Chieko Murata
Actress. Born 1915, died November 1995.
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
as Lu-huaIn eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family...
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Diary of a Mad Old Man
as TamakoUtsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke,...
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A Geisha's Diary
as KazukoA young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she...
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Devil's Flute
as UmeFamous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An...
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A Hen in the Wind
as Akiko IdaTokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old...
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Lightning
as NuikoThe story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her...
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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as OwnerThe remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to...
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Warm Current
as Shima TakikoThe story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose...
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The Snowy Heron
as uncreditedThe story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a...
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A Woman's Testament
as uncreditedThe first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for...
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A Design for Dying
as uncreditedShikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils...
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The Cruel Sea
as uncreditedIt is 1921 and a town has a newspaper which prints urgent bulletins as required. The...
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The Makioka Sisters
as uncredited1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.
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Tokyo Crime Map
as uncreditedAn exciting film about thugs, in which murders and drugs, justice and resentment explode in the...
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Triangle Moods
as uncreditedAyako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved...
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Chushingura
as uncreditedThe vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy...
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High School Third Graders
as uncreditedIn 1963, Funaki Kazuo's debut song of the same name was released and then it was adapted to a...
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High School Juniors (Part II)
as uncreditedA story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their...
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Black Snow
as uncreditedBlack Snow tells the tale of a disturbed young man who, after spying on his mother with a black...
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The Old Temple Well
as OrokuFeatures a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.
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Clothes of Deception
as ChiyoThe story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist...
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The Messenger from the Moon
as Head Nurse OshitaAdaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.
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The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
as uncreditedA kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon...
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Aijô ni tsuite
as uncreditedMichiko Asakura was married to the eldest son of the Sakuma family, an unsealed family in...
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Down Town
as uncreditedA woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with...
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
as uncreditedA Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
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Earth
as Landowner's WifeKanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and...
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The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
as uncreditedLife and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the...
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Yotsuya Ghost Story
as OmakiIn one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of...
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The Whale God
as uncreditedA fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.
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The Ball at the Anjo House
as Chiyo, Tadahiko's girlfriendAfter Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their...
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The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall
as uncreditedWhen a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her...
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Image of a Mother
as Fude ÔkiThe final film in Shimizu’s thirty-plus year career, Image of a Mother remains true to Shimizu’s...
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The Big Wave
as Yukio's motherYukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically...
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Black Sea of Trees
as uncreditedSachiko's beloved sister Nobuko was supposed to go to Tohoku when she suddenly dies in a car...
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A Flower Blooms
as uncreditedMachiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.
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The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
as uncreditedThe film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five...
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The Sun of Love and Tears
as Taka HatanoThe golden duo of Yukio Hashi and Chieko Baisho. A film rich in a variety of songs, dances and...
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A Geisha on Horseback
as OyasuBased on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the...
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Haha machi gusa
as uncreditedAsako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one...
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Chōjin Sentai Jetman
as KinuyoThe Sky Force sends five highly trained operatives to participate in an experiment which will...
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