Tadao Takashima

Acting

Tadao Takashima

Born — Died

1930-07-27 — 2019-06-26

Place of birth

Kobe, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

Known for

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen poster
9.5

No synopsis available yet.

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

1990

Futarikko poster
7.3

Born 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

King Kong vs. Godzilla poster
6.9

The 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

Frankenstein Conquers the World poster
6.7

During 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

King Kong vs. Godzilla poster
6.6

When 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

Atragon poster
6.6

The 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

1960s · 38 titles

King Kong vs. Godzilla poster
6.9

The 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

Frankenstein Conquers the World poster
6.7

During 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

King Kong vs. Godzilla poster
6.6

When 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

Atragon poster
6.6

The 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

Son of Godzilla poster
6.4

Reporter 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

Chûshingura poster
7.1

After 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

Yes! Yes! 3 Young Girls poster
NR

Musical 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

Sazae-san Plays Cupid poster
8.0

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.

Sazae-san Plays Cupid

1961

A Young Master Fights Bravely poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Young Master Fights Bravely

1960

Eternity of Love poster
8.0

A Hiromichi Horikawa movie

Eternity of Love

1961

This Greedy Old Skin poster
10.0

A 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

Hilarious Itohan Diary poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hilarious Itohan Diary

1960

Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me poster
7.0

Director 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

Swindler Meets Swindler poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Swindler Meets Swindler

1966

Biting Young Master poster
NR

Modern comedy.

Biting Young Master

1960

Travels of Lord Mito poster
7.0

In 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

Fifty-Fifty poster
10.0

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.

Fifty-Fifty

1963

The Poem of the Blue Star poster
NR

Musical 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

Wild Ducks and Green Onions poster
9.0

The 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

Modern Gentleman poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Modern Gentleman

1964

Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda! poster
NR

1967 Japanese movie

Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!

1967

Fūryū onsen bantō nikki poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Fūryū onsen bantō nikki

1962

The Curio Master poster
NR

A contemporary comedy.

The Curio Master

1960

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ganpā kachō

1961

You Can Succeed, Too poster
7.7

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.

You Can Succeed, Too

1964

The World of Hans Christian Andersen poster
5.8

During 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

Kanpai! Sararīman shokun poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Kanpai! Sararīman shokun

1962

Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire! poster
NR

1967 Japanese movie

Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!

1967

No artwork available
NR

Banjun organizes a group of con men to fleece the greedy and rich.

A Smell of Money

1965

Shadow of a Flower poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Shadow of a Flower

1961

Sensation Seekers poster
9.0

1963 Japanese movie

Sensation Seekers

1963

Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends poster
8.0

Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends

1964

Sararīman yajikita dōchū poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Sararīman yajikita dōchū

1961

Shin kitsune to tanuki poster
7.0

1962 Japanese movie

Shin kitsune to tanuki

1962

Taming an Unruly Girl poster
NR

Masao 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

Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins poster
NR

An 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

Anything Goes Three Dolls' Way poster
9.0

Punch, 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

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

1962

1950s · 19 titles

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War poster
8.0

Meiji 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

The First Love of a Cha Cha Girl poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The First Love of a Cha Cha Girl

1956

Talkative Company President poster
9.0

A 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

Nonki saiban poster
NR

A 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

Big Edo's 1,000 Ryo Festival poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Big Edo's 1,000 Ryo Festival

1958

The Battleship Yamato poster
NR

The 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

No artwork available
NR

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

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets poster
5.0

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

1956

Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger poster
10.0

For 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

No artwork available
NR

Japanese film.

Santōshain to onna hisho

1955

Love's Cheerleader poster
NR

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

Love's Cheerleader

1952

Shigemori Goes To Tokyo poster
NR

Movie version of NHK renzoku drama "Tokyo Romance"

Shigemori Goes To Tokyo

1954

No artwork available
NR

Japanese musical.

A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival

1954

Botchan no yakyūō poster
NR

1958 Japanese movie

Botchan no yakyūō

1958

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

Holiday in Japan

1958

Queen Bee's Anger poster
5.5

Part of the Queen Bee series.

Queen Bee's Anger

1958

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

1958

Mutiny in the North Sea poster
NR

A 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

Morishige's Honeymoon poster
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Morishige's Honeymoon

1956

Series credits