Reikichi Kawamura
Birthday: 1897-01-01
Place of Birth: Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
Mr. Thank You
In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mou...
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Stray Dog
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded...
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Ishimatsu of the Forest
The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to ...
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Love's Cheerleader
Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals...
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Record of a Tenement Gentleman
An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, ...
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Apart from You
An aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young geish...
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The Dawning Sky
A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunite...
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Sailor
Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy. How...
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Children in the Wind
On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is impri...
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Woman in the Mist
Otoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed every...
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A Man's Recompense: Part 1
Sabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an archa...
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A Man's Recompense: Part 2
Sabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an archa...
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Torrent of a Big City
A young yakuza student is led back to the straight and narrow path by his uncle....
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A Certain Woman
Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a nu...
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South Wind
Amusing masterpiece from director Yoshimura Kazusabu divided in two parts taken from the newspaper s...
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Otoko no iki
This was 1942, so it was a national policy film, no matter what you call it. But when the war was st...
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The Trio's Engagements
Three men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted Japane...
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情艶一代女
Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her danci...
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The Lights of Asakusa
Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop f...
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A Brother and His Younger Sister
A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. T...
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Osayo Koi Sugata
The poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head. Wit...
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Eclipse
The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his co...
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Okoto and Sasuke
A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devo...
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Okoto and Sasuke
A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devo...
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So Goes My Love
Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better ...
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The Tree of Love
A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a...
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The Dancing Girl of Izu
"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Pen...
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Notes of an Itinerant Performer
Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a tr...
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The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
This pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife and M...
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South Wind 2
In this comic sequel to Yoshimura Kozaburo's original, Minami no Kaze, ex-baron (Saburi Shin) is in ...
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The Woman Who Holds the Key
Shochiku melodrama about the loves of the humble people living in the poor tenement called the Ryuhe...
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Okayo's Preparedness
A young student of traditional dance falls in love with a handsome young man who visits the dance sc...
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The Munekata Sisters
Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had al...
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Beyond the Hills
Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts....
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The Genealogy of Women
A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparentl...
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365 Nights
A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love wi...
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Nightshade Flower
Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi....
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My Elder Brother
Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza w...
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Suzhou Nights
A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment...
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Lumberjack and Lady
A Japanese comedy from the end of the silent era (it has music) from a popular series. A feud, a pra...
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Vermilion and Green
A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees....
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Four Seasons of Children
The brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when the fa...
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First Steps Ashore
The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide....
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Wood and Stone
Movie about a devoted and single woman and her daughter. The mother's nickname is "Bokuseki" (wooden...
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Song of the Flower Basket
Three men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the Shitamachi...
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Family Meeting
A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life....
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Mother
The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star....
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Tokyo Sweetheart
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are ...
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The Living Magoroku
A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitiou...
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Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to ...
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Ishimatsu of the Forest
The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to ...
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Sword of Penitence
Two criminal brothers try to go straight but face opposition from one of their criminal cohorts. Con...
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Men vs. Women
A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the er...
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Twenty-Year-Old Youth
The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by th...
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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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Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
A family story in the year of 1943 during the war. The director is Shunkai Mizuho, who worked on "Hi...
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Mother and Child
The movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and his ne...
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Kinuyo's First Love
Kinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's boyfriend....
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Living Image
A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period....
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Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
In a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was over...
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Love
Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a fath...
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Over That Hill
Mariko is an innocent girl who grew up in the highlands of Shinshu. She moves to Tokyo to live with ...
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Merry Migratory Birds
Midori (Misora), the adopted daughter of Kinnosuke (Kawamura), a ship carpenter in a port town, was ...
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Fallen Samurai
A period drama about samurai who survived a loss in battle. An early jidaegeki by Hiroshi Shimizu....
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The Complete Story of Jirocho Shimizu, Part 2: Ashura's Revenge
A dramatized chapter in the life of Shimizu Jirocho, a famous yakuza boss, gambler, and folk hero of...
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The Beating
Japanese silent comedy from 1930. The directorial debut of Hiromasa Nomura....
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Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of ali...
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Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of ali...
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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 Sun Rises from the East
The Japanese debut film of silent-era star Sessue Hayakawa, in which he not only starred but directe...
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