Acting
Toshio Takahara
Born May 1, 1923 · Tokyo, Japan
Died February 26, 2000 · aged 76
No biography available.
Known For
Seven Samurai · 1954Seven Samurai
★ 8.51954
MovieActionDrama
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Twenty-Four Eyes · 1954Twenty-Four Eyes
★ 7.71954
MovieDrama
From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances.
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer · 1961The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
★ 8.41961
MovieWarDrama
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his old life, he faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his men sneak behind enemy lines.
Pigs and Battleships · 1961Pigs and Battleships
★ 7.11961
MovieCrimeDrama
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era · 1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
★ 7.01957
MovieComedy
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.
Rusty Knife · 1958Rusty Knife
★ 5.91958
MovieThrillerAction
Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. The D.A. gets an anonymous letter about the suicide five years' before of a city council member. Evidence about the case leads the D.A. to Tachibana, struggling to go straight after involvement with the mob and a prison sentence for killing the man responsible for the rape and suicide of his fiancée. One of Tachibana's friends is Keiko, the daughter of the dead councilman and the ward of another powerful official. How do these stories connect?
The Great White Tower · 1966The Great White Tower
★ 7.31966
MovieDrama
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
My Second Brother · 1959My Second Brother
★ 6.61959
MovieDrama
The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a best-selling book based on the diary of a ten-year-old zainichi (ethnic Korean Japanese) girl, it was one of the first films to deal with the subject of zainichi identity and struggles in Japan.
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