Birthday: 1903-07-15
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marr...
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The story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the 1950...
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A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergeneration...
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After his company goes bankrupt, Katsuji Watanabe resorts to pickpocketing again with his old swindl...
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When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpect...
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A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the ...
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A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three...
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The fourth part in the series "Code Between Brothers". The story takes place in Fukagawa, Tokyo, at ...
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On the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded by b...
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An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and group...
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A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body...
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A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It’s ...
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In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, ...
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Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman....
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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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Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a cons...
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Ninth installment in the "Gokudo" series. Depicts the activities of Shimamura Seikichi and his hench...
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Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the ...
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After serving his sentence, Yakuza family member Toshin-gumi Umebayashi is released from prison. Tos...
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Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan...
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The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to v...
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Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was ag...
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One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip...
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A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister....
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Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home....
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Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal s...
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A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his ser...
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An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love....
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Kinta (Nabe Osami) is Japanese by birth, but raised by a Chinese man. He stowsaway to Japan to see h...
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Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the ...
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Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. Whe...
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The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari...
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A delinquent young man (Kobayashi Akira) from a wealthy family decides to get in on a blackmailing s...
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An investigation into a drug smuggler who is assassinated in front of an insurance building sets two...
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A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The land...
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After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. ...
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Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When h...
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"Pure White Nights" - A romantic tale that depicts love between married people and the psychology o...
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On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji falls ...
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Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of swor...
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Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she sh...
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A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particular...
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From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village ...
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The obstinate black market trader Okyo lives together with her son Seitaro, who works as a mechanic ...
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A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindn...
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Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares...
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The long-awaited haymaking season has arrived on the island of Honshu. Work is in full swing in the ...
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The film consists of three short stories. Tomiko, the heroine of the first story, "The Flower Girl" ...
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The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by th...
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Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for ...
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Shochiku's popular series of gang films, this one has the hero returning from prison bent on revenge...
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Part 3 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, ...
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Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day ...
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Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog s...
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The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls....
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A nanny, played by Sayuri Yoshinaga, who lives and works in a Tokyo family, causes all kinds of wave...
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As a bid to win contacts, ship building companies wine and dine political leaders, inviting the geis...
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Yasugoro, goes to live in a quiet town where he falls in love with the priest's daughter-in-law. His...
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Sakura (nicknamed Sally), a 12 year old biracial girl, ran away from her adoptive family in America ...
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Goto Tamiko starred in TV commercials and her father, Keisuke, was a powerful financier who is now f...
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A road trip comedy set against the backdrop of the famous historical sites of Tohoku and Hokkaido....
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Taiji (Kawazu Yusuke), who works at Noble Cosmetics, wants to marry his girlfriend Tomie (Kuwano Miy...
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This is a film adaptation of a popular NHK drama that depicts a strong-willed woman, Hana, who lives...
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