Sumiko Kurishima
Birthday: 1902-03-15
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Biography: Sumiko Kurishima (栗島すみ子 Kurishima Sumiko) was a Japanese actress and master of traditional Japanese dance. She is often considered Japan's first female movie star.
Movies
Flowing
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Kat...
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What Did the Lady Forget?
A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niec...
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Every-Night Dreams
In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return o...
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Young Lady
Lost film. Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journalis...
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A Primer on Marriage
Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself...
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Madame Pearl
Japanese silent film from 1927, based on a popular serialized novel by Kan Kikuchi....
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Where Do Women Go?
Japanese silent film from 1930 with an acclaimed performance by Sumiko Kurishima....
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Clear and Cloudy
Japanese film from 1933, adapted from a story serialized in the entertainment magazine "Fuji."...
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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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