Toshio Takahara

Toshio Takahara

Born: May 1, 1923
Died: February 26, 2000
in Tokyo, Japan

Movies for Toshio Takahara...

Title: Police Tactical Unit
Released: May 6, 2019
Type: TV
A story that tackles the life experience and mental issues that plague the PTU officers from the perspective of a former undercover cop who returns to the force. After successfully bringing down the triads, Gao Jiasheng (Raymond Lam) goes back to wearing the police badge and crosses paths with Sergeant He Huiling (Charlene Choi) and Team Leader Liu Jianhui (Alex Fong). The three have their share of misgivings, but learn to build trust and friendship through a series of dangerous missions.
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Barrow Gang BC
Title: Barrow Gang BC
Released: April 27, 1985
Type: Movie
Film about a pirate radio station.
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Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
Title: Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
Released: June 4, 1982
Type: Movie
A series of murders at Fukagawa lumberyard is tied to a grudge letter from the deceased Kansuke Tsukunamiya. Officer Kasajiro Sakane investigates the baffling case.
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Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
Title: Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
Released: June 26, 1981
Type: Movie
Sakane, a police officer nicknamed "Kasajiro," remains single. He meets Shinko, the daughter of a condemned smuggler with a kappa tattoo, in a mysterious encounter.
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Title: Denshi Sentai Denziman
Character: Tenzan Asakaze
Released: February 2, 1980
Type: TV
Denzimen are warriors who fight against the Vader Clan, a clan that tries to pollute the Earth with sludge. Denzimen fight using the Super Science of the Denzi people. This was the first Super Sentai Series to introduce transforming robots.
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Waga seishun no eleven
Title: Waga seishun no eleven
Released: July 21, 1979
Type: Movie
Soccer movie.
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Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane!
Title: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane!
Character: Commander Kenpachi Edogawa
Released: July 22, 1976
Type: Movie
The Gorenger head for Matsuyama to prevent the Black Cross from firing a missile to destroy Japan. Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane is a theatrical film based on the Himitsu Sentai Gorenger television series. It was originally shown on July 22, 1976 (between Episodes 56 and 57 of the TV series) as part of the Toei Manga Matsuri film festival. It was the only Gorenger film that was a completely original work and not a theatrical version of a TV episode.
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Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Volcano's Last Big Eruption
Title: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Volcano's Last Big Eruption
Character: Commander Gonpachi Edogawa
Released: June 19, 1976
Type: Movie
When Magman makes a blunder that finally makes him lose the Black Cross Furher's trust, he begins a rampage against EAGLE with Navarone Fortress, the Gorenger must finally stop them. It features the destruction of Volcano Mask General Magman and his Mobile Fortress Navarone, as well as the Gorenger Machines, and the first appearance of his successor Commander-in-Chief Golden Mask. This is a theatrical version of episode 54 of the Himitsu Sentai Gorenger television series.
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Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Red Death Match
Title: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Red Death Match
Character: Commander Gonpachi Edogawa
Released: January 10, 1976
Type: Movie
The Gorenger try to retrieve rocket plans stolen by the Black Cross as Daita meets a mysterious girl he saves from them. This is a theatrical version of episode 36 of the Himitsu Sentai Gorenger television series.
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Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Blue Fortress
Title: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Blue Fortress
Character: Commander Gonpachi Edogawa
Released: July 26, 1975
Type: Movie
A mission to take down a Black Cross fortress becomes hampered when a Masked Monster, under the direction of a returned general, takes Variblune from Shinmei for their usage. This is a theatrical version of episode 15 of the Himitsu Sentai Gorenger television series.
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Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Movie
Title: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Movie
Character: Commander Kenpachi Edogawa
Released: May 10, 1975
Type: Movie
A Masked Monster being chased for stealing a microfilm with EAGLE secrets hides on a houseboat to avoid Kaijo and Asuka's pursuit.
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Title: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
Character: Commander Gonpachi Edogawa
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
The first heroes of the Super Sentai series! The heroes were brought together to defend the world from the Black Cross Army, who attempted to conquer the world. The five powers united as one to defeat the monsters.
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Touch of Love
Title: Touch of Love
Character: Yukichi Aoki
Released: November 2, 1974
Type: Movie
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Tomodachi
Title: Tomodachi
Released: July 24, 1974
Type: Movie
Shinta is a sixth grader in Kawasaki City a troublemaker that dreams to become a soccer player. Yoshiko, a classmate who moved to Kawasaki from Iwate Prefecture two years ago, is a gloomy girl who suffers from asthma due to the polluted air in Kawasaki and is ostracized by her class. Shinta is placed next to Yoshiko in class and their stories will take a turn.
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The Class of the Sewage Canal
Title: The Class of the Sewage Canal
Released: December 19, 1972
Type: Movie
The struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak their minds freely.
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Title: Kogarashi Monjiro
Character: Kinbei
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: TV
Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown when he was 10 years old. He has been traveling aimlessly with a long toothpick in his mouth. Monjiro avoided getting involved in anything, but wherever he went, he ended up getting involved in incidents
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Shadow of Deception
Title: Shadow of Deception
Released: February 10, 1971
Type: Movie
It was five years ago when Minako spent a night with Sozo, younger brother of her ex-husband. She now lives in a local town with a rich old man who owns a dry goods store. Minako travels to Tokyo on business every three months, during which time she continues to meet Sozo, who has married the daughter of his respected teacher.
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The Sea Anemone
Title: The Sea Anemone
Character: Kenzo Kawai
Released: August 30, 1969
Type: Movie
The story of a sexy girl with a passion for attracting men and counting the money she entices from them with her body.
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Only Child
Title: Only Child
Released: May 6, 1969
Type: Movie
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Record of an Apprentice Nurse: Red Uniform
Title: Record of an Apprentice Nurse: Red Uniform
Released: April 19, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Diary of a Sex Counsellor 2
Title: The Diary of a Sex Counsellor 2
Released: November 30, 1968
Type: Movie
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Scrap Collectors
Title: Scrap Collectors
Released: November 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Based on a story by Akiyuki Nosaka.
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The Daring Nun
Title: The Daring Nun
Character: Miura
Released: October 5, 1968
Type: Movie
One of the nuns at Senjuan is Sister Shunko (Michiyo Yasuda). Unlike the usual nun, however, she often goes out to see the world, being of the opinion that nuns should not lead cloistered lives but should see something of modern life. She makes the acquaintance of a young girl named lkuko (Kayo Mikimoto) and saves her from the advances of a gangster named Goro (lchiro Nakatani). In the meantime she turns down several propositions and, in revenge, one of her admirers denounces her to the Mother Superior (Kuniko Miyake). This lady is of liberal views, however, and refuses to do anything about it. Then Shunko is visited by Goro's gang boss who wants lkuko back and says he will blackmail Shunko unless she agrees.
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Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
Title: Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
Released: October 3, 1968
Type: Movie
A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.
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Duel in the Storm
Title: Duel in the Storm
Released: August 1, 1968
Type: Movie
It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His boss, however, became ill and the boat is taken due to unpaid debts to the local thugs. His new life has not begun well and he is determined to rebuild the shattered business. The Yakuza, however, have added the ferry business to the rest of their portfolio of local concerns.
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Rebellion of Japan
Title: Rebellion of Japan
Released: January 14, 1967
Type: Movie
Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisals), lives for over five years in a love affair with Tate who's a young lieutenant in the Army, ultimately becoming a right-wing fundamentalist revolutionary. She marries another man, one totally dedicated to the rigorous practices of Noh theatre, in an arranged marriage, but the bond that connects her with Tate is too strong.
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The Lovable Tramp
Title: The Lovable Tramp
Released: November 12, 1966
Type: Movie
Saotome is a white-collar worker on the brink of a burnout who one day strikes up a friendship with Gen, a boorish drifter who approaches life one day at a time.
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The Great White Tower
Title: The Great White Tower
Released: October 15, 1966
Type: Movie
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
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Shutsugeki
Title: Shutsugeki
Released: April 4, 1964
Type: Movie
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”
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The Gambling Monk
Title: The Gambling Monk
Released: October 13, 1963
Type: Movie
One summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing about his brother's death and requests for a grand funeral. He had been unwilling to take over the family business and had chosen a life as a middle school teacher far away from home, but considering the circumstances, he changes his mind. As the new chief of Hojuin, Harumichi scrambles around day after day for donations. He has kept strictly to the straight and narrow, until he passes a bicycle race track where the sounds of cheering fans induce him into a new way of life...
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Cases of Umon:A Woman with An Umbrella
Title: Cases of Umon:A Woman with An Umbrella
Character: Talking Denroku
Released: June 30, 1963
Type: Movie
Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murder of a jail guard & the escape of a criminal who is later himself killed. His dying words in Umon's arms were, "I didn't kill the guard." The murdered criminal had been a safe-cracker & only his girlfriend knows where he hid a fortune. She is kidnapped, so the plot gets thicker & thicker.
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Bad Girl
Title: Bad Girl
Released: March 16, 1963
Type: Movie
Wakae is a 15 year old girl who lived under the same roof with her alcoholic father and stepmom. Her mother had died years ago. She spends her nights at a rundown bar, sharing drinks and cigarettes with the lowlife drunks. She has nowhere to turn and no one to talk to, until she is reunited with her childhood friend, Saburo, who brings warmth to her heart.
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Naku n janai ze
Title: Naku n janai ze
Released: August 8, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Love in the Air
Title: Love in the Air
Released: February 3, 1962
Type: Movie
Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped and fell to his death, he had felt responsible and, sick at heart, left the circus for a life at sea. On land again Shoji goes to a cabaret where he is soon involved in a brawl. Kasamatsu, the owner of the cabaret, impressed by Shoji's strength, offers him a job as his bodyguard. The next morning Shoji visits Shingo's grave and meets Miyako, Shingo's former sweetheart, who is still a trapeze performer and now the star of the Kuroko Circus which Shoji realizes Kasamatsu intends to control.
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Hitotsu no inochi
Title: Hitotsu no inochi
Released: January 27, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Title: Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Released: January 14, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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The Man with a Shotgun
Title: The Man with a Shotgun
Character: Okumura
Released: June 3, 1961
Type: Movie
Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill.
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Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
Title: Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
Released: April 23, 1961
Type: Movie
1961 Japanese movie
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Quick Draw Joe
Title: Quick Draw Joe
Character: Detective Kimura
Released: April 1, 1961
Type: Movie
One day, a lone horseman rides into town with a wounded man strapped behind him. Joe, the Ace, had captured one of the bandits who had held up the armored payroll car headed for the dam construction site, takes the wounded man to the police and claims the reward offered. He is told to wait until the driver of the armored car returns to identify the bandit and goes over to the Blue Star where he is introduced to Mishima, the owner of the cabaret, who is highly respected in the town. Joe then meets Saburo, while fishing, and his lovely sister, who seem to sense the real man beneath the rough appearance and take him into their home. Word reaches Joe that the bandit he'd captured had been shot and he hurries over to the hospital.
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Title: The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Character: Chôsen e Iku Heichô
Released: January 28, 1961
Type: Movie
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
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Pigs and Battleships
Title: Pigs and Battleships
Character: Dr. Miyaguchi
Released: January 21, 1961
Type: Movie
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
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Dai shusse monogatari
Title: Dai shusse monogatari
Released: January 3, 1961
Type: Movie
1961 Japanese movie
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Life of a Country Doctor
Title: Life of a Country Doctor
Released: August 14, 1960
Type: Movie
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first time in Japan. Unfortunately for him, however, his wife's addiction to gambling is of such a magnitude that he is down to selling his underwear to make money. The image sticks and he becomes known as the 'underwear doctor.' On the other hand, his successful surgery's patient is so grateful he himself wants to become a physician.
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Ore wa Ginza no kiheitai
Title: Ore wa Ginza no kiheitai
Released: June 4, 1960
Type: Movie
A youth film starring Kōji Wada and Mayumi Shimizu
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The Murderer Must Die
Title: The Murderer Must Die
Released: October 27, 1959
Type: Movie
A year ago, Tetsuo Yazaki was unemployed and wanted money, attacked a police box in Kobe, robbed a policeman of his pistol, attacked Hamamatsu OS Theater and Nagoya Shinwa Bank, and succeeded in robbing a large amount of money.
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Age of Nudity
Title: Age of Nudity
Character: Hirafune
Released: September 7, 1959
Type: Movie
The story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. However, everything gets screwed up when they accidentally steal big bucks from the Yakuza.
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ゆがんだ月
Title: ゆがんだ月
Character: Tatsukichi Yoneyama
Released: July 28, 1959
Type: Movie
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Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Title: Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Character: Newspaperman B
Released: March 29, 1959
Type: Movie
Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan.
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Voice Without a Shadow
Title: Voice Without a Shadow
Character: Shigeo Kotani
Released: October 22, 1958
Type: Movie
Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Years later her husband invites his boss, Hamazaki, over for dinner and she realises his voice is suspiciously like that of the killer. Before she can investigate further, Hamazaki is found dead and her husband becomes the prime suspect.
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The Naked Sun
Title: The Naked Sun
Released: October 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they have agreed on this procedure, it comes as a shock to the young woman to find out from her husband-to-be that he just loaned all the money they had saved to a friend. She is understandably miffed, and a big disagreement results. But after some time goes by, she discovers why the friend needed the money so badly, and the couple are back on solid footing again.
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Rusty Knife
Title: Rusty Knife
Character: Takaishi
Released: March 11, 1958
Type: Movie
Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. The D.A. gets an anonymous letter about the suicide five years' before of a city council member. Evidence about the case leads the D.A. to Tachibana, struggling to go straight after involvement with the mob and a prison sentence for killing the man responsible for the rape and suicide of his fiancée. One of Tachibana's friends is Keiko, the daughter of the dead councilman and the ward of another powerful official. How do these stories connect?
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Title: A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Character: Kaneji
Released: July 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.
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Yellow Crow
Title: Yellow Crow
Released: February 27, 1957
Type: Movie
In this Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign-Language Film, director Heinosuke Gosho -- a master chronicler of Japanese middle-class life -- presents the story of Kiyoshi Yoshida (Koji Shitara), who feels estranged from both parents after his father returns from war. How the boy adapts to life with the virtual stranger his father has become is the film's focus. Chikage Awashima, Yûnosuke Itô and Yoshiko Kuga also star.
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Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Title: Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Character: Takeuchi
Released: October 5, 1955
Type: Movie
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Ai Sureba Koso
Title: Ai Sureba Koso
Character: Furuno (segment 2)
Released: July 5, 1955
Type: Movie
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Till We Meet Again
Title: Till We Meet Again
Character: Al
Released: May 29, 1955
Type: Movie
Sonejiro sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with her husband Kappei, who is more attracted to mountain climbing and another girl. When Yachiyo’s father is introduced to Sonejiro, good will turns evil, and all happiness is at stake.
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The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Title: The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Character: Ensign Kawamura
Released: January 9, 1955
Type: Movie
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Twenty-Four Eyes
Title: Twenty-Four Eyes
Character: Chiririn'ya
Released: September 15, 1954
Type: Movie
In 1928, schoolteacher Hisako Oishi takes a post on the island of Shodoshima teaching a group of twelve first grade students. In the following years, they face poverty, the rise of nationalism, and finally war.
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The Street Without Sun
Title: The Street Without Sun
Character: Young man
Released: June 24, 1954
Type: Movie
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Seven Samurai
Title: Seven Samurai
Character: Samurai with Gun
Released: April 26, 1954
Type: Movie
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
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At the End of the Clouds
Title: At the End of the Clouds
Released: June 9, 1953
Type: Movie
A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.
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Vacuum Zone
Title: Vacuum Zone
Released: December 10, 1952
Type: Movie
Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn about Kitani's past and reasons behind his prison sentence.
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Pirates
Title: Pirates
Released: July 13, 1951
Type: Movie
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Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Title: Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Released: June 15, 1950
Type: Movie
This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The film is located to Burma. It shows the everyday problems of soldiers in contrast of their ideas and the cynicism of their commanders. Soldiers are also victims of military bullying by their commanders.