Hideko Takamine Movies
- 1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs7.9661960HD
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...
- 1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer8.3441961HD
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old...
- 1955
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds7.71955HD
A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He...
- 1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
Twenty-Four Eyes7.7241954HD
In 1928, schoolteacher Hisako Oishi takes a post on the island of Shodoshima teaching a group of twelve first grade students. In the following years,...
- 1964
Yearning
Yearning8.11964HD
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly...
- 1950
The Munekata Sisters
The Munekata Sisters6.81950HD
Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both of them...
- 1958
The Rickshaw Man
The Rickshaw Man7.11958HD
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
- 1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
A Wanderer's Notebook7.21962HD
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...
- 1961
Immortal Love
Immortal Love7.51961HD
The year is 1932, and a woman, whose tenant-farmer fiancé is fighting in China, is raped by the landowner's son, who has returned from the war...
- 1956
Flowing
Flowing7.11956HD
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade...
- 1931
Tokyo Chorus
Tokyo Chorus6.71931HD
In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his job.
- 1962
The Wiser Age
The Wiser Age7.31962HD
Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.
- 1958
Stakeout
Stakeout6.81958HD
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.
- 1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Where Chimneys Are Seen6.41953HD
Gosho’s most celebrated film both in Japan and the West, Where Chimneys Are Seen is perhaps the most compelling example of his concern for, and...
- 1960
The River Fuefuki
The River Fuefuki7.5421960HD
In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge...
- 1957
Untamed Woman
Untamed Woman71957HD
A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive...
- 1961
Happiness of Us Alone
Happiness of Us Alone91961HD
The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and...
- 1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Times of Joy and Sorrow01957HD
The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.
- 1952
Lightning
Lightning7.11952HD
The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a...
- 1951
Carmen Comes Home
Carmen Comes Home6.251951HD
A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.