Shintarô Takiguchi Movies

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As the first sound version of the classic...

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Famed swordsman Araki Mataemon must face his best friend as they are forced to take opposite sides in a vendetta caused by the murder of a family member.

The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide.

Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she has met through her work.

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.