Acting

Takeshi Sakamoto

Born September 21, 1899 · Sakoshi, Hyogo, Japan

Died May 17, 1974 · aged 74

Takeshi Sakamoto (坂本武, Sakamoto Takeshi, 21 September 1899 – 10 May 1974) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1925 and 1965, mostly in productions of the Shōchiku studio. He gained popularity as a supporting character, working for directors such as Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio Naruse, Hiroshi Shimizu and Heinosuke Gosho. Description above from the Wikipedia …

Known For

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

Record of a Tenement Gentleman · 1947

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

MovieDramaComedy

A hard-hearted old woman in a bombed-out Tokyo neighborhood reluctantly takes in an abandoned boy, leading to a heartwarming bond between them.

I Was Born, But...

I Was Born, But... · 1932

I Was Born, But...

MovieComedyDrama

Brothers Keiji and Ryoichi move to a new neighborhood in the Tokyo suburbs after their father, an office clerk, is promoted. The boys join the local gang as lowly new kids and emerge as natural leaders after defeating a bully. While visiting the home of their father's boss, the brothers witness the ridicule their father endures to please his superior. Angry and embarrassed, the boys find their naive ideas about power being challenged.

What Did the Lady Forget?

What Did the Lady Forget? · 1937

What Did the Lady Forget?

MovieDramaComedy

A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a liberated woman who does whatever she wants, including smoking. She even convinces Koyima to take her to a geisha house. When she gets rather tipsy, the professor calls Okada, one of his students, to take her home. The wife becomes suspicious of Setsuko when she sees Okada bringing her home.

A Story of Floating Weeds

A Story of Floating Weeds · 1934

A Story of Floating Weeds

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.

A Hen in the Wind

A Hen in the Wind · 1948

A Hen in the Wind

Tokiko patiently awaits her husband's return from WWII when her four-year old son falls ill. She takes him to the doctor but has no means of paying, so she resorts to prostitution. A month later, her husband returns to find his desperate wife, who tells him the truth. Together, they must deal with the consequences.

Untamed Woman

Untamed Woman · 1957

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 for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong personality.

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family · 1941

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to move in with one of the former's children, each of whom is scarcely happy to accommodate.

The Birth of Judo

The Birth of Judo · 1955

The Birth of Judo

Centered on a young college student who puts his youthful passion into developing true judo and the fiery mentor he admires and studies under.

Filmography

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Record of a Tenement Gentleman

Record of a Tenement Gentleman · 1947

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

MovieDramaComedy

A hard-hearted old woman in a bombed-out Tokyo neighborhood reluctantly takes in an abandoned boy, leading to a heartwarming bond between them.

Kawayoshi

I Was Born, But...

I Was Born, But... · 1932

I Was Born, But...

MovieComedyDrama

Brothers Keiji and Ryoichi move to a new neighborhood in the Tokyo suburbs after their father, an office clerk, is promoted. The boys join the local gang as lowly new kids and emerge as natural leaders after defeating a bully. While visiting the home of their father's boss, the brothers witness the ridicule their father endures to please his superior. Angry and embarrassed, the boys find their naive ideas about power being challenged.

Juuyaku

What Did the Lady Forget?

What Did the Lady Forget? · 1937

What Did the Lady Forget?

MovieDramaComedy

A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a liberated woman who does whatever she wants, including smoking. She even convinces Koyima to take her to a geisha house. When she gets rather tipsy, the professor calls Okada, one of his students, to take her home. The wife becomes suspicious of Setsuko when she sees Okada bringing her home.

Sugiyama

A Story of Floating Weeds

A Story of Floating Weeds · 1934

A Story of Floating Weeds

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.

Kihachi

A Hen in the Wind

A Hen in the Wind · 1948

A Hen in the Wind

Tokiko patiently awaits her husband's return from WWII when her four-year old son falls ill. She takes him to the doctor but has no means of paying, so she resorts to prostitution. A month later, her husband returns to find his desperate wife, who tells him the truth. Together, they must deal with the consequences.

Hikozo Sakai

Untamed Woman

Untamed Woman · 1957

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 for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong personality.

Kisuke, the foster father

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family · 1941

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to move in with one of the former's children, each of whom is scarcely happy to accommodate.

Antique Dealer

The Birth of Judo

The Birth of Judo · 1955

The Birth of Judo

Centered on a young college student who puts his youthful passion into developing true judo and the fiery mentor he admires and studies under.

Ornamental Hairpin

Ornamental Hairpin · 1941

Ornamental Hairpin

MovieDramaComedy

A Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind by a former patron, leading to much curiosity among the other patrons regarding her identity.

Every-Night Dreams

Every-Night Dreams · 1933

Every-Night Dreams

In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and walked out on her years earlier.

The Living Magoroku

The Living Magoroku · 1943

The Living Magoroku

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.

Street Without End

Street Without End · 1934

Street Without End

Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some intrigued movie talent scouts, ends up taking a suffocatingly domestic turn after a wealthy businessman accidentally hits her with his car.

Guest for portrait painter

Burden of Life

Burden of Life · 1935

A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted.

King of the Land

King of the Land · 1928

King of the Land

Japanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year.

Kan-san (barber)

I Graduated, But...

I Graduated, But... · 1929

I Graduated, But...

Tetsuo Nomoto, a young college graduate tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he will marry his girlfriend, Machiko, whom he hides the fact that he has no job. Hardships come quickly, which forces Machiko to find a job in a bar.

Secretary

There Was a Father

There Was a Father · 1942

There Was a Father

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Makoto Hirata

Rōkyoku tengu dōjō

Rōkyoku tengu dōjō · 1955

Rōkyoku tengu dōjō

Beauty of Life

Beauty of Life · 1951

Inochi uruwashi

Fireworks Over the Sea

Fireworks Over the Sea · 1951

Fireworks Over the Sea

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

Jinkichi Aikawa

Before the Wedding

Before the Wedding · 1933

Before the Wedding

Japanese home drama starring Kinuyo Tanaka.

Kyōsuke Kawai

Sound in the Mist

Sound in the Mist · 1956

Sound in the Mist

MovieDramaRomance

In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night, Kazuhiko's wife Kazuyo comes to see them and confronts the professor about his extramarital affair, and Tsuruko, an inevitable witness to the confrontation, leaves the professor the following morning. Over the next decade, whenever he visits the mountain cabin every autumn equinox, the memory of Tsuruko will forever haunt Kazuhiko...

Mariko's Autobiography: Flowing Constellation

Mariko's Autobiography: Flowing Constellation · 1959

Mariko's Autobiography: Flowing Constellation

Tokyo Chorus

Tokyo Chorus · 1931

MovieComedyDrama

During the Depression, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is sacked for defending an older colleague.

Rou-Shain Yamada

Physical Beauty

Physical Beauty · 1928

Physical Beauty

A hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts with her and humiliates him, he decides to get revenge by trying his own hand as a painter. Considered to be a lost film.