Hiroko Takayama

Tsukigata Hanpeita (1952)

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the allia ...

A Thousand Standards of Stone (1950)

A film about the rivalry and friendship between firefighter Chоji and sumo wrestler Sokichi Fudoyama. ...

Palace of the Singing Raccoon-Dogs (1942)

In this Japanese retelling of Cinderella, Okuro (Takayama) is the unfortunate stepdaughter of a family of tanuki: shape-shifting raccoon dogs. She hopes to see the tanuki prince (former Takarazuka star Miyagi) against her stepmother's wishes; the magical ...

Vengeance at Iga (1942)

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. ...

Tanuki goten (1939)

A Japanese film. ...

The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen (1938)

Mitsue is a popular stage actress and the lover of a shamisen player named Seijuro. She jealously murders two other objects of his affection: Okiyo, a young woman from a samurai family, and Kuro, a cat. The spirits of Okiyo and Kuro then merge into a venge ...

Bored Hatamoto Enters the Mountain of Treasure (1938)

Bored Hatamoto film #9 ...

Arima Neko (1937)

Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan (1937)

Saga kaibyōden (1937)

Film about Ghost-Cat. ...