title: Takeshi Sakamoto
text: # Takeshi Sakamoto
  
  Takeshi Sakamoto (坂本武, Sakamoto Takeshi, 21 September 1899 – 10 May 1974) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1925 and 1965, mostly in productions of the Shōchiku studio. He gained popularity as a supporting character, working for directors such as Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio Naruse, Hiroshi Shimizu and Heinosuke Gosho.
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  * 1929: Days of Youth
  * 1931: The Neighbor's Wife and Mine
  * 1931: Tokyo Chorus
  * 1932: I Was Born, But...
  * 1933: The Dancing Girl of Izu
  * 1933: Every-Night Dreams
  * 1933: Passing Fancy
  * 1933: Wasei Kingu Kongu
  * 1934: A Story of Floating Weeds
  * 1935: An Inn in Tokyo
  * 1937: What Did the Lady Forget?
  * 1938: The Masseurs and a Woman
  * 1939: A Brother and His Younger Sister
  * 1941: Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
  * 1941: Ornamental Hairpin
  * 1947: The Record of a Tenement Gentleman
  * 1948: A Hen in the Wind
  * 1951: Carmen Comes Home
  * 1951: Nami
  * 1952: Ringo-en no shōjo
  * 1953: Where Chimneys Are Seen
  * 1953: Ojōsan shachō
  * 1955: Takekurabe
  * 1957: Times of Joy and Sorrow
  * 1957: Untamed
  * 1963: A Legend or Was It?
  