Yōko Katsuragi
Birthday: 1930-04-06
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Biography: Yōko Katsuragi (桂木洋子, Katsuragi, Yōko, 6 April 1930 – March 2007) was a Japanese actress active from 1948 to 1963. She appeared mostly in films of the Shochiku film studios, often under the direction of Keisuke Kinoshita.
Movies
Late Spring
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marr...
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Scandal
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a pain...
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The Hill is Full of Flowers
A youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira Saiga...
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A Japanese Tragedy
At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her un...
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Battle of Roses
A Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by overheate...
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The Tattered Wings
A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal...
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Fireworks Over the Sea
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they ...
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The Good Fairy
The wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to investi...
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武蔵と小次郎
As the reputation of Sasaki Kojiro, who traveled through various provinces with his long sword seeki...
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The Missing Heir
Ginpei, in an act of desperation to get money for his gravely ill mother, was laughed at and ended u...
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Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
The timid first love of high school students! A whisper of love between a young man and a girl! The ...
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Fountainhead
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply....
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(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
Yoshida Denkichi does loses sight of his wife Chiyoko and daughter Toyoko during the war, and is tak...
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Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
Born to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to spen...
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A Secret Rendezvous
After witnessing a murder, a married woman and a student agree not to meet and see each other out of...
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Chutaro of Banba
Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring r...
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Apostasy
In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visit...
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The Portrait
The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artis...
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Broken Drum
When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his child...
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Dreaming People
Shinya Ban (Masao Wakahara) returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns that hi...
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Glass-Hearted Johnny
Joe Shishido is an ambitious bike racetrack tout who becomes inadvertently involved in a triangle wi...
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Black River
A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The land...
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The Seasons of Love
A family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman thank...
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Next Door to Happiness
The Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer secti...
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Weeping Doll
A Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan....
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Love and Duty
Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels ...
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Times of Joy and Sorrow
The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife....
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Typhoon
A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been...
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Umi no Chizu
Akiko Mizushina, a university student, is in love with Keisuke Okazaki, a member of the rugby team a...
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Disobedience
A university student wants to avenge his sister from a businessman who abandoned her after leaving h...
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Musume wa kaku kōgi suru
A story about a high school sophomore, Uzumi Keiko (Kyoko Kami), in a coastal Japanese city, Keiko’s...
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Hibi no haishin
Hiroyuki, a married executive, falls madly in love with Ikuko, the mistress of a ruthless jeweler. T...
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