Movies: Etsushi Takahashi

  • 1968
    Kill!

    Kill! (1968)

    Kill!

    71968HD

    A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living a...

    Kill!
  • 1969
    Eros + Massacre

    Eros + Massacre (1969)

    Eros + Massacre

    7.51969HD

    Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers on two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories....

    Eros + Massacre
  • 1978
    Shogun's Samurai

    Shogun's Samurai (1978)

    Shogun's Samurai

    7.01978HD

    Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadana...

    Shogun's Samurai
  • 1974
    Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?

    Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974)

    Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?

    5.91974HD

    Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers protection to a forward-thinking physician Genan Sugino who has defamed his ruler, discovers a pleasure ...

    Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
  • 1972
    Zatoichi at Large

    Zatoichi at Large (1972)

    Zatoichi at Large

    6.51972HD

    Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution f...

    Zatoichi at Large
  • 1967
    Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day (1967)

    Japan's Longest Day

    7.11967HD

    Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to ...

    Japan's Longest Day
  • 1969
    Red Lion

    Red Lion (1969)

    Red Lion

    6.41969HD

    Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sawando, his hometown, to announce the end of tyranny....

    Red Lion
  • 1967
    The Affair

    The Affair (1967)

    The Affair

    6.61967HD

    As a young woman, Oriko condemned her widowed mother for openly pursuing relationships with younger men. After her mother passes away, she finds herself in an unhappy, loveless marriage and begins to understand her mother’s actions....

    The Affair
  • 1971
    The Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa (1971)

    The Battle of Okinawa

    7.51971HD

    The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army divisions to defend it at all costs. The mission quickly degenerates as vital resources and troops a...

    The Battle of Okinawa
  • 1972
    Journey Into Solitude

    Journey Into Solitude (1972)

    Journey Into Solitude

    6.51972HD

    Bored with her school life, a 16-year-old student leaves home to take a trip along the Pacific Ocean. After meeting with a theatre group she falls sick and is rescued by a fisherman with who she shares her life with....

    Journey Into Solitude
  • 1970
    Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

    Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny (1970)

    Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

    6.61970HD

    The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into Manchuria....

    Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
  • 1978
    Blood Type: Blue

    Blood Type: Blue (1978)

    Blood Type: Blue

    5.51978HD

    UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures b...

    Blood Type: Blue
  • 1992
    8 Man - For All Lonely Nights

    8 Man - For All Lonely Nights (1992)

    8 Man - For All Lonely Nights

    3.71992HD

    After Tokyo police officer Yokoda is killed in the line of duty, his chief decides give Yokoda's body to Dr. Tani for use in a secret scientific experiment: Yokoda's brain will be transplanted into a super-powered robot body, making him into an unsto...

    8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
  • 1987
    The Drifting Classroom

    The Drifting Classroom (1987)

    The Drifting Classroom

    4.91987HD

    An entire Japanese international grade school—and all within—are mysteriously transported to a foreboding desert wasteland. As the story unfolds, the diminishing student body weathers this apocalyptic crisis while searching for clues about their surr...

    The Drifting Classroom
  • 1971
    Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

    Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow (1971)

    Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

    5.81971HD

    Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family from 1935 through Japan's invasion of China. Based on the novels by Jumpei Gomikawa, who also penned The Human Condition....

    Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
  • 1973
    Men and War III: The Final Chapter

    Men and War III: The Final Chapter (1973)

    Men and War III: The Final Chapter

    61973HD

    Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family through the Sino-Japanese War through the Soviet Union's sudden attack upon Japanese troops at the end of the war....

    Men and War III: The Final Chapter
  • 1981
    Call from Darkness

    Call from Darkness (1981)

    Call from Darkness

    5.71981HD

    Keiko Inagawa (Asami Kobayashi) pays a visit to neurologist Aizawa about her fiancé Tatsuo Tamura (Kaoru Kobayashi). A mysterious case involving the disappearance of Tatsuo’s three brothers, one after the other, is yet to be resolved and now Tatsuo, ...

    Call from Darkness
  • 1975
    Solar Eclipse

    Solar Eclipse (1975)

    Solar Eclipse

    6.81975HD

    When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot....

    Solar Eclipse
  • 1975
    Battle Cry

    Battle Cry (1975)

    Battle Cry

    61975HD

    During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial troops. But Sentaro's friendship with a pickpocket, who switches sides whenever it suits his needs, l...

    Battle Cry
  • 1995
    East Meets West

    East Meets West (1995)

    East Meets West

    5.81995HD

    A disgraced warrior planning the murder of a Japanese diplomat, and a ninja in the employ of a navy official are about to land in San Francisco when a band of thieves steal the money the diplomats are carrying. The two set off on a chase across the A...

    East Meets West