Kyū Sazanka
Kyū Sazanka (山茶花 究 Sazanka Kyū, born April 1, 1914 – March 4, 1971) was a Japanese actor.
Yojimbo
as UshitoraA nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two...
Movie pageHigh and Low
as First CreditorA shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when...
Movie pageThe Bad Sleep Well
as Construction Company Executive Director KanekoIn this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position...
Movie pageThe 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...
Movie pageThe End of Summer
as YamaguchiThe family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and...
Movie pageCruel Story of Youth
as uncreditedA budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for...
Movie pagePale Flower
as ImaiA gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the...
Movie pageFires on the Plain
as Army surgeonIn the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his...
Movie pageWhen 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....
Movie page47 Ronin
as uncreditedAfter their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await...
Movie pageThe Temple of Wild Geese
as Sesshū FujimotoSatoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan...
Movie pageA Whistle in My Heart
as uncreditedThe story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the...
Movie pageManji
as PrincipalThe four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
Movie pageOdd Obsession
as Curio DealerA middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he...
Movie pageGiants and Toys
as Takakura HigashiNishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new...
Movie pageElegant Beast
as Shuntaro Yoshizawa, WriterA greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while...
Movie pageNami kage
as uncreditedAyako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.
Movie pageA Geisha's Diary
as YajimaA young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she...
Movie pageNight River
as ShinodaIn Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.
Movie pageShozo, 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...
Movie pageWarm Current
as uncreditedThe story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose...
Movie pageThe Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
as uncreditedDetective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.
Movie pageThe Sand City in Manchuria
as HongWhen the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to...
Movie pageAn Osaka Story
as uncreditedA poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi...
Movie pageRoom for Let
as Kanzo KumadaWhen Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old...
Movie pageDarkness at Noon
as ShirakiPolice beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based...
Movie pageThe Fencing Master
as HyogoishiThe Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is...
Movie pageStory of Second Class Private, Sequel
as uncreditedFirst sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
Movie pageHoodlum Soldier
as uncreditedA young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in...
Movie pageUtamaro, Painter of the Woman
as uncreditedKitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The...
Movie pageThe Makioka Sisters
as uncredited1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.
Movie pageI Will Buy You
as Tarô FurukawaA talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the...
Movie pageChance Meeting
as Saburo MaedaAya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo...
Movie pageBonds of Love
as HamuroAdapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel...
Movie pageWoman Gambler Is Coming
as uncreditedSixth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
Movie pageSilence Has No Wings
as uncreditedFollowing the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido,...
Movie pageA Warrior's Flute
as uncreditedTale of tragic love between samurai and princess during Heian period.
Movie pageInternees of Kampili
as Commander MatsushitaIn the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects...
Movie pageThe Catch
as uncreditedTowards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural...
Movie pageThis Greedy Old Skin
as MasukinA kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy...
Movie pageThe Shop Curtain
as uncreditedBased on the novel by Toyoko Yamazaki.
Movie pageMaster Fencer Sees the World
as uncreditedA historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the...
Movie pageDetective Duel
as uncreditedA friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome...
Movie pageBlack Challenger
as uncreditedYoung lawyer Jiro receives a late night phone call from a distraught woman sending him on a...
Movie pageA 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...
Movie pageBlack Dividend
as Executive Managing Director IshigamiRyokichi Ibuki is a clerk who learns company "top secrets" and becomes an industrial...
Movie pageThe Maid Story
as uncreditedNine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like...
Movie page喜劇 駅前飯店
as uncreditedThe fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.
Movie pageYaji 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...
Movie pageLove and Life
as Shigezo HanadaContemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
Movie pageAccomplice
as uncreditedBased on the short story of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
Movie pageThe Swordsman and the Actress
as uncreditedA fellow member of the company named Hanjiro tells Koharu, an actress in a traveling theatrical...
Movie pageTough Guy
as YoshiokaAsakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss....
Movie pageThe Wayside Pebble
as ChusukeIn Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic...
Movie pageCase of a Young Lord 3
as uncreditedOkawa Hashizo as 'Young Lord', the unlikely sleuth sets out to untangle the riddle of what went...
Movie pageFirst Love of Okon
as uncreditedA fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.
Movie page風雲児
as uncreditedYano, a progressive individual who seeks to overcome strength with gentleness and confronts...
Movie pageShimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
as uncreditedEarly jidaigeki by Tai Kato.
Movie pageThe Adventures of Kantaro
as uncreditedComedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa.
Movie pageAyako
as uncreditedAn ambitious young woman uses her sex appeal to solve financial problems in her family,...
Movie pageSazen Tange: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon
as Suzukawa GenjuroThis movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. A Tange loses one of his...
Movie pageTaikouki
as Hachisuka KorokuBased on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period...
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