Emiko Yagumo
Birthday: 1903-08-15
Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan
Biography: Emiko Yagumo (August 15, 1903 - January 13, 1979) was a Japanese actress, real name Chiyoko Tamano. At the age of 18, she fled home to follow a lover to Shanghai. On her return to Japan, she became a geisha. She appeared in 110 films between 1926 and 1937 before she retired and founded a beauty company.
Movies
Tokyo Chorus
In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his ...
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The Village Bride
Japanese silent film from 1928. Kinema Junpo ranked it among the ten best Japanese movies of the yea...
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King of the Land
Japanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year....
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Eternal Heart
Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she...
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That Night's Wife
In Depression-era Japan, a man commits a robbery to save his critically ill daughter and escapes wit...
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Silver Stream
Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the...
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A Story of Floating Weeds
An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegi...
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Nikutai no bōfū
The love of an older sister who worked as a geisha but decided to open a bar under the auspices of a...
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Mother
The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star....
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Young Master
Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the f...
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An Embarrassing Dream
Japanese silent film from 1927. A landmark in the careers of two up-and-coming stars: director Heino...
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Mother, Don't Tarnish Your Name
Because of her husband’s suicide, a young widow finds herself suddenly cast into a life of solitude,...
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The Beating
Japanese silent comedy from 1930. The directorial debut of Hiromasa Nomura....
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The Golden Demon
Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to ma...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura s...
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Mother of the East
Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu....
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