Movies: Takashi Kawamata

  • 1953
    Tokyo Story

    Tokyo Story (1953)

    Tokyo Story

    8.21953HD

    The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with th...

    Tokyo Story
  • 1949
    Late Spring

    Late Spring (1949)

    Late Spring

    81949HD

    Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the re...

    Late Spring
  • 1989
    Black Rain

    Black Rain (1989)

    Black Rain

    7.51989HD

    Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic bombing, a tragedy that cruelly took the lives of thousands of people and forever marked the harsh ex...

    Black Rain
  • 1974
    The Castle of Sand

    The Castle of Sand (1974)

    The Castle of Sand

    7.41974HD

    Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard....

    The Castle of Sand
  • 1960
    The Sun's Burial

    The Sun's Burial (1960)

    The Sun's Burial

    6.41960HD

    In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of blood. Alliances constantly shift. Tatsu and Takeshi, friends since boyhood, reluctantly join Shin's g...

    The Sun's Burial
  • 1978
    The Incident

    The Incident (1978)

    The Incident

    6.31978HD

    The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shipyard worker, is arrested and charged with the murder. At Ueda's trial, a complex story unfolds....

    The Incident
  • 1960
    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth (1960)

    Cruel Story of Youth

    6.61960HD

    A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men....

    Cruel Story of Youth
  • 1977
    Village of Eight Gravestones

    Village of Eight Gravestones (1977)

    Village of Eight Gravestones

    6.61977HD

    The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo...

    Village of Eight Gravestones
  • 1978
    The Demon

    The Demon (1978)

    The Demon

    6.51978HD

    When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears....

    The Demon
  • 1963
    To Your Majesty, The Emperor

    To Your Majesty, The Emperor (1963)

    To Your Majesty, The Emperor

    01963HD

    A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up....

    To Your Majesty, The Emperor
  • 1980
    Writhing Tongue

    Writhing Tongue (1980)

    Writhing Tongue

    6.21980HD

    Masako, a five-year-old girl living, gets a scratch on her finger. After that, she suffered horrible spasms. The doctor checks on her and arrives at the conclusion that she has tetanus. Her parents have to bear the sufferings of their child. The once...

    Writhing Tongue
  • 1960
    Night and Fog in Japan

    Night and Fog in Japan (1960)

    Night and Fog in Japan

    6.51960HD

    Uninvited guests crash a former student radical's wedding and accuse him, his bride and other guests of ignoring their political commitments....

    Night and Fog in Japan
  • 1962
    The Inheritance

    The Inheritance (1962)

    The Inheritance

    7.21962HD

    A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown, so a bevy of lawyers and associates scheme to take advantage of the situation....

    The Inheritance
  • 1981
    Call from Darkness

    Call from Darkness (1981)

    Call from Darkness

    5.71981HD

    Keiko Inagawa (Asami Kobayashi) pays a visit to neurologist Aizawa about her fiancé Tatsuo Tamura (Kaoru Kobayashi). A mysterious case involving the disappearance of Tatsuo’s three brothers, one after the other, is yet to be resolved and now Tatsuo, ...

    Call from Darkness
  • 1980
    The Wicked

    The Wicked (1980)

    The Wicked

    7.21980HD

    A selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the woman he loves throws him into a spiral of destruction....

    The Wicked
  • 1982
    Lovers Lost

    Lovers Lost (1982)

    Lovers Lost

    7.11982HD

    A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student....

    Lovers Lost
  • 1982
    Suspicion

    Suspicion (1982)

    Suspicion

    6.71982HD

    A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving unhurt is his second wife, Kumako. It soon comes to light that ...

    Suspicion
  • 1964
    The Scarlet Camellia

    The Scarlet Camellia (1964)

    The Scarlet Camellia

    51964HD

    A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her....

    The Scarlet Camellia
  • 1985
    Dangerous Women

    Dangerous Women (1985)

    Dangerous Women

    01985HD

    Shuhei, a mystery writer, is invited to a dinner party at a country house. The guests include Tanase and his wife Noriko. Next day, Tanase is shot and Noriko with a gun stands near him. Tanase calls one of the guest's name and dies....

    Dangerous Women
  • 1969
    Black Rose Mansion

    Black Rose Mansion (1969)

    Black Rose Mansion

    4.51969HD

    A feverishly perverse 1969 film noir oddity starring female impersonator Akihiro Maruyama. When wealthy Kyohei hires transvestite singer "Black Rose" to perform in his exclusive men's club, he gets more than he bargains for when she attracts scores o...

    Black Rose Mansion