Movies: Takashi Kanda

On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was determined. Detectives Hayashi, Kaneko, Nagata and Yamagata begin their investigation, suspecting the parents ...

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A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune, based on the novel by Genzo Murakami. The action of the first part takes place in the late Heian period, when the Taira clan came to power, and Genji...

A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots....

A princess in disguise, Oshichi launches an investigation to reveal the truth about the disappearance of young women in Edo....

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Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case....

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A Dead Drifter / Hyoryû shitaî...

This movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. Tange loses one of his eyes and arms in an attempt to recover a masterpiece sword for his lord. However, his efforts are not appreciated and he becomes a man of hatred....

A High Class Call Girl is revisited by her ex lover who she thought died 5 years prior....

Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot Hanada. Uji takes a sharpshooter called Takagi and tracks him. At first Uji cannot forgive Hanada but ...

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel....

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business....

When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him....

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a fi...