Eisuke Takizawa

Directing

Eisuke Takizawa

Born — Died

1902-09-06 — 1965-11-29

Place of birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

41 titles

Eisuke Takizawa (滝沢英輔, Takizawa Eisuke, 6 September 1902 – 29 November 1965) (alternate name: Kinpachi Kajiwara) was a Japanese film director. Born in Tokyo, Takizawa worked at Tōa Cinema and Makino Film Productions before debuting as a director in 1929 with Aru onna to gaka. He later directed primarily jidaigeki at Toho and Nikkatsu.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

死の壁の脱出 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

死の壁の脱出

1958

Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16 poster
NR

A biopic about Japanese baseball player, Tetsuharu Kawakami.

Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16

1957

Yasugorō shusse poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yasugorō shusse

1953

Children of Izu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Children of Izu

1962

Even The Mighty Shed Tears poster
10.0

After Ryusaku Nishikawa and his girlfriend Katsuko are attacked by a gang, he trains in karate to seek revenge. Years later, Ryusaku is a skilled martial artist preparing for an inter-school match, but his past resurfaces when Katsuko, now involved with the gang, brings tragedy. In a final confrontation, Ryusaku faces the gang and finds redemption through his karate, with the support of his friends.

Even The Mighty Shed Tears

1953

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn poster
10.0

Story of a bandit king part 2.

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn

1937

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi poster
NR

Fukagawa's chef Ushimatsu of the restaurant Kawatake fell in love with a maid named Omame and changed dramatically. He stopped gambling and womanizing much to the surprise of his friends. As their wedding day approached, Minosuke who had long been infatuated with Omame threatened her mother Okuma by using a promissory note for three ryō that he lent to her.

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi

1954

Swords and Brocade poster
9.0

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.

Swords and Brocade

1951

The Flower and the Sword poster
NR

A dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji oversees the building of a bridge in Japan, a powerful gangster plans to stop the project. By any means necessary.

The Flower and the Sword

1964

Six Assassins poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Six Assassins

1955

The Day Before poster
10.0

A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of violence, is reduced to apathy or victimhood.

The Day Before

1939

Season of Farewell poster
NR

A touching story of a girl who sails away from her love to keep her family together.

Season of Farewell

1962

The Scarred Crest poster
NR

A war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he finds himself torn by the death of an old friend - the son of crime kingpin Kiyomiya. A death Ryuji feels responsible for.

The Scarred Crest

1964

The Samurai of Edo poster
6.0

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji Restoration, and therefore, shows audience the dynamic change from Edo to Meiji. Before the war, the director, Eisuke Takizawa, together with the writers, formed a scenario writer group "Narutaki-gumi and they shot many historical masterpieces.

The Samurai of Edo

1955

The Beautiful Nuns poster
NR

A samurai who slashes a young girl's mage appears in Edo, and she is never caught.

The Beautiful Nuns

1955

Ryuji's Journey: The Crest of Man poster
NR

The new head of a powerful family faces danger from an evil rival out for blood.

Ryuji's Journey: The Crest of Man

1965

Muhō Ichidai poster
NR

The movie is about a man who started a brothel to make money out of his poor circumstances in the late Meiji period.

Muhō Ichidai

1957

A Love that Wagers the World poster
NR

The first time that up-and-coming architect Yuji Muraoka (Yujiro Ishihara) met Natsuko (Ruriko Asaoka) was at a contemporary art exhibition at the Ueno Museum of Art. At the time, he didn't feel anything special about her, other than being impressed that she was the younger sister of the respected Nonomura-san. Later, at Nonomura's birthday party, some people who were jealous of Yuji's talent tried to embarrass him by forcing him to perform a hidden talent show, and Natsuko quickly came to his rescue. This incident caused the two of them to become much closer...

A Love that Wagers the World

1959

Forever, My Love poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Forever, My Love

1958

Sixteen years old poster
NR

Senko Tamagawa is a third-year junior high school student, and she is the captain of the badminton club. Her father, Kinzo, remodeled her barn and lent it to her only Mikayo. Senko was somehow envious of her flashy life... In a tragedy with a girl living in the base as the main character, Katsumi Miki of "Life like a weed" adapted the original story of Muraji Uchiki and directed by Eisuke Takizawa of "Ajisai no Uta".

Sixteen years old

1960

Hirate Miki the Swordman poster
NR

The man is chased by losing the beauty and preciousness of love and the foundation of life without overcoming the hardship of life.

Hirate Miki the Swordman

1954

The Temptress and the Monk poster
8.0

A Buddhist monk becomes ensnared by a seductive woman who, according to legend, transforms her lovers into beasts.

The Temptress and the Monk

1957

Subterranean Heat poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Subterranean Heat

1938

Subterranean Heat poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Subterranean Heat

1938

Facing to the Clouds poster
NR

A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko Nakafuji. Reiko's father was a member of the Diet who was assassinated six years ago. Through Reiko, Takema joins Tsūkai-kai, a group of young people who respect her late father's political ideas. With the assistance of Tsukai-kai, Takema eventually uncovers the political scandal related to postwar compensation which led to the murder of Reiko's father.

Facing to the Clouds

1962

Shutsugeki poster
NR

An original warrior directed by Toshio Takagi, directed by Eisuke Takizawa of “Kiriko's Tango” by Toshio Yasumi, a comedy, cheerful widow. The photo was taken by Minoru Yokoyama from “Asakusa no Toko Odoriko Monogatari”

Shutsugeki

1964

The Rule for a Vagabond poster
NR

A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this historical action saga.

The Rule for a Vagabond

1965

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf poster
8.0

Story of a bandit king.

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf

1937

Duel at Yagyu Valley poster
NR

During the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends, spend their days acquiring skills of the spear, sword and martial arts. Hozoin loses a series of matches with master swordsman Kozumi Ise-no-kami. Bitterly ashamed, Hozoin embarks on a journey, trying to perfect his skills. A few years later, Hozoin is ready and it's time for the ultimate showdown with Ise-no-kami!

Duel at Yagyu Valley

1945

Ōma no tsuji poster
NR

Set in the late Edo period of the assassination of Dairo Ii, the sword and emotional romance that depicts the murderous world. The turmoil of the end of the Edo period is depicted through the nameless Ichii people, centering on the main character of the Hatamoto collapse that is drunk by the waves of the end of the Edo period.

Ōma no tsuji

1938

Scarface Senta poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Scarface Senta

1949

Scarface Senta poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Scarface Senta

1949

The Song of the Season poster
NR

A touching love story about a heroine who loses her parents in the war and tries to keep her pure love alive despite the many difficulties she faces.

The Song of the Season

1961

Zesshou poster
NR

The story of the tender love between Junki, the son of a wealthy landowner, and Kayuki, the daughter of a forester, who decided to unite their destinies against their parents' wishes. Neither war nor years of separation could kill this love. It was only cut short by Kayuki's tragic death.

Zesshou

1958

Shokei zen'ya poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Shokei zen'ya

1961

Kunisada Chūji poster
9.0

Kunisada Tadaharu, a peasant of Kunisada Village in Joshu Sai County, could not stand the bad government and poor harvest of Takebe Genhan, the governor of the time. entered the world of As he played more and more games at the gambling hall, he became feared as "Chuji the gambling robber", and became a boss who had a share of Inui such as Nikko's Enzo and Shimizu's Kentetsu. However, due to a disagreement, he killed his benefactor Isaburo Boss, and was abandoned by Yasugoro and was chased. However, Chuji cleverly took advantage of the peasant uprising, shut himself up on Mt. Akagi, opened a gambling hall, and was touted as the greatest boss in the Kanto region. The magistrate, who learned of the close relationship between the peasants and Chuji, finally arranged for Chuji to go on a trip. Chuji, who doesn't know that he was weighed, gleefully descends the mountain, but...

Kunisada Chūji

1954

Ajisai no uta poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ajisai no uta

1960

Kiriko's Tango poster
NR

A story of the conflicting friendship and love between two young men over a young girl from a working-class neighborhood.

Kiriko's Tango

1963

Kantaro of Ina poster
NR

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

Kantaro of Ina

1943

The Praying Man poster
NR

A woman's happiness is gained through marriage. Yet marriage does not necessarily bring happiness... Director Takizawa Eisuke adapts Tamiya Torahiko's serialised novel. A grand tale of pure love, depicting the path of a woman's happiness with a fluid touch.

The Praying Man

1959