Tōru Takemitsu Movies

  • 1984
    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure

    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure

    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure

    6.21984HD

    Made for the centenary of France’s trade union laws, Chris Marker’s 2084 imagines a future in which a computer looks back on the labor...

    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure
  • 1972
    Dear Summer Sister

    Dear Summer Sister

    Dear Summer Sister

    5.21972HD

    14-year-old Sunaoko travels from Tokyo to Naha, Okinawa, with her father’s young fiancée Momoko in search of her half-brother whom she...

    Dear Summer Sister
  • 1973
    The Petrified Forest

    The Petrified Forest

    The Petrified Forest

    6.31973HD

    Troubled medical student Haruo navigates a toxic relationship with his mother and a dangerous affair with former classmate Eiko, leading to a murder...

    The Petrified Forest
  • 1992
    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden

    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden

    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden

    81992HD

    Exquisite exploration of landscape and Toru Takemitsu's music for a Japanese moss garden.

    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden
  • 1992
    Basara: The Princess Goh

    Basara: The Princess Goh

    Basara: The Princess Goh

    71992HD

    Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to...

    Basara: The Princess Goh
  • 1963
    Pressure of Guilt

    Pressure of Guilt

    Pressure of Guilt

    7.51963HD

    A seasoned prosecutor uncovers the perfect crime committed by a young lawyer.

    Pressure of Guilt
  • 1966
    Captive's Island

    Captive's Island

    Captive's Island

    6.71966HD

    Seeking revenge against the guard who tormented him, a young man returns to the island where he was imprisoned in reform school. But his plans for...

    Captive's Island
  • 1963
    She and He

    She and He

    She and He

    71963HD

    As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own life even as her husband's life...

    She and He
  • 1964
    Escape from Japan

    Escape from Japan

    Escape from Japan

    5.71964HD

    As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a...

    Escape from Japan
  • 1962
    A Flame at the Pier

    A Flame at the Pier

    A Flame at the Pier

    6.11962HD

    A union-busting Yokohama dockworker learns that the loyalties that rule his life are based on shaky foundations. Believing that his manager was...

    A Flame at the Pier
  • 1967
    Clouds at Sunset

    Clouds at Sunset

    Clouds at Sunset

    61967HD

    A Japanese soldier deserts his position and travels to a small town on the Sea of Japan to start over. When a young maid falls for him, he talks her...

    Clouds at Sunset
  • 1964
    Assassination

    Assassination

    Assassination

    7.11964HD

    In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and...

    Assassination
  • 1960
    Youth in Fury

    Youth in Fury

    Youth in Fury

    71960HD

    Amidst the 1960 Japanese-American mutual security treaty, alienated young nihilist Takuya struggles to find his footing between his do-nothing wealth...

    Youth in Fury
  • 1965
    Beast Alley

    Beast Alley

    Beast Alley

    71965HD

    Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns down their home to start anew. She is soon...

    Beast Alley
  • 1963
    Twin Sisters of Kyoto

    Twin Sisters of Kyoto

    Twin Sisters of Kyoto

    6.51963HD

    In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins...

    Twin Sisters of Kyoto
  • 1965
    With Beauty and Sorrow

    With Beauty and Sorrow

    With Beauty and Sorrow

    5.71965HD

    When the man who seduced famous painter Otoko Ueno as a teenager–and then wrote a bestselling novel about it–reappears in her life, her...

    With Beauty and Sorrow
  • 1987
    Brand New Day

    Brand New Day

    Brand New Day

    71987HD

    Japan, 1986. At the tail end of the world tour promoting their latest album Revenge, Eurythmics tops the charts. Between concerts, pop duo Annie...

    Brand New Day
  • 1975
    The Fossil

    The Fossil

    The Fossil

    7.21975HD

    An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is abroad in Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes him...

    The Fossil
  • 1978
    Glowing Autumn

    Glowing Autumn

    Glowing Autumn

    81978HD

    A very beautiful Japanese woman is in love with Persian carpets. She is being chased by lecherous Saburi Shin and a handsome young photographer....

    Glowing Autumn
  • 1959
    People Waiting for Spring

    People Waiting for Spring

    People Waiting for Spring

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    This drama centers on an elderly politician and depicts how humans can return to their true selves when they are freed from selfish desires and...

    People Waiting for Spring