Mantarō Ushio
Birthday: 1909-02-04
Place of Birth: Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
娘の修学旅行
An uproarious human-interest comedy about the love between a father and daughter of a good-natured s...
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Nenneko Shain
A handsome and pure-hearted employee who thought he was single actually has a secret child. His girl...
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Fires on the Plain
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his comp...
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Scarred Yosaburo
The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress o...
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Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda
The salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job than t...
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Victory and Defeat
After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Y...
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Afraid to Die
On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on crimi...
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Bridge of Japan
Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then ...
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Seisaku's Wife
On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has...
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Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
A hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the protagoni...
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The Most Valuable Wife
Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daugh...
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Being Two Isn't Easy
The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of vi...
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Hole in One
A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the ...
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Hibari no komoriuta
Hibari no komoriuta (ひばりの子守唄, literally "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film ...
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When Women Lie
Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Compan...
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The Money Dance
Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, eve...
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Bonchi
Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed b...
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The Singing Baseball Kid
A musical comedy about a spirited orphan who forms a youth baseball team and gets caught up in a mix...
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The Cast-Off
The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executiv...
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Brother and Sister
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a co...
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Black Report
After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for ...
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Beauty the Enemy
In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracte...
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The Sandal Keeper
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Hitoshi Ueki) starts out as Nobunaga's "Sandal Keeper" but climbs the ranks to e...
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Odd Obsession
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot be...
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Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Romantic comedy about a love triangle between two girls who fall in love with a reliable young docto...
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The Life of a Horse Trader
The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmo...
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Five Scouts
An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda...
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Warm Current
The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose betwee...
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Okoto and Sasuke
One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō....
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The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily...
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Refresher Course for Wives
One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tell...
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Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman
Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the T...
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Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
A ghost story about a woman who dies a violent death and appears to the man she loves as a vengeful ...
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Advance Patrol
In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attac...
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A Woman's Testament
The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a so...
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Giants and Toys
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in...
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A Geisha's Diary
A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she stru...
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A Pebble by the Wayside
Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamot...
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The Broken Commandment
Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplat...
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The Great White Tower
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at ...
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The Naked Town
A 1937 Japanese language film directed by Tomu Uchida, starring Ryo Akaboshi, Mitsuru Date and Hisao...
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Earth
Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to p...
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Floating Weeds
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpect...
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On This Earth
Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His m...
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Across the Darkness
A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed dur...
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Unending Advance
One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in ...
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The Phantom Horse
Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the lo...
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The Crowded Train
Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing ...
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Machi no uwasa mo sanjûgo nichi
A bride suddenly disappears from the wedding venue, and her boyfriend begins searching for her. Thin...
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The Judo Champ
When Shinsuke returns to Kyushu from the Russo-Japanese War he finds his Judo school hall neglected ...
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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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The Grave Tells All
Yamazaki Ryotaro is an Olympics' athlete and an asset. He accepts two jobs and responsibilities that...
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The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi ...
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Shojohou
A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and...
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Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
Chieko gets married and moves from Kumamoto to Tokyo when her boyfriend Saburo, who works for the Te...
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Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa
Newlyweds Saburo and Chieko are renting a room. The two get into a fight over something trivial....
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Goodbye, Hello
Kazuko and Umeko have been friends since college. They are modern businesswomen who have many obliga...
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The Woman Who Touched Legs
Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was no...
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A Public Benefactor
The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness....
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