Yōko Umemura
Birthday: 1903-10-21
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Biography: No biography available.
Movies
The 47 Ronin
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridor...
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Osaka Elegy
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going t...
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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor...
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Oyuki the Virgin
When a civil war threatens to break out, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. Durin...
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Sisters of the Gion
Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he a...
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晴小袖
A lost film directed by Ushihara Kiyohiko based on a story published in the Mainichi Sunday Newspape...
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Mistress of a Foreigner
Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minu...
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Poppy
Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of de...
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A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
Otane, the daughter of a thread shop owner in Ryogoku, is in love with Sumio, the son of an ivory cr...
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The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen
Mitsue is a popular stage actress and the lover of a shamisen player named Seijuro. She jealously mu...
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The Woman Who Touched The Legs
A twice-remade ironic comedy about a writer's encounter with a female thief....
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And Yet They Go On
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film....
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The Letter
A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebell...
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Miss Okichi
Kenji Mizoguchi is credited as “supervisor” on this rare Japanese genre film, which stars the stunni...
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New Clothing
Japan's first feature film directed by a female. The film was about the naïve, premature emotions be...
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Osaka Woman
When Ochika, from a rich family, marries Danpei, a poor shamisen player, she devotes herself complet...
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A Man of the Arts
Based on Matsutaro Kawaguchi's novel "Geido Ichidai Otoko." Considered a lost film....
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