Ken Takakura Movies

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and...

Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining buddy Ichiro accompanies him to Tokyo, and the...

Toei studios last ninkyo eiga of the 70's.

The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters...

Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother died when she was little. When she turned 18 years...

Film about the 2-26 Incident.

The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time legendary actor Ken Takakura plays Takei Shigejiro...

Many outlaws are gathered at the front line of the Japanese Army in a shock troop.

Shūji Yamaoka was a suicide pilot during the war who somehow survived Japan's surrender. After decades of working as a fisherman in Kumamoto, a...

Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is...

The story of a lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.

Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove they didn't steal it.

A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.

A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.

In the roaring 1970s, a man who has left the world of the yakuza to become the owner of a sushi restaurant decides to rise up again when he sees his...

Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator.

Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is...