Takashi Shimura Movies

  • 1954
    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    8.4641954HD

    A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...

    Seven Samurai
  • 1954
    Godzilla

    Godzilla

    Godzilla

    7.6331954HD

    Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover...

    Godzilla
  • 1980
    Kagemusha

    Kagemusha

    Kagemusha

    7.8031980HD

    Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid...

    Kagemusha
  • 1961
    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    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...

    Yojimbo
  • 1958
    The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

    7.951958HD

    In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who...

    The Hidden Fortress
  • 1952
    Ikiru

    Ikiru

    Ikiru

    8.3091952HD

    Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to...

    Ikiru
  • 1962
    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

    7.9431962HD

    Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and...

    Sanjuro
  • 1963
    High and Low

    High and Low

    High and Low

    8.31963HD

    In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by...

    High and Low
  • 1950
    Rashomon

    Rashomon

    Rashomon

    8.11950HD

    Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of...

    Rashomon
  • 1965
    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

    7.6991965HD

    Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...

    Kwaidan
  • 1955
    Godzilla Raids Again

    Godzilla Raids Again

    Godzilla Raids Again

    5.9821955HD

    Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon...

    Godzilla Raids Again
  • 1949
    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    7.511949HD

    A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

    Stray Dog
  • 1943
    Sanshiro Sugata

    Sanshiro Sugata

    Sanshiro Sugata

    6.521943HD

    The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new...

    Sanshiro Sugata
  • 1957
    Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

    7.9251957HD

    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...

    Throne of Blood
  • 1964
    Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

    Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

    Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

    71964HD

    After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.

    Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
  • 1965
    Red Beard

    Red Beard

    Red Beard

    8.11965HD

    Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him...

    Red Beard
  • 1956
    Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

    Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

    Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

    6.5971956HD

    During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric...

    Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
  • 1960
    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

    7.6761960HD

    In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the...

    The Bad Sleep Well
  • 1961
    Mothra

    Mothra

    Mothra

    7.121961HD

    Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population...

    Mothra
  • 1975
    The Bullet Train

    The Bullet Train

    The Bullet Train

    6.81975HD

    A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police...

    The Bullet Train