Movies: Etsushi Takahashi

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1978
    Shogun's Samurai

    Shogun's Samurai (1978)

    Shogun's Samurai

    7.11978HD

    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
  • 1983
    The Yoshida School

    The Yoshida School (1983)

    The Yoshida School

    01983HD

    Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political ...

    The Yoshida School
  • 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!
  • 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?
  • 1978
    August without Emperor

    August without Emperor (1978)

    August without Emperor

    71978HD

    Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspir...

    August without Emperor
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1976
    The Corporation

    The Corporation (1976)

    The Corporation

    11976HD

    Tadashi Iki returns to Japan from a Soviet gulag 11 years after being captured during the invasion of Manchuria. He is offered a position in the expansive Kinki Corporation, but rival corporations are competing for a government contract to produce fi...

    The Corporation
  • 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
  • 1979
    The Fixer

    The Fixer (1979)

    The Fixer

    61979HD

    Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly confusion. But he's not going down without a fight....

    The Fixer
  • 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
  • 1977
    Japan's Don

    Japan's Don (1977)

    Japan's Don

    7.51977HD

    A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters....

    Japan's Don
  • 1976
    Outlaw Cop

    Outlaw Cop (1976)

    Outlaw Cop

    5.31976HD

    A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same man that her husband is hunting. Once he discovers this, he loses his nerve and turns in his badge. ...

    Outlaw Cop
  • 1977
    The Gate of Youth Part 2

    The Gate of Youth Part 2 (1977)

    The Gate of Youth Part 2

    81977HD

    Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu....

    The Gate of Youth Part 2
  • 1976
    Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku

    Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku (1976)

    Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku

    01976HD

    A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to farmers losing their land as a result of strict tax collection. The Tonegawa area of ​​Boso was a lawless are...

    Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku