Kazuo Takimura

Películas

The Angry Sea
Producer
A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.
The Adventures of Kantaro
Producer
Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa.
The Child Writers
Producer
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Executive Producer
Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.
Women in Prison
Executive Producer
The woman prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There is an employee who is divorced after her husband had an affair. She loves the jailed criminals and almost sees them as family. One day at a workshop someone faints while working hard to make money because she has a poor boyfriend. Another inmate is knocked up Another is a mother and has her child with her.
The Vampire Moth
Executive Producer
The story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask.
Samurái 3: Duelo en la isla Ganryu
Producer
Takezo abandona su condición de samurai errante para vivir tranquila y humildemente con su amada Otsu, rechazando trabajar como maestro samurai para el líder del clan más poderoso del Japón. No obstante, Takezo accede a luchar con el joven y habilidoso guerrero Sasaki Kojiro. El combate final tendrá lugar en la isla Ganryu.
Stray Sheep
Executive Producer
1955 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.
Samurái 2
Producer
Tras años recorriendo multitud de lugares, labrando su reputación como el más grande luchador del Japón, Takezo regresa a Kioto para enfrentarse al líder de la más prestigiosa escuela de samurais de la región. Como demostración de su valor, Takezo se dirige deliberadamente hacia una emboscada preparada por los seguidores de la escuela, mientras el joven y brillante luchador Sasaki Kojiro le observa, con el convencimiento de que puede derrotar a Takezo...
Samurái
Producer
Dos amigos dejan su pueblo para combatir con su ejército. Ambos, tras una derrota en el frente, se cobijan en la solitaria casa de Oko, una viuda que vive con su hija. Matachachi dejará que Oko le seduzca y, junto con ella y su hija se irá a Tokio, olvidando a su prometida...
Anatahan
Producer
Josef von Sternberg dirigió, fotografió, escribió el guión y puso voz al narrador de esta película. En junio de 1944, siete soldados japoneses naufragan y van a parar a una remota isla del Pacífico (An-ta-han), donde pasan siete años. Los únicos habitantes de la isla son el vigilante de una plantación abandonada y su atractiva mujer. Pronto, la disciplina desparece y se impone la lucha por el poder y por la mujer.
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Producer
Hamako has just started working for her personal hero, Madame Yuki. Her romanticized view of the Madame is broken immediately, though, as she is introduced with a ever-growing list of the Madame’s personal problems.
When We Came Back
Producer
Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki
Enoken’s Boxing Generation
Producer
Near the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), Enokichi, a popular figure in the world of boxing entangled in the Yakuza business.
Enoken's Singing Detective Story
Executive Producer
A modern take on history with songs and comedy presented by Enoken (as Gonza), Fujiyama (as Sukeju), and Kasagi (Gonza’s wife Osaki).
Enoken's Home Run King
Executive Producer
Postwar! Baseball! Comedy! Enoken plays a superfan of the Yomiuri Giants – the real Tokyo team, with many of its star players "acting" as themselves – who, despite his utter lack of athletic abilities, becomes embroiled in their successes, and their personal lives. Will Enoken help the Giants take the pennant?
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
Producer
The Splendid Gold Mine
Executive Producer
Dancers of Awa
Executive Producer
Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin. His brother (Kazuo Hasegawa) vowed vengeance on the day of his brother's death. So every year the villains are worried during the Awa Dance Festival (which is part of the Obon festival), but nothing has ever happened, until seven years later...
Iemitsu and Hikoza
Executive Producer
A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal old retainer Hikoza (comedian Roppa, playing somewhat against type).
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
Executive Producer
Feature film.
Songoku 2
Producer
Second part of the Comedy-Musical about the legendary Monkey King.
Songoku 1
Producer
Comedy-Musical about the legendary Monkey King.
China Night
Executive Producer
Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from the streets by a kindly Japanese merchant marine officer. Part spy thriller and part Shanghai travelogue, it was part of a popular series known as "Chinese Continental Friendship" made by the occupying Japanese in China.
Enoken's Kurama Tengu
Producer
The legendary ninja Kurama Tengu (Enoken) uses his superhuman powers to help free a band of street urchins from their Fagin-like master. The film's incredible climax, when Enoken fends off dozens of men attacking with ladders and handcarts, brings to mind a slightly less dextrous Jackie Chan.
Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip
Producer
This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip" is an 80-minute compilation of the first (東海道の巻 or "Tokaido no maki") and second (日本晴れの巻 or "Japan's Fine Weather Reel") parts (147 minutes), which were re-edited and screened at a time when presentable films were dried up immediately after the defeat of the war.