Michiyo Yokoyama
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as MiyukiKeiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow....
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The Third Murder
as uncreditedA lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what...
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Noh Mask Murders
as Kume FukumotoThe patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who...
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The Makioka Sisters
as ItaniThis sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto...
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Prayer Beads
as (segment "Echoes")This horror anthology is featuring nine independent episodes, each 30 minutes long, that are...
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47 Ronin
as uncreditedKon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is...
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High-Heeled Punishers
as the MadamA woman is being sexually assaulted by a pair of thugs, when out of the fog appear the High...
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Desperado Outpost
as uncreditedWhen Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the...
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The Funeral
as Mrs. KimuraWhen Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random...
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Sazae-san's Marriage
as uncreditedSazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken...
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A Taxing Woman
as Hotel AccountantIntrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering...
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The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as JunkoA salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into...
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3 Dolls and Baby Gang
as uncreditedBased on the comic by Fuyahiko Okabe.
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Stay Gold
as uncreditedThree girls go on a trip after a friend commits suicide and learn about friendship.
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The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
as uncreditedThe mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of...
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Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
as uncreditedA young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with...
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The Lovelorn Geisha
as uncreditedA woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother...
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The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
as uncreditedThe fictional land "Pandora" sends three (numbered) graduates of the "National Gambling...
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Blueprint of Murder
as uncreditedYuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother...
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Crane
as NamiBased on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru...
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In Search of a Lost Writer: Wandering in the World of the Seventh Sense
as Sumako FukaoA drama depicting the world of the female writer Midori Osaki in three parts: the dramatic...
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Okoge
as ManamiA straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his...
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Tomorrow
as MatchmakerOn August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story...
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The Cola Game
as Michiru KawamuraExplicit drama about a young woman who becomes involved with a group of college students who...
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Sazae-san Plays Cupid
as uncreditedAn adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.
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Actress
as TamayoStory of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with...
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The Beast Shall Die
as WaitressA promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following...
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Then Summer Came
as uncreditedA humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new...
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The Black Gambler
as uncreditedPlace your bets! Koji Himuro (Akira Kobayashi) is a makeout artist with unparalleled gambling...
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The Tempters: Smile After Tears
as uncreditedLayabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He...
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Romance Express
as uncreditedComedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the...
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Hito mo arukeba
as Tomiko NarikinA drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.
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Westward Desperado
as uncreditedIn this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do...
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The Big Boss
as uncreditedRyuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in...
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The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
as uncreditedSet in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three...
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Yokohama Bakkuretai
as uncreditedBased on the comic book by Tetsu Kusamoto.
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Beyond the Hills
as Haruko ShirakiStory of young love in the hills.
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Echo Mountain
as Kyoko Seto (as Michiyo Yokoyama)An Ishiro Honda film.
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Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie
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Obon, The Moll Dipper
as uncreditedModern comedy, based on the popular manga.
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The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
as OsugiSangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send...
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Monster Woman '88
as uncreditedSatomi is young woman that works in computer communication. One day she receives a strange...
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Onna no Kyūka
as uncreditedIt depicts a few days in the life of a farmer's wife who takes her first vacation in Tokyo.
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Dear Mr. Prime Minister
as uncreditedKakumaru (Kiyoshi Atsumi) is an unpopular manzai performer who is too good-natured but has a...
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