Movies by Takeshi Sakamoto

A Hen in the Wind

A Hen in the Wind

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for treatment but has no way of paying. She resorts to prostitution. One month later her husband returns from WWII to find his desperate wife, who tells him the truth. Together they must deal with the consequences.

Japanese King Kong

Japanese King Kong

A silent 3-reel comedy short that uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story. It was produced by Shochiku Studios (who released the original 1933 film in Japan on behalf of RKO). It is now considered to be a lost film.

Spring Comes from the Ladies

Spring Comes from the Ladies

A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.

A Straightforward Boy

A Straightforward Boy

A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.

Hotaru no hikari

Hotaru no hikari

Approaching their graduation ceremony, Saegusa, Sanae, and their classmates go on an overnight trip to Hakone with their teacher Ms. Kawahara, who will soon leave school. They thank her doing so and go on their respective paths, ending soon their student life.

Young Miss Executive

Young Miss Executive

A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But Madoka wants to be a stage dancer, so she won't concentrate her office job. Madoka meets Akiyama, a stage director. Akiyama introduce her to his neighbors. In among poor but open minded people, Madoka has changed. Her new ambition is her company provide nice sweets for children. She decide to focus on the office job. But she doesn't know that company executives has conspiracy against her...

Modan kaidan: 100,000,000 yen

Modan kaidan: 100,000,000 yen

A young couple flee their disapproving parents, get lost of Mt. Akagi and find a cache of gold protected by the ghost of a gangster.

Victory Song

Victory Song

Hisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.

Sunny house

Sunny house

On the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded by barracks and tin pens. Mitsu's husband died in the war, and she was left alone with four children and works as a day laborer. The eldest daughter Haruko, who is already nineteen years old, works in a clothing store, the second daughter Natsuko works in a restaurant, a schoolboy Akio is studying carpentry, and even the youngest Fuyuko helps her mother by working as a nanny in a neighboring house. Nearby lives a widowed electrician Tokuji Yamada ...

Theater

Theater

Kotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.