Takashi Kanda

Acting

Takashi Kanda

Born 1918-04-14 · Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Acting credits

Scandal poster
6.9

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.

Scandal

1950

August Without Emperor poster
7.3

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.

August Without Emperor

1978

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace poster
NR

In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy named Genshichi. Unfortunately, the woman is shot and killed. Later, Genshichi explains that the woman was a member of a band of thieves, and because she was let go once, the police officer, Genjuro Mazaki, was demoted to a desk job. Consumed by guilt, Boredom Otoko...

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace

1955

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19 poster
NR

In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man with an unusual rosary in his hand was dug up. An autopsy showed that the victim was about 40 years old, 170 cm tall, had bad teeth, and had been strangled about a month ago. The police department begins an investigation, Detectives Hayashi and Kitagawa set out to investigate the origin of the rosary, and Detectives Nagata and Watanabe begin interviewing construction workers. In the end, it turns out that the rosary belongs to some new religion... The 19th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari".

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19

1962

Mermaid Legend poster
6.4

A married couple of abalone divers must confront ruthless investors taking over their coastline.

Mermaid Legend

1984

A Woman in the Typhoon Area poster
7.5

Four unlucky pirates head to a weather tracking station set on a remote island with the intention of holding the weather trackers as hostages and assaulting their next incoming supply ship; but at the station they are told that a serious typhoon is on the way, so the ship will be delayed.

A Woman in the Typhoon Area

1948

Return of Giant Majin poster
6.2

The tyrannical Lord Danjo Mikoshiba covets the rich, fertile lands surrounding Lake Yakumo. During a memorial ceremony for the late Chigusa lord, Mikoshiba launches an attack, overthrowing the honorable Lord Juro. Just when all seems lost, Daimajin rises from Lake Yakumo to settle a score of his own.

Return of Giant Majin

1966

No artwork available
NR

The daughter of a Prime Minister turns down the proposal of a young teacher when she falls for the wrong man. Despite the continual degradation by the man she loves, she is unwilling to leave her awful relationship.

A Fallen Woman

1967

The Street Without Sun poster
7.0

Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large printing house and the strikers' steadfastness, which neither hunger nor violence could break. The heroine of this story actively participates in her colleagues' struggle against layoffs, oppression, and police brutality.

The Street Without Sun

1954

No artwork available
9.0

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

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

1960

Judo Hall Demon poster
NR

Sequel to the movie Judo Ichidai (Judo Life) with Sonny Chiba

Judo Hall Demon

1964

Fearful Witch poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fearful Witch

1962

Pleasant Company poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pleasant Company

1962

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters poster
6.6

A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in back. But he makes the fatal mistake of hosting a 100 Ghost Stories ceremony without the closing cleansing ritual, opening the door for the Yokai Monsters to punish the wicked.

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters

1968

Gang vs. G-Men poster
7.5

Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.

Gang vs. G-Men

1962

The Black Hooded Man poster
NR

A mysterious black hooded man intervenes when an anti-government group who plots to steal the precious blue diamond called “Maguna no Hitomi.”

The Black Hooded Man

1955

Japan's Don poster
7.2

A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.

Japan's Don

1977

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style poster
7.0

In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro; and lastly the large cast of characters rendezvouses for a fateful finale.

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style

1963

Hiroshima poster
7.4

Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its effects on various civilians, especially children, of that city.

Hiroshima

1953

The Big Boss poster
NR

A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the work of Gaijin boss Brown and his henchman Yamaoka, whose territory is in the Jonan district, in response to Kikuya, the head of the Asahina family, refusing to join the Syndicate. Yamaoka relentlessly pursues the Asahina family and uses his brother Komatsu to kill Shibaki, Kikuya's brother, who owns Nagoya territory. When Kikuya receives information that a general meeting of the Brown and Yamaoka Syndicate is to be held in Nagoya, he is determined to root out the syndicate and rushes to Nagoya, ready to die...

The Big Boss

1963

Speed Crazy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Speed Crazy

1959

Five Paths to Revenge poster
NR

The orphaned son of a count who was assassinated by his subordinates in a conspiracy during the Pacific War becomes obsessed with taking revenge on his late father's enemies.

Five Paths to Revenge

1956

Tower of Lilies poster
6.8

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.

Tower of Lilies

1953

Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare poster
6.4

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

Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare

1968