Takashi Kanda Movies

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but decided to leave after his best friend died a brutal...

A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they...

A touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko and Teruko. Ranko comes from a wealthy family and is...

Ken Takakura's screen debut, following his admission into Toei ranks via the studio's annual New Faces program, came surprisingly enough in this pair...

A High Class Call Girl is revisited by her ex lover who she thought died 5 years prior.

A Dead Drifter / Hyoryû shitaî

Drifting detective Goro Saionji is asked to investigate the sinking of a fishing boat in a port town on the Bōsō Peninsula and runs up...

Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said than done, evil forces lurk in Edo and Gentaro...

This movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. Tange loses one of his eyes and arms in an attempt to recover a masterpiece...

A man who lost his wife and a woman whose husband died have a fateful meeting in connection with a double suicide and fall madly in love.

Nezumi Kozō is the nickname of Nakamura Jirokichi, a Japanese thief and folk hero who lived in Edo during the Edo period. His exploits have been...

In this town, Kagosuke and Ryukichi of the Okamoto family, who are deeply committed to the yakuza way, are straightforward and justice-loving...

Japanese drama

Four taxi drivers are found dead in four days. Suddenly, a taxi, trying to avoid hitting a patrol car, veers off and hits a tree. Three men run out...

A man challenges a territorial fight between gangs.