Shinichi Himori
Shinichi Himori (10 January 1907 – 12 September 1959), born Kazuo Moriyama, was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1925 to 1959.
Ikiru
as KimuraKanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position...
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The Only Son
as Ryosuke NinomiyaA silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite...
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There Was a Father
as Minoru UchidaShuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite...
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Scandal
as uncreditedA celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a...
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The Masseurs and a Woman
as Fukuichi MisawaA pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The...
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The Ball at the Anjo House
as Takehiko YuriAfter Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their...
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A Japanese Tragedy
as uncreditedAt the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up...
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Ornamental Hairpin
as Mr. HiroyasuA Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind...
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Mr. Shosuke Ohara
as Jiromasa YoshidaSaheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers...
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Street Without End
as Shinkichi YamamuraMikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose...
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Nobuko
as ThiefA spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking...
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Apart from You
as GuestAn aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young...
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Farewell to Dream
as uncreditedA coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi...
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The Lights of Asakusa
as FutokōPre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking...
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Warm Current
as ItodaAdaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a...
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I Graduated, But...
as TailorTetsuo Nomoto, a young graduated student tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he...
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のんき侍大暴れ
as 嘉平In the mid-Tokugawa period, a conflict arose over the "Seiryū Himon," a secret document left by...
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Birth of Romance
as DaisakuThe cabaret «Romance», run by Masami Daisaku's father, is experiencing financial difficulties,...
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Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
as uncreditedThis drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in...
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The Boss's Son at College
as uncreditedThe story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his...
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Homecoming
as uncreditedA former naval officer returns to Japan after the Second World War ends, encounters the former...
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Carmen's Innocent Love
as uncreditedStrip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing...
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Jubilation Street
as uncreditedThe few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to...
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Under the Blossoming Peach
as uncreditedA picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a...
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The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
as uncreditedA playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he...
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Days of Youth
as HatamotoStudents Watanabe and Yamamoto unknowingly compete for the same girl.
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Family Meeting
as BantōA melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.
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Otoko no iki
as uncreditedThis was 1942, so it was a national policy film, no matter what you call it. But when the war...
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Dancing Girls of Izu
as uncreditedA dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about...
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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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Sunny house
as Tokuji YamadaOn the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded...
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The Layabout and Seabathing
as uncreditedThe seventh film in the popular series starring the Yotamono trio (Mitsui, Abe and Isono)....
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Four Seasons of Children
as ShunichiThe brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when...
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Silver Stream
as Seki, painterMichiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid...
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Tomorrow There Will Be Fine Weather
as uncreditedLost for 70 years until 2022, Shimizu’s second postwar film recalls Mr. Thank You as he frames...
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Always in My Heart Part 2
as uncreditedMachiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
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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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The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
as uncreditedThe film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
as TanukiThis 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed...
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Notes of an Itinerant Performer
as DoctorUta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt...
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Dance of the Capital
as uncreditedHiromasa Nomura World War II era film
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Mole Alley
as uncredited33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie,...
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The Genealogy of Women
as Mankichi, pickpocketA melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is...
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South Wind 2
as uncreditedIn this comic sequel to Yoshimura Kozaburo's original, Minami no Kaze, ex-baron (Saburi Shin) is...
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Dancing Mistress
as Bonji-ya WaheiOsen, a dance teacher who hates men, refuses to become the concubine of a rich merchant, but...
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Five Siblings
as uncreditedA businessman runs afoul of the law and commits suicide, leaving behind a wife and five...
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Passion
as Murakawa, writerFilm by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko...
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A Star Athlete
as MoriDuring college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is...
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Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
as uncreditedKintaro goes on a journey to his hometown to meet his mother and sister. His love for singing...
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New Tokyo March
as uncreditedFollows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter,...
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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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Southern Wind
as uncreditedBased on the original work by Fumiko Hayashi, this is a story about a woman and two men. The...
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