Kyū Sazanka
Kyū Sazanka (山茶花 究 Sazanka Kyū, born April 1, 1914 – March 4, 1971) was a Japanese actor.
High and Low
as First CreditorIn the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge...
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Yojimbo
as UshitoraA nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two...
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The End of Summer
as YamaguchiThe family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and...
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Meisan ChôAfter handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post...
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The Bad Sleep Well
as Construction Company Executive Director KanekoIn this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position...
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Fires on the Plain
as Army surgeonIn the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his...
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Pale Flower
as ImaiA gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the...
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Bar OwnerKeiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow....
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Cruel Story of Youth
as uncreditedA budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for...
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Odd Obsession
as Curio DealerA middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he...
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47 Ronin
as uncreditedAfter their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await...
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Manji
as PrincipalThe four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
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Silence Has No Wings
as uncreditedFollowing the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido,...
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Elegant Beast
as Shuntaro Yoshizawa, WriterA greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while...
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Hoodlum Soldier
as uncreditedA young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in...
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A Whistle in My Heart
as uncreditedThe story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the...
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I Will Buy You
as Tarô FurukawaA talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the...
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Giants and Toys
as Takakura HigashiNishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new...
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Night River
as ShinodaIn Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.
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A Warrior's Flute
as uncreditedTale of tragic love between samurai and princess during Heian period.
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Chance Meeting
as Saburo MaedaAya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo...
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Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
as uncreditedKitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The...
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The Temple of Wild Geese
as Sesshū FujimotoSatoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan...
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An Osaka Story
as uncreditedA poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi...
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Tough Guy
as YoshiokaAsakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss....
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A Geisha's Diary
as YajimaA young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she...
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Darkness at Noon
as ShirakiPolice beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based...
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Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
as uncreditedEarly jidaigeki by Tai Kato.
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Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Genban OniyamaTwo residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a...
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Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as uncreditedShozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his...
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Master Fencer Sees the World
as uncreditedA historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the...
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The Catch
as uncreditedTowards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural...
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The Wayside Pebble
as ChusukeIn Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic...
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Nami kage
as uncreditedAyako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.
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When Women Lie
as MochizukiThree stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka),...
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The Crowded Train
as uncreditedTamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do...
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Warm Current
as uncreditedThe story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose...
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Geisha in the Old City
as master of JeepDirected by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a...
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Detective Duel
as uncreditedA friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome...
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The Swordsman and the Actress
as uncreditedA fellow member of the company named Hanjiro tells Koharu, an actress in a traveling theatrical...
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The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
as uncreditedDetective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.
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The Fencing Master
as HyogoishiThe Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is...
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This Greedy Old Skin
as MasukinA kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy...
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Black Dividend
as Executive Managing Director IshigamiRyokichi Ibuki is a clerk who learns company "top secrets" and becomes an industrial...
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The Precipice
as uncreditedKosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New...
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The Maid Story
as uncreditedNine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like...
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Black Challenger
as uncreditedYoung lawyer Jiro receives a late night phone call from a distraught woman sending him on a...
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Love and Life
as Shigezo HanadaContemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
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The Makioka Sisters
as uncredited1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.
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A Comedy: The University Around the Corner
as Mr. Yamamura (Yumi's father/Keiko's uncle)#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie...
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喜劇 駅前飯店
as uncreditedThe fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.
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Marriage of the sky and the sea
as uncreditedA love comedy directed by Osamu Takahashi based on an original screenplay by Kei Tasaki.
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The Sand City in Manchuria
as HongWhen the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to...
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Sazen Tange: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon
as Suzukawa GenjuroThis movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. A Tange loses one of his...
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Woman Gambler Is Coming
as uncreditedSixth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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First Love of Okon
as uncreditedA fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.
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Case of a Young Lord 3
as uncreditedOkawa Hashizo as 'Young Lord', the unlikely sleuth sets out to untangle the riddle of what went...
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Room for Let
as Kanzo KumadaWhen Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old...
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Accomplice
as uncreditedBased on the short story of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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風雲児
as uncreditedYano, a progressive individual who seeks to overcome strength with gentleness and confronts...
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Sweet Sweat
as KanekoThis film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo),...
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The Shop Curtain
as uncreditedBased on the novel by Toyoko Yamazaki.
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Bonds of Love
as HamuroAdapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel...
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Story of Second Class Private, Sequel
as uncreditedFirst sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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The Adventures of Kantaro
as uncreditedComedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa.
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Ayako
as uncreditedAn ambitious young woman uses her sex appeal to solve financial problems in her family,...
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Internees of Kampili
as Commander MatsushitaIn the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects...
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Taikouki
as Hachisuka KorokuBased on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period...
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