Akiko Nomura
Kwaidan
as (segment "The Woman of the Snow") (uncredited)Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four...
Movie pageRed Beard
as OfukuAspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is...
Movie pageThe Castle of Sand
as Old Woman at Wakaba ApartmentTwo detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in...
Movie pageThe Shadow Within
as uncreditedWhen a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young...
Movie pageTora-san, His Tender Love
as SumiTraveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
Movie pageThe Wanderers
as OharuFollows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to...
Movie pageNowhere Man
as Woman at InnSukezo, a former manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a...
Movie pageBased on a true story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable,...
Movie pageOh, My Son!
as InoueA man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.
Movie pageAtami Murder Case
as uncreditedChief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the...
Movie pageNomugi Pass
as Moto MasaiThe story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early...
Movie pageTax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30
as uncreditedA man is murdered after stealing documents from the Olympic Department of the Ministry of...
Movie pageThe Political Game
as uncreditedThis is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and...
Movie pageThe Far Road
as uncreditedSet in the time of steam locomotives and covering a period of almost 30 years, this sensitive...
Movie pageLet's Go, Grandma!
as uncreditedLet's Go, Grandma! plays like an exuberant, goofy update to Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story. Kinuyo...
Movie pageSleeping Man
as uncreditedEver since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors...
Movie pageTerror in the Streets
as uncreditedYuri Ebara is inexplicably laid off, abandoned by her closest friend, and is suddenly asked to...
Movie pageThe Hotelman's Holiday
as uncreditedA longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with...
Movie pageCash Calls Hell
as uncreditedBefore leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in...
Movie pageBeyond the Shining Sea
as uncreditedHeartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she...
Movie pageLost Love
as ToyoShimamura is a young man whose family went broke and lost their house. One day, as he returns to...
Movie pageCrocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
as The undertaker's wifeA comedy farce depicting the noise that occurs when two unemployed circus participants discover...
Movie pageI Am A Man of Honor
as uncreditedThe sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo,...
Movie pageThe Million Dollar Pursuit
as uncreditedBurned out butcher Hazama meets a woman at a restaurant and is asked to help her deliver a bag...
Movie pageYamada baba ni hanataba o
as Tsuneko YamadaYamada is the old mistress of a prestigious all-girl high school, who finds a natural enemy in...
Movie pageOkusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
as uncreditedLaughter is brought about by a teacher-husband and student-wife couple.
Movie pageHanayome
as uncreditedChiyo, a 59 year old mother of 4, had lost her husband seven years ago. She will soon lose her...
Movie pageLove Stopped the Runaway Train
as uncreditedBased on a novel by Ayako Miura.
Movie pageLove and Death
as uncreditedYuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend’s girlfriend,...
Movie pageThe Class of the Sewage Canal
as uncreditedThe struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak...
Movie pageRokujō yukiyama tsumugi
as uncreditedYoung widow Ine is suffering under the harsh treatment of her mother in law. As a former Geisha,...
Movie pageOhanahan
as 亀吉の妻・細倉とく(おとく)The 6th NHK Asadora. Starring Fumie Kashiyama as a woman, born in the Meiji era, who raises a...
TV Show pageHaru and Natsu
as Ine NakaharaAs Haru emigrates from Japan with her family to the coffee plantations in Brazil, Natsu is left...
TV Show pageYokomizo Seishi Series
as KaneTV series starring Ikko Furuya, based on the Kosuke Kindaichi mystery novel series by Seishi...
TV Show pageKaseifu wa mita!
as uncreditedThe legendary suspense series that got one of the highest audience ratings. The main character,...
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