Takeshi Katō Movies
- 1954
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai8.51954HD
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...
- 1985
Ran
Ran8.11985HD
With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic...
- 1963
High and Low
High and Low8.3351963HD
In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his servant's son is kidnapped.
- 1957
Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood7.91957HD
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the...
- 1961
Yojimbo
Yojimbo8.11961HD
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the...
- 1958
The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress7.91958HD
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who...
- 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...
- 1967
Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day7.11967HD
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...
- 1960
The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well7.71960HD
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the...
- 1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity7.41973HD
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
- 1976
The Inugamis
The Inugamis6.91976HD
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons,...
- 1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics6.91974HD
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new...
- 1965
None But the Brave
None But the Brave6.31965HD
American and Japanese soldiers, stranded on a tiny Pacific island during World War II, must make a temporary truce and cooperate to survive various...
- 1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War7.21973HD
Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new...
- 1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era7.1771957HD
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...
- 1961
Pigs and Battleships
Pigs and Battleships7.11961HD
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.
- 1983
Children of Nagasaki
Children of Nagasaki6.21983HD
August 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai and his family.
- 1975
The Gate of Youth
The Gate of Youth91975HD
Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly...
- 1953
An Inlet of Muddy Water
An Inlet of Muddy Water6.11953HD
A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself...
- 1965
Sword of the Beast
Sword of the Beast7.51965HD
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his...