Miki Odagiri
Miki Odagiri (小田切美喜) was known primarily for her important and timeless role as the upbeat office girl in Akira Kurosawa's classic Ikiru opposite Takashi Shimura, whose character is dying of cancer, and Miki, as Toyo Odagiri, inspires him to live... just by being herself: bubbly, spontaneous, and optimistic. Her character is also filled with blunt sarcasm that was extremely rare in movies of the early-1950's. Perhaps Miki and Takashi's most memorable scene is when she's telling him the nicknames she created for their fellow workmates... including his! Sadly, beyond Ikiru, finding the handful of other Japanese movies she appeared in, especially on DVD or Blu Ray, is extremely difficult. But she left an impression in what's considered not only one of the legendary Kurosawa's greatest achievements, but one of the best movies ever made, worldwide.
Ikiru
as ToyoKanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position...
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Stakeout
as uncreditedTwo detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they...
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The Moon Has Risen
as FumiyaMokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple...
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When a Woman Loves
as OhanaStory of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.
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続々十代の性典
as uncreditedFilm directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako
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Tower of Lilies
as uncreditedA group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the...
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Shinran: Path to Purity
as uncreditedIn the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one...
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Policeman's Diary, Part 2
as uncreditedFrom runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
as SelfDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
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Policeman's Diary
as MomoyoLending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not...
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The Wild Geese
as OumeA young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself...
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Striving to Live
as uncreditedYasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly...
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Zoku jūdai no seiten
as Misae NumakuraFilm directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.
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Jûdai no seiten
as uncreditedFilm directed by Shima Koji and starring Wakao Ayako
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Duel at Sundown
as OkatsuA remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.
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To Your Majesty, The Emperor
as uncreditedA conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his...
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Shiosai
as uncreditedLonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love....
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Burden of Love
as TeruThe female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a...
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Women's House
as uncreditedAfter Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno,...
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Pure Emotions of the Sea
as YumikoA romantic adventure tale about a young guy working on a whale-hunting vessel and his love for a...
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Pastoral Symphony
as uncreditedA priest in Hokkaido adopts a blind orphan girl, and as she grows up he finds himself falling in...
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