Sumiko Sakamoto
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sumiko Sakamoto was born on November 26, 1936 in Osaka, Japan. Sakamoto is a singer and award-winning actress whose heartfelt performances made her a favorite of the late film director Shohei Imamura. Imamura cast her in three of his films, among them "The Ballad of Narayama," winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival, in which her brilliant portrayal of an elderly mother not only earned her a kiss from Orson Welles, but also the Japanese Best Actress Award from Nihon Academy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sumiko Sakamoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Ballad of Narayama
as OrinIn a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go...
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Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
as Masako YamadaA down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual...
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The Pornographers
as Haru MasudaSubu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed...
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The Buried Forest
as GrannyThree high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local...
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Sometimes... Like a Prostitute
as Woman in ReceptionA man with a medical condition and a guilty past becomes obsessed with a simple minded girl he...
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My Father's Dragon
as Lioness (voice)Elmer is told by a traveling cat about a baby dragon who is being held captive and mistreated on...
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Escape from Japan
as MitsukoAs Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought...
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Stray Dog
as uncreditedStray Dog (野良犬) is a 1966 film directed by Yoshio Inoue. It is the seventh film in the Inu series.
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The Stairway to the Distant Past
as Minato MaryBroke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to...
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The Shogun and His Mistresses
as TamiThree tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
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The Silent Gun
as Tamako TamamuraA series of murders has been committed by someone with a new model gun, a Mord-Gessel X 38....
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Rampaging Dog
as uncreditedAbare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series.
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Silence Has No Wings
as uncreditedFollowing the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido,...
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Homeless Dog
as uncreditedFirst movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
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Quick-Draw Dog
as uncreditedQuick Drawer Dog (早射ち犬 Hayauchi inu) is a 1967 film directed by Tetsutarō Murano. It is the...
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Legends of Honor
as uncreditedFirst ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii
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Fearless Comrades
as uncreditedThe first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but...
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Zoku teppō inu
as uncreditedZoku teppō inu (続鉄砲犬) is a 1966 film directed by Mitsuo Murayama. It is the sixth film in the...
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Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
as uncreditedBased on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji.
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Watashi wa umi
as 石沢松子The 22nd NHK Asadora. Starring Tomoko Aihara. About a woman raising war orphans.
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Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
as uncreditedThe series tells The story of the 1609 invasion of Ryûkyû by forces from the Japanese domain of...
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Precious Moments
as uncreditedThe drama depicts the daily lives of three women of the marriageable age who are desperately...
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