Hiroko Machida
Street of Shame
as YorieThe lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the...
Movie pageThe Quiet Duel
as Nurse ImaiA young idealistic doctor works at his father's clinic in a small and seedy district. During the...
Movie pageThe Blue Sky Maiden
as uncreditedYuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family...
Movie pageAru yo no seppun
as NaokoThe romantic struggles of three close friends who came back from the war.
Movie pageThe Wild Geese
as uncreditedA young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself...
Movie pageSeisaku's Wife
as Gora's WifeOn the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane...
Movie pageGiants and Toys
as Suzue GodaNishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new...
Movie pageBlack Test Car
as SenseiTwo car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports...
Movie pageThe Demon of Sendai's Castle
as uncreditedTsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down...
Movie pageChildren Seeking a Mother
as Toshio's motherWhile working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.
Movie pageThe Little Runaway
as Michiko's motherDuring a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin....
Movie pageNomugi Pass
as uncreditedThe story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early...
Movie pageDancing Girl
as LandladyIn Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One...
Movie pageLove and Greed
as uncreditedNamiko gets a crush on Ishizuka, a young CEO of a nightclub, but he was plotting to destroy her...
Movie pageSuperexpress
as Hiroko NaganumaA man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying...
Movie pageOne Day at Summer's End
as KatsueA Yasuzō Masumura film about a love affair starring Ayako Wakao. The literal title is The Two...
Movie pageThe Cast-Off
as uncreditedThe inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high...
Movie pageOkoto and Sasuke
as OtokuOne of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.
Movie pageWhen Women Lie
as uncreditedThree stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka),...
Movie pageGreen Fruit
as uncreditedTwo sisters live with their family. The elder is reserved; the younger lively. Yet, the former...
Movie pageTenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
as uncreditedA great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there...
Movie pageSecret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident
as uncreditedTV film about the "Nishiyama Incident", a scandal surrounding the 1972 return of Okinawa to...
Movie pageHibari no komoriuta
as uncreditedHibari no komoriuta (ひばりの子守唄, literally "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese...
Movie pageConfessions of a Gynecologist
as uncreditedA timely masterpiece that boldly reveals women's secrets on the issue of when abortion is...
Movie pageThe Rough One
as MarikoA tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a...
Movie pageSentimental Mobsters
as OtokuA young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion...
Movie pageSubmarine Number One
as uncreditedThis film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as...
Movie pageThe Romance of Yushima
as uncreditedHayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much...
Movie pageI'll Cry Alone
as uncredited"Though still young, Natsuko gave up the life of a geisha to become the mistress of the...
Movie pageThe Lowest Man
as uncreditedA young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his...
Movie pageThe Homely Sister
as OkinuIn the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal...
Movie pageKokoro no sanmyaku
as uncreditedA film dealing with the trials and tribulations of a primary school before and after the Pacific...
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