Birthday: 1905-05-01
Place of Birth: Hokkaido, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering ...
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A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repe...
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Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then ...
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A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they ...
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A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a b...
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Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"...
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A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, ...
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When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides ...
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Born to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to spen...
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After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of la...
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The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at ...
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Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as st...
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It's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children, which wa...
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A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan....
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The Angry Street includes a great deal of location shooting in the rebuilt city, including downtown ...
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Five boys escape from their life of bondage on an island 10 miles off Hiroshima, and are picked up i...
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Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home....
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A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work...
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Depicts the boyhood days of Dr. Noguchi, world famous bacteriologist, who was born in a poor village...
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Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese village...
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One evening, at the Marine Tower observatory, cosmetics salesman Ichiro Iki is drawn into conversati...
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Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father,...
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Shimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his friend ...
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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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With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successfu...
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As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after b...
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Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an elite b...
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Suspense film based on Ryuji Hori's non-fiction book about the kidnapping and murder of 4-year-old Y...
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Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidental...
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A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dream...
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Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast abo...
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Satsuo Yamamoto's filmic depiction of the famous 1949 Matsukawa Incident....
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Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling again...
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Tsutomu Yoshioka, a Tokyo office worker, is engaged to Mariko, the niece of his company's president....
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The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outsp...
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A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded...
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In postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family's in difficult c...
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After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shu...
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A man confessed to killing a woman in a labyrinth 2 years ago. The detectives must now conduct a "ba...
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A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that th...
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This movie depicts poor yet kind and modest people, focusing on sibling love....
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