Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Mitsuko Yoshikawa (吉川 満子) (June 21, 1901 – August 8, 1991) was a Japanese actress. She debuted during the silent film era in 1926 and made her last film in 1984, which was Juzo Itami's The Funeral.
I Was Born, But...
as HahaTwo young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming...
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Record of a Tenement Gentleman
as KikukoAn errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor...
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The Only Son
as OtakaA silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite...
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The Funeral
as Mrs. IwakiriWhen Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random...
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Zatoichi's Vengeance
as MotherZatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no...
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After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced...
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What Did the Lady Forget?
as MitsukoA professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited...
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Every-Night Dreams
as Neighbor's wifeIn Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the...
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Akitsu Hot Springs
as uncreditedYoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and...
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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 Rose on His Arm
as Neighbour on the left, MadameIgnoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world...
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The Boss's Son at College
as Restaurant proprietressThe story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his...
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Four Sisters
as Hisako UenoA story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms...
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Dash to the Sun
as uncreditedA song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru....
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Deep River Melody
as uncreditedA poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's...
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A Mother Should Be Loved
as ChiekoA young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is...
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Burden of Life
as Tamako FukushimaA middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old...
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The Tale of Genji
as AmagimiAn eroticized adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's classic novel, written over 1000 years ago....
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Apart from You
as KikueAn aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young...
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A Fishwife's Tale
as uncreditedHibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that...
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Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
as KumiNabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his...
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Victory Song
as Ichiro's motherHisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.
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A Carpenter and Children
as uncreditedA carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an...
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365 Nights
as Shizu OeA young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in...
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Shroud of Snow
as Ritsu1930. In splendid snowy settings, the trials and pain of a woman married to a man who maintains...
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The New Road: Akemi
as uncreditedThe eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow...
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A Man's Recompense: Part 2
as uncreditedSabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an...
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With Songs in My Heart
as uncreditedSayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long...
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Maria of the Ant Village
as uncreditedAlongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a...
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Until the Day We Meet Again
as Another girlA young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted,...
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Delinquent Girl
as uncreditedA melodramatic love story, a would-be apprenticeship between the titular bad girl and the...
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Physical Beauty
as uncreditedA hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts...
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Introspection Tower
as uncreditedA reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The...
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The Warrior from Kishu
as OhamaThis is a story of a young heir to a powerful house, sent away to be raised by his nanny, so the...
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The Lady and the Beard
as Teruo's MotherGraduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the ...
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Okoto and Sasuke
as uncreditedA period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her...
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Men vs. Women
as uncreditedA musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of...
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Lady Doctor Kinuyo
as Yone, Yasuo's motherKinuyo is a daughter of doctor of Chinese medicine, and Yasuo is a son of surgeon. Their...
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Lord for a Night
as uncreditedLord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
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The Age of Beginnings
as Older Sister MachikoA newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover...
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Wedding Ring
as uncreditedA jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.
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Heavenly Dragon
as OsaiFrom the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special...
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Mother and Child
as OrinThe movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and...
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The Tree of Love
as uncreditedA young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret:...
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Mark of Blood
as uncreditedThree young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.
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情艶一代女
as おたけBased on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her...
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江戸いろは祭
as 半次の母Hatamoto Akabane Tanaka once ruined his life with alcohol in his youth, leaving behind his wife...
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Lakeside Figure
as Toshie OgataA story of Minako who struggles finding love and peace in life. When Minako’s hope for ultimate...
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The Genealogy of Women
as Koyoshi KashiwayaA melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is...
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The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost
as OmakiYotsuya Kaidan, the story of Oiwa and Tamiya Iemon, is a tale of betrayal, murder and ghostly...
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Golden Devil Part 2
as uncredited1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2
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Woman in the Mist
as Okiyo, Fumikichi's wifeOtoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed...
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The Living Magoroku
as uncreditedA wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their...
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Four Seasons of Children
as MotherThe brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when...
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Kinuyo's First Love
as uncreditedKinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's...
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Nobuko
as Mrs. HosokawaA spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking...
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Children in the Wind
as MotherOn vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is...
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Growing Up
as uncreditedA boy falls in love with a girl. Neither of them know that she's to be sold to a brothel.
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The Yellow Climate
as uncreditedBased on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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A Man's Recompense: Part 1
as uncreditedSabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an...
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Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
as uncreditedSheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.
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Sumida River
as uncreditedInoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to...
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The Tokyo Dame
as uncreditedA young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.
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The New Road: Ryota
as uncreditedThe eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow...
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Eclipse
as Ôsaki's motherThe story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and...
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Dance of the Capital
as uncreditedHiromasa Nomura World War II era film
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A Man's Dark Finger
as uncreditedA touching action film about a young yakuza who becomes infected with evil because he has the...
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The Golden Demon
as Omiya's motherA penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy...
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Diary of Forsaken Love
as uncreditedFollows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan.
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A Certain Woman
as uncreditedPretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at...
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Passion
as MotherFilm by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko...
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A Primer on Marriage
as Bar's girlBored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds...
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The Life of an Office Worker
as Fukuko TsukamotoWhen Tsukamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he...
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The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman
as MitsukoTwo people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.
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An Innocent Maid
as OtakaIn a back alley of the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Kihachi bears witness to a series of...
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Song of the Flower Basket
as GeishaThree men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the...
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Family Diary
as YasukoTwo childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both...
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A Hero of Tokyo
as Haruko NemotoThe story focuses on the widower Nemoto, ostensibly a businessman, who has one son, Kanichi, the...
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First Steps Ashore
as Mrs. in the TavernEarly Japanese sound film, a remake of Josef von Sternberg’s DOCKS OF NEW YORK set in Yokohama.
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Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
as MotherA family story in the year of 1943 during the war. The director is Shunkai Mizuho, who worked on...
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Haha o tataeru uta
as uncreditedA widow works as an insurance seller to raise her three children
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Sisters
as uncreditedThree beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako...
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その手にのるな
as uncreditedA woman in a bar was killed at a new construction site in an apartment building, and a handbag...
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A Flower Blooms
as Machiko's MotherMachiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.
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A Young Rabble 2
as uncreditedAn adventure of a feisty girl Oyuki and Santa, a homeless child she saves.
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Flower
as uncreditedMost of the students studying Ikebana with Kozoe Iemoto are daughters of rich Tokyo families....
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The Luck Which Touched the Leg
as Toshiko, his WifeA salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful...
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Love and Duty
as uncreditedEach one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She...
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Kokumin no chikai
as uncreditedThis film was mainly shot in the Japanese skiing resort Hokkaido in 1937-38 and was intended to...
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Women at War
as uncreditedNaomi Tazawa (Hiroko Kawasaki), who works at Isetan Department Store, was told by an executive...
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Mother's Love Letter
as uncreditedDomestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run...
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Third Generation's Loyalty Offering
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie
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Couple on the Move
as Chiyoko, Eikichi's wifeWhen a woman unfairly suspects her husband of flirting with a shop assistant, she decides to...
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Dancing with a Mask
as Takako, motherJapanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.
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A Ripple in a Morning
as Numazawa's motherAtsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in...
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Eleven High School Girls
as uncreditedWith his simple appearance, eyes shining with love and a sense of justice, and voice burning...
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Lovers' Duet
as Eiko's aunt, OsumiMelodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut
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