Acting
Eiji Takagi
Born — Died
1896-12-28 — 1943-12-14
Place of birth
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
26 titles
Known for
6.0Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there studying. Now, he is supposed to marry Mitsuko, the daughter of his adoptive father, to whom Teruo has long been promised. But Teruo, who has gotten to know the freedoms of the western world, would rather marry the woman he loves and behaves brusquely to Mitsuko.
The Daughter of the Samurai
1937
6.1A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in Taishō-era Japan, The nostalgic scenes of 1920s Tokyo provides a valuable visual experience set against the background of the title song, "Tokyo March." (Sadly, less than a half hour of the footage has been recovered and restored.)
Tokyo March
1929
A classic wartime jidaigeki about the life of the famous samurai and first of the "Great Unifiers" of Japan, Oda Nobunaga, with Kataoka Chiezo and Shimura Takashi
Oda Nobunaga
1940
NRSilent Japanese film.
Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen
1928
8.0Yamanaka Sadao's fourth feature film. The Life of Bangaku
Bangaku no issho
1933
1938 Theater of Life adaptation.
Jinsei Gekijo: Zankyaku hen
1938
Film credits
1930s · 10 titles
6.0Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there studying. Now, he is supposed to marry Mitsuko, the daughter of his adoptive father, to whom Teruo has long been promised. But Teruo, who has gotten to know the freedoms of the western world, would rather marry the woman he loves and behaves brusquely to Mitsuko.
The Daughter of the Samurai
1937
8.0Yamanaka Sadao's fourth feature film. The Life of Bangaku
Bangaku no issho
1933
1938 Theater of Life adaptation.
Jinsei Gekijo: Zankyaku hen
1938
10.0During the 20s in Japan, a romantic student at Tokyo's Waseda University is filled with noble sentiments absorbed from literature but his naive illusions will be shattered by the ruthless realities of money and power.
Theater of Life: Youth Version
1936
7.0Lost film, directed by Tomu Uchida. This film is a very funny comedy that makes fun of the moral code of the samurai Bushido, which has become obsolete and turned into an empty form during the period of feudalism.
The Revenge Champion
1931
7.8A Japanese silent film
Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One
1930
No synopsis available yet.
Gion Shigure
1933
No synopsis available yet.
Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen
1931
Chiezo Kataoka plays a cowardly samurai, whose honor is on the line when it becomes necessary to avenge the murder of his father. The culminating duel takes place on a night of fireworks.
Fireworks
1931
No synopsis available yet.
Musume juroku
1933
1920s · 15 titles
6.1A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in Taishō-era Japan, The nostalgic scenes of 1920s Tokyo provides a valuable visual experience set against the background of the title song, "Tokyo March." (Sadly, less than a half hour of the footage has been recovered and restored.)
Tokyo March
1929
NRSilent Japanese film.
Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Daisanpen: Kaikatsuhen
1928
Directed by Minoru Murata.
Osumi and Her Mother
1924
No synopsis available yet.
Daichi wa hohoemu dainihen
1925
NRSilent Japanese film.
Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-nihen
1928
No synopsis available yet.
Daichi wa hohoemu daisanpen
1925
8.0Silent Japanese film.
Shinpan Ôoka seidan: Dai-ippen
1928
Shizuko hesitates between two suitors. While the one she marries commits suicide following a scandal, the other refuses to marry out of love for her. Considered a lost film.
Jihishincho
1927
10.0A young woman seduced by a rich man, takes revenge on him with the help of a young idealistic worker. Considered a lost film.
Metropolitan Symphony
1929
10.0A man rises in society by cheating, but the institutions in turn take their revenge.
A Living Puppet
1929
7.0A lost Mizoguchi film.
Smiling Earth
1925
No synopsis available yet.
The Woman and the Pirate
1923
Directed by Minoru Murata.
Eikichi the Chauffeur
1924
Directed by Minoru Murata.
日輪 前篇
1926
No synopsis available yet.
Matenro sôtohen
1929