Chikako Hosokawa
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as MatsukoKeiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow....
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Profound Desires of the Gods
as Mrs. AzumaTokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori...
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Late Chrysanthemums
as TamaeWith delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his...
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The Maid's Kid
as uncreditedIn order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in...
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Buddha
as MayaAn Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six...
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Children of Hiroshima
as Setsu - Takako's MotherShows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays...
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The Young and Bad
as uncreditedNot too long ago, Soichiro was considered one of the most powerful men in business. But his...
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Wife! Be Like a Rose!
as Shingo's wifeKimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing...
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The Golden Demon
as Shigisawa's wifeTokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the...
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Tokyo Knights
as Mrs ElizabethA college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.
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A Secret Rendezvous
as Noriko FujiwaraAfter witnessing a murder, a married woman and a student agree not to meet and see each other...
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The Passionate Spinster
as KamataShe'd watched them go one by one. Friend after friend. White dress after another. Yet again,...
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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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That Guy and I
as GrandmotherAsada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's...
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限りなき情熱
as uncreditedIs it the sin of a woman's heart that casts ripples unexpectedly among peaceful people? In the...
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Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
as uncredited[Period covered: 1595-1600] Third film in the famous shinobi no mono series. We last saw ninja...
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Man of the House
as OtsumaThis film is based on a real Meiji era performer -- and tells of Tochuken's partnership with his...
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The Call of Blood
as Hatsu AsariTwo brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.
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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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as Tsukiko, Kakuko's motherBased on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her...
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Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô
as uncreditedBased on the comic by Yutaka Asou
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Lost Love
as Fusae TakasugaShimamura is a young man whose family went broke and lost their house. One day, as he returns to...
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Gambler's Dilemma
as Mukita MichiyoThe love story between a traveling guest and a geisha who inadvertently becomes the leader of...
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Miniature
as uncreditedGinko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one...
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Car Thieves
as uncreditedMixed-race children in Japan become involved in the petty theft of car parts.
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The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
as Kinko, Mami's motherJiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different...
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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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A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
as MayumiThe shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they...
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What Price Love?
as Otsune ShirokoyaSet in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a...
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Fighting Delinquents
as Ikuyo MatsudairaThis rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who...
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Streetlights
as 川口夫人A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally...
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The Seasons of Love
as uncreditedA family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman...
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The War Without Weapons
as uncreditedIt's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children,...
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Goodbye Mr. Tears
as uncreditedAn American-Japanese girl travels to Japan to find her mother.
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Beautiful Calendar
as uncreditedYajima Sadako is a bright pawnbroker's daughter in the third year of high school. At school,...
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Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
as O-RenThree sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means...
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Shi no machi wo nogarete
as uncreditedGroup of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.
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Ashita Koso
as えんThe 8th NHK Asadora. Starring Yumiko Fujita in a family drama. The first Asadora filmed in color.
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