Ranko Akagi
Kwaidan
as Mother (segment "The Black Hair")Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four...
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Red Angel
as Head Nurse IwashimaIn 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during...
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Intentions of Murder
as Tadae TakahashiThe neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with...
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Bad Girl
as uncreditedWakae is a 15 year old girl who lived under the same roof with her alcoholic father and stepmom....
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The Ditch
as uncreditedPostwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid...
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All My Children
as Junichi's motherSchool teachers responsible for the lives of their students work to evacuate Allied bombings...
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Composition Class
as The teacher's wifeBased on an autobiographical story by Toyota Masako.
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Morning's Tree-Lined Street
as Shigeyo (Hisako)As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of...
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Phoenix
as uncreditedEmi Ikushima, a star actress in the Roses, is half-hearted, but she wasn't disappointed by the...
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Actress
as Mrs. ItsukoSumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought...
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Wood and Stone
as HatsuMovie about a devoted and single woman and her daughter. The mother's nickname is "Bokuseki"...
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A Visage to Remember
as uncreditedDuring his summer holiday, Kawasaki Ryuichi (Ryuzaki Ichiro), a handsome engineer in his late...
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