Takashi Shimura Movies

  • 1954
    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    8.4631954HD

    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

    7.61954HD

    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
  • 1952
    Vendetta of a Samurai

    Vendetta of a Samurai

    Vendetta of a Samurai

    6.81952HD

    The famous showdown at Kagiya corner has been told many times, but never before with the realism and intensity of this version scripted by Kurosawa...

    Vendetta of a Samurai
  • 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

    8.0831950HD

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

    Rashomon
  • 1952
    Ikiru

    Ikiru

    Ikiru

    8.31952HD

    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
  • 1961
    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    8.0961961HD

    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
  • 1955
    Godzilla Raids Again

    Godzilla Raids Again

    Godzilla Raids Again

    61955HD

    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
  • 1965
    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

    7.71965HD

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

    Kwaidan
  • 1962
    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

    7.91962HD

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

    Sanjuro
  • 1949
    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    7.51949HD

    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
  • 1958
    The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

    7.91958HD

    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
  • 1980
    Kagemusha

    Kagemusha

    Kagemusha

    7.81980HD

    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
  • 1956
    Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

    Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

    Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

    6.61956HD

    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!
  • 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
  • 1946
    No Regrets for Our Youth

    No Regrets for Our Youth

    No Regrets for Our Youth

    6.81946HD

    Over more than a decade, the daughter of a Kyoto Imperial University professor comes of age as she witnesses her father fired for opposing the rise...

    No Regrets for Our Youth
  • 1961
    Mothra

    Mothra

    Mothra

    7.11961HD

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

    Mothra
  • 1960
    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

    7.71960HD

    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
  • 1956
    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

    7.21956HD

    A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader....

    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island