1961)

    Yojimbo

    8.11961HD

    A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemo...

    Yojimbo
  • 1962
    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro (1962)

    Sanjuro

    7.91962HD

    Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out thei...

    Sanjuro
  • 1957
    Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood (1957)

    Throne of Blood

    7.91957HD

    Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the s...

    Throne of Blood
  • 1955
    I Live in Fear

    I Live in Fear (1955)

    I Live in Fear

    7.31955HD

    Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court cou...

    I Live in Fear
  • 1963
    Matango

    Matango (1963)

    Matango

    6.81963HD

    Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try to live in a fungus covered hulk while repairing Kessei's yacht. Eventually they struggle over the f...

    Matango
  • 1962
    47 Ronin

    47 Ronin (1962)

    47 Ronin

    7.31962HD

    After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor....

    47 Ronin
  • 1965
    Story of a Prostitute

    Story of a Prostitute (1965)

    Story of a Prostitute

    6.61965HD

    Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's ...

    Story of a Prostitute
  • 1962
    Gorath

    Gorath (1962)

    Gorath

    6.61962HD

    In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is ...

    Gorath
  • 1966
    Fighting Elegy

    Fighting Elegy (1966)

    Fighting Elegy

    71966HD

    Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group....

    Fighting Elegy
  • 1958
    Summer Clouds

    Summer Clouds (1958)

    Summer Clouds

    7.51958HD

    A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang...

    Summer Clouds
  • 1963
    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (1963)

    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

    5.91963HD

    A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story....

    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
  • 1963
    Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!

    Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963)

    Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!

    6.21963HD

    Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't....

    Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
  • 1958
    Assistant President

    Assistant President (1958)

    Assistant President

    01958HD

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    Assistant President
  • 1970
    Hazardous Graduation

    Hazardous Graduation (1970)

    Hazardous Graduation

    41970HD

    Sex games by students at a junior high school are exposed by the principal and teachers, but the tables are turned in favor of the students....

    Hazardous Graduation
  • 1960
    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    7.11960HD

    Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her return to her own family....

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother
  • 1955
    Love Never Fails

    Love Never Fails (1955)

    Love Never Fails

    01955HD

    Two youths - the serious son of a Buddhist abbot and his rakish pal - quarrel over a restaurant keeper's daughter. When one of the youths die the other boy and the girl find they cannot forget him....

    Love Never Fails
  • 1962
    Josei jishin

    Josei jishin (1962)

    Josei jishin

    01962HD

    1962 Japanese movie...

    Josei jishin
  • 1971
    喜劇 男の顔は人生よ

    喜劇 男の顔は人生よ (1971)

    喜劇 男の顔は人生よ

    01971HD

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    喜劇 男の顔は人生よ
  • 1957
    Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

    Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen (1957)

    Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

    01957HD

    Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban....

    Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
  • 1958
    Little Peach

    Little Peach (1958)

    Little Peach

    5.81958HD

    Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until she marries a beginning writer named Ryokichi. Their life quickly sinks into despair....

    Little Peach