Takako Irie Movies

In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil...

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while...

In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...

Kazuko Yoshiyama is a third-year junior-high-school student. One day, while cleaning the lab, she smells lavender and faints. From then on, she has...

A child who was taken in and raised by a woman from a once-impoverished traveling theater troupe grows up to be a beautiful young woman and performs...

Movie about biological mothers, foster mothers, and stepmothers.

A passionate young man takes on a corrupt boss, determined to save innocent teachers and numerous orphans.

A Daiei erotic film depicting the five passionate love affairs of a voluptuous married woman, driven by her beauty.

Three young women who dream of a life of luxury find themselves drawn into a family feud within the Date clan as maids. There, they protect the young...

A film depicting the duties of a detective and the anguish of human compassion.

A blind little girl searches for her mother.

Tomoraka Tasaka's first postwar work.

1930s Japanese film.