Mieko Takamine Movies

A private detective chases a female pickpocket into a film studio and dashes through the sets. With special appearances by a star-studded cast.

Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The...

An anthology of thirteen patriotic stories about Japanese citizens contributing to the war effort.

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

1956 Drama by Toshio Sugie

Kyoko is a new writer for the women's magazine "Josei no tomo" female reporter. One day, the magazine receives a letter from a reader, Ume, who, in...

A Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman

The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to...

A high school boy and girl in the midst of their youth try to get their parents to remarry.

Set in a rural town in Yamaguchi Prefecture, this comedy centers on a young couple determined to pursue their love against all opposition, while also...

Saeko Tachibana is a high school senior who lives with her mother. Playful yet somewhat lonely, Saeko was also an accomplished athlete who competed...

A 1937 Japanese film.

A mother discovers that her 14-year-old daughter Yumi has leukemia and only six months to live. She decides to keep the information secret and pushes...

In the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were called kyuji (給仕), which means...

Drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

A story depicting the true nature of a vulnerable woman who abandons love, severs the bond between father and daughter, and challenges the very...

Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's...