Fumiko Okamura
Scandal
as Miyako's motherA celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a...
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Love Letter
as uncreditedA sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love...
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Warning from Space
as uncreditedLarge star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe....
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The Lights of Asakusa
as KurekoPre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking...
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After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced...
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Children in the Wind
as AuntOn vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is...
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The Tree of Love
as uncreditedA young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret:...
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A Hen in the Wind
as LandladyTokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old...
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Tokyo Sweetheart
as uncreditedFollowing the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo...
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Girls of the Night
as OkadaIn the late 1950's prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this...
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Hero of the Red Light District
as uncreditedA successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his...
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Samurai Geisha
as uncreditedPopular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business...
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The Living Magoroku
as uncreditedA wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their...
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Warm Current
as Hibiki's motherAdaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a...
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Police Department Story Pt.24: Missing
as Kume, Matsui's motherTwo people disappeared, engineers of the company Yamato Matsui and Koyama. The two worked...
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The Phantom Horse
as YoshidaFollowing the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in...
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Four Hours of Terror
as Old womanAirline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.
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Jubilation Street
as uncreditedThe few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to...
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The Ball at the Anjo House
as uncreditedAfter Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their...
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Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie
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Nenneko Shain
as uncreditedA handsome and pure-hearted employee who thought he was single actually has a secret child. His...
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Dispersed Clouds
as OtokiFive women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when...
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Men vs. Women
as uncreditedA musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of...
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Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Courage
as uncreditedWe find Reiko Ike once again cast as a tough schoolgirl who has to band together with her...
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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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On This Earth
as the landlady of Koryu-tei1957 drama from director Kôzaburô Yoshimura
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Lovers' Duet
as Kawada's wife, TsunekoMelodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut
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Mado Kara Tobidase
as Chieko FujiedaThe movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between...
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Nobuko
as Principal SekiguchiA spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking...
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Run, Genta, Run!
as uncreditedA touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of...
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Flower in a Storm
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie
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Here Because of You
as uncreditedAn uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted...
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Wife Lost
as YumikoA married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him....
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Night Butterflies
as uncreditedA traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
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The Eyes of Two People
as uncreditedFutari no hitomi (二人の瞳, Futari no hitomi, The Eyes of Two People) a.k.a. Girls Hand in Hand (USA...
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The Flower is not False
as uncreditedHana wa itsuwarazu (1941) is the second directorial work by Shochiku's Oba Hideo. Oba had...
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Moon of the Plateau
as uncreditedAn older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their...
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Southern Wind
as uncreditedBased on the original work by Fumiko Hayashi, this is a story about a woman and two men. The...
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The Night We Danced
as uncreditedFollows the lives of three sisters who have a dance act together.
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Youth Bell
as uncreditedA college student comes to a wealthy family as a tutor for their son, an elementary school...
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Introspection Tower
as Miss KawabeA reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The...
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Farewell to the Highland Station
as uncreditedA young botanical researcher moves to the highlands to collect plants for research, and falls in...
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The New Road: Akemi
as uncreditedThe eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow...
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Vermilion and Green
as uncreditedA businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.
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Forget Love for Now
as MadameYuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.
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The Swamp
as uncreditedA man’s wife dies in a swamp. Her ghost returns to haunt him.
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The New Road: Ryota
as uncreditedThe eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow...
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A Primer on Marriage
as Sister-in-lawBored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds...
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Song of the Flower Basket
as Okiku, Yoko's auntThree men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the...
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Unwieldy Brothers
as MineTaisuke is kind-hearted but overall lacks ambition. Taizo is smarter, but given to fits of...
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The Scarlet Cherry Lord
as uncreditedLight-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged...
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Made in Japan
as Mrs. KasadaA love affair between a beautiful fashion designer returning from France and a naïve young judo...
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Sumida River
as uncreditedInoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to...
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Four Seasons of Children
as GrandmotherThe brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when...
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The Trio's Engagements
as Ken's motherThree men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted...
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The Golden Demon
as uncreditedA penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy...
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Treasure Mountain
as Chôko, modern girlA young man falls for one of the geisha working in the house where he lives. However, the...
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The White Orchid
as uncreditedA Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
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Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
as uncreditedA hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the...
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Suki! Suki!! Majo sensei
as uncreditedHikaru Tsuki is a new 5th grade teacher at Tozai Elementary School. Secretly, she is also the...
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