
Acting
Tadao Takashima
Born — Died
1930-07-27 — 2019-06-26
Place of birth
Kobe, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
64 titles
Known for
9.5No synopsis available yet.
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
7.3Born over a tofu shop in Osaka, twin sisters Reiko and Kyoko have very different characters. Reiko is diligent, and longs for a secure, middle class lifestyle. Kyoko is a free spirit, who seeks thrills and adventure.
Futarikko
1996
6.9The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962
6.7During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.
Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965
6.6When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963
6.6The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.
Atragon
1963
Film credits
1990s · 2 titles
7.3The U.N.G.C.C. (United Nations Godzilla Countermeasure Center) recovers the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah and construct Mechagodzilla as a countermeasure against Godzilla. Meanwhile, a giant egg is discovered along with a new monster called Rodan. The egg is soon found to be none other than an infant Godzillasaurus.
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
1993
7.0A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
Turning Point
1994
1960s · 38 titles
6.9The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962
6.7During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.
Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965
6.6When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963
6.6The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.
Atragon
1963
6.4Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited by giant mantis and a woman named Saeko who's been cast away since the death of her father. The pair soon find a helpless infant monster that Godzilla must adopt and learn to raise as one of his own.
Son of Godzilla
1967
7.1After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Chûshingura
1962
NRMusical comedy starring Watanabe Productions recording stars Nakao, Sono, and Ito as Toho's new "Sannin musume," three young women intended for 1960s audiences what Hibari Misora, Izumi Yukimura, and Chiemi Eri had been in the 50s.
Yes! Yes! 3 Young Girls
1963
8.0An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.
Sazae-san Plays Cupid
1961
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Young Master Fights Bravely
1960
8.0A Hiromichi Horikawa movie
Eternity of Love
1961
10.0A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers, including her own son, who makes a meagre living stripping taxicabs.
This Greedy Old Skin
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hilarious Itohan Diary
1960
7.0Director Iwauchi Katsuki adapted this melodrama from Sasazawa Saho's award winning novel about two young lovers from different sides of the tracks set against the backdrop of the Roppongi district in Tokyo. Masaaki (Minegishi Toru) is the son of a prominent judge and a Law student at university. Chikage (Nakagawa Yuki) is a teenager from an underprivileged home. Both are desperately looking for an escape from their lives when they meet in Roppongi one night and fall in love. But coming from such different backgrounds, their happiness isn't assured.
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
1963
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Swindler Meets Swindler
1966
NRModern comedy.
Biting Young Master
1960
7.0In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals, Sukesaburo and Kakunosuke, under the name of Koemon, a retired peasant.
Travels of Lord Mito
1969
10.0The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.
Fifty-Fifty
1963
NRMusical about the "Blue Star," a struggling jazz band led by pianist Takarada and trumpet player Takashima and their love interests. Done very much in the style of a Fox musical of the same 1940s, complete with an elaborate "History of Jazz" finale.
The Poem of the Blue Star
1960
9.0The four-member con group, including the intellectual boss Nobukichi Ishiguro (Masayuki Mori), who is called an "aristocrat con man" for his elegant appearance; the amorous Kyuhei Maruki (Tadao Takashima); the inventive Yosuke Mori (Hideo Sunatsuka); and the amorous Mami (Mako Midori), set one bizarre trap after another in their quest for the perfect crime in this wry crime comedy.
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
1968
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Modern Gentleman
1964
NR1967 Japanese movie
Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
1967
NR1962 Japanese movie
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
NRA contemporary comedy.
The Curio Master
1960
No synopsis available yet.
Ganpā kachō
1961
7.7A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.
You Can Succeed, Too
1964
5.8During his boyhood, young Hans Christian Andersen is exposed to the musical fairy-tale dream world by his Uncle Ole.
The World of Hans Christian Andersen
1968
NR1962 Japanese movie
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962
NR1967 Japanese movie
Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
1967
Banjun organizes a group of con men to fleece the greedy and rich.
A Smell of Money
1965
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Shadow of a Flower
1961
9.01963 Japanese movie
Sensation Seekers
1963
8.0
Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends
1964
NR1961 Japanese movie
Sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961
7.01962 Japanese movie
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
NRMasao Shinoda, an office worker at Tozai Trading, is feeling down because his colleague Hiraoka was promoted ahead of him, and when he gets home, his wife Sachiko treats him like a doormat.
Taming an Unruly Girl
1966
NRAn omnibus comedy set in a newly built housing complex, the film follows seven interconnected stories about the everyday vices simmering behind thin apartment walls. The film observes the lives of ambitious young couples, suspicious spouses, self-styled rationalists, overworked husbands, and gossiping neighbors navigating the promises of modern apartment living.
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
9.0Punch, Pinch, and Sentchi are three young women in Tokyo whose work and relationships become entangled after a minor accident draws their boyfriends into trouble. Professional setbacks and shifting loyalties put pressure on their friendship.
Anything Goes Three Dolls' Way
1960
NR1962 Japanese movie
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1962
1950s · 19 titles
8.0Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The First Love of a Cha Cha Girl
1956
9.0A former company man turned drifter is pulled back to lead a struggling toy company, enforcing bold reforms that shake up its corporate culture. Just as success arrives, he quietly walks away, leaving a changed company behind.
Talkative Company President
1957
NRA spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty, the crime of a terrifying wife, the crime of taking the wrong course, the crime of seducing, and the crime of killing with laughter.
Nonki saiban
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Big Edo's 1,000 Ryo Festival
1958
NRThe film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".
The Battleship Yamato
1953
Yuri is looking forward to marrying her fiancé Minoru. However, a few days before the wedding she falls victim to his brother Takehiko, and against her will, she becomes Takehiko's wife. The day after the wedding, Yuri begins her silent revenge by not talking to her husband. She retains her love for Minoru and never gives herself to Takehiko's embrace again. She also contributes large sums of money from Takehiko's fortune to charity.
Stormy Virtue
1959
5.0Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
1956
10.0For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called “Kageboshi” (Shadow Avenger), will fight for the common folk, robbing the rich so the people will have rice. Tanuma’s henchmen will hire an evil swordsman to pose as Kageboshi, starting a wave of murder, kidnapping and robbery, searching for two antique sword-guards that will reveal the hiding place of a fortune in buried gold. But who will claim the gold? The poor of Edo, or the conniving Tanuma? Only Kageboshi’s flashing sword, tearing through Tanuma’s bloodthirsty minions, can forestall his wicked schemes.
Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger
1959
Japanese film.
Santōshain to onna hisho
1955
NRDirectorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals
Love's Cheerleader
1952
NRMovie version of NHK renzoku drama "Tokyo Romance"
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
1954
Japanese musical.
A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival
1954
NR1958 Japanese movie
Botchan no yakyūō
1958
Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.
Holiday in Japan
1958
5.5Part of the Queen Bee series.
Queen Bee's Anger
1958
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958
NRA maritime action drama set aboard a whaling ship rocked by a labor-management conflict. Shintoho's second color feature.
Mutiny in the North Sea
1956
NRJapanese comedy film.
Morishige's Honeymoon
1956
Series credits
9.5No synopsis available yet.
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
7.3Born over a tofu shop in Osaka, twin sisters Reiko and Kyoko have very different characters. Reiko is diligent, and longs for a secure, middle class lifestyle. Kyoko is a free spirit, who seeks thrills and adventure.
Futarikko
1996
NRAnnual award ceremony of Japan Academy Film Prize
Japan Academy Film Prize Award Ceremony
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NRMusic quiz variety show
Quiz! Doremifadon
1976

