Birthday: 1925-01-25
Place of Birth: Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Gu...
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The salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job than t...
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A young man named Kijima who works as a pianist in a small bar is surprised when one of the customer...
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V-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza....
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The film is based on the graphic novel of the same name by Teruo Tanashita, Mari Atsumi plays a pick...
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On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has...
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Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beauti...
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High-end cabaret hostess Masuko discovers her long-term lover is actually married. Determined to sec...
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Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in ...
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16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series...
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Set against the backdrop of a bitter power struggle between the faction of the chairman of the board...
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Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to ...
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To avenge the death of his brother, a student shooting champion infiltrates the criminal world. An ...
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A suspense work starring Junko Natsu. One night, Saiko Ogata, a popular female DJ on a late-night ra...
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Shocking scenes are revealed in the Nagasaki Women's prison....
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A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she ensla...
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Takuya Tsuda is a cop who loves motorcycles. One day a speeding motorcycle seriously injures a child...
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Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and trag...
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Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Dare yori mo kimi wo aisu" by Kazuko Matsuo....
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Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Compan...
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Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement...
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An industry research director, Isomura, is killed in a suspected hit-and-run, but his employee, Hinu...
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In a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave la...
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In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Ka...
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During a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin. Upo...
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This is a story of love between a society girl and a yakuza boy. Mami lives an ordinary life in Tok...
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The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at ...
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Released after seven years in prison, an inveterate thug goes from strength to ruthless strength as ...
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In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his comp...
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The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture....
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Ken Ogata plays Shiro Miyagi, a sprinter with Olympic aspirations whose dreams were shattered by WWI...
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Second film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where ...
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Sixth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where s...
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Fourth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where ...
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Eighth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where ...
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This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is th...
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One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō....
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The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin,...
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In late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel Hidak...
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Eleventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring wher...
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After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-...
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A story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, re...
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Kuramoto, who works for a large trading company, is a skilled employee who is well-liked by the comp...
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Nakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be excellent sp...
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Set up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is responsib...
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Takeshi Ijuin leaves for Chicago to be a cameraman, and a few years later returns to Japan. But he o...
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The "lowly ronin" meets a child who is being chased by men that killed his father before his eyes. F...
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When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival ga...
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Yuki cares for a sick old man Katakura who kept her mother as his mistress. Now she is the object of...
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Ide of the Kokusai Rayon Company visits a supermarket and finds cheap shirts being passed off as his...
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A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a l...
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Ninth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where s...
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Benio, a peppy tomboy, is surprised to learn that she has been secretly betrothed by her grandfather...
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A young man is determined to have as many affairs as possible but not to get married. One of his con...
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The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a so...
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Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To ...
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Two sisters live with their family. The elder is reserved; the younger lively. Yet, the former is fi...
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Ayako, who was the leader of the ladies gang until five years ago, washed her hands of gang life at ...
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The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives w...
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Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car ea...
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A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. ...
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Namiko is married, but has an infatuation with Ishizuka who runs a nightclub. The businessman is als...
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A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese...
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Wicked woman Ogin is a concubine of a powerful feudal lord Tayu. At first Ogin gains power by poison...
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In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants t...
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Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes p...
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The woman gambler Ginko risks her life for her brother-in-law....
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After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for ...
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A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son....
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After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for ...
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The wife Yuko Kusumon operating a pottery store was a chastal wife without complaints even though he...
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Based on Kaoru Morimoto oft performed 1945 play, a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo a...
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Psychological noir drama involving the tangled web of a disgraced yakuza, an innocent school girl, a...
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Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the lo...
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To pay off his enormous debt, Segawa becomes a spy for the president of a small trading company....
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"Though still young, Natsuko gave up the life of a geisha to become the mistress of the president of...
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The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a s...
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Toshiko is the madam of a bar in Osaka who tries to keep her private life private and claims not to ...
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A wife is diagnosed with an incurable disease at a young age. Her husband loves her, supports her, a...
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The story of a sexy girl with a passion for attracting men and counting the money she entices from t...
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The three Matsunami sisters navigate adulthood and the complex social pressures of finding a husband...
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Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmar...
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A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with h...
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