Tatsuo Saitō
Tatsuo Saitō (斎藤 達雄, Saitō Tatsuo, 10 June 1902 – 2 March 1968) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1925 to 1967.
After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced...
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I Was Born, But...
as YoshiTwo young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming...
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Lord Jim
as Du-RaminAfter being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem...
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Japanese Girls at the Harbor
as MiuraSet in the port city of Yokohama, two girls, Sunako and Dora who attend a Christian school,...
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Ornamental Hairpin
as Professor KataeA Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind...
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Tokyo Chorus
as Omura SenseiIn Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from...
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The Munekata Sisters
as Jou UchidaSetsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She...
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Days of Youth
as Shuichi YamamotoStudents Watanabe and Yamamoto unknowingly compete for the same girl.
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The Lady and the Beard
as TekiGraduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the ...
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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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Sailor
as Morimura, father (uncredited)Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy....
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A Ripple in a Morning
as uncreditedAtsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in...
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Okoto and Sasuke
as ToshitaroA period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her...
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Young Lady
as Tatsuji SaitôTwo reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journaist,...
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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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Dancing with a Mask
as Tsunetami, fatherJapanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.
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The Vampire Moth
as Shûji NagaokaThe story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask.
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I Flunked, But...
as StudentThis bittersweet comedy tells the tale of a group of college roommates attempting to cheat their...
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What Did the Lady Forget?
as KomiyaA professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited...
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The Lights of Asakusa
as Kampei FujiiPre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking...
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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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Elegy of the North
as Reiko's fatherA sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his...
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Golden Devil Part 2
as uncredited1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2
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Victory Song
as NakamuraHisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.
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Claws of Iron
as uncreditedDuring the war a man is bitten by a creature which looks like a cross between a bear and an ape...
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Let's Have A Dream
as uncreditedA Japanese stage actor in Yokohama is terminally ill, and is determined to end his life, but...
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Family Meeting
as MaruyuA melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.
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The Grand Master
as ÔkuraShogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor...
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G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
as uncreditedThe second part of an action-packed action movie about the struggle between smugglers, the...
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Escapade in Japan
as uncreditedA plane is forced to land at sea just off the Japanese coast. A young American boy is later...
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Wedding Day
as uncreditedShinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a...
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The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
as uncreditedIn a certain port town, there is a group of young men called the Wakakusa-kai. The chairman Oda...
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Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
as Taichiro SaikiWhen a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three...
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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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Warm Current
as Yasuhiko ShimaAdaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a...
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A Straightforward Boy
as BunkichiA kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.
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Ningen moyo
as uncreditedA love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.
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Ghosts Die at Dawn
as Heijirô ObataAt the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of...
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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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Kōfuku no genkai
as uncreditedThe eldest daughter of the Takamatsu family, Atsuko, a widow, returns home due to not getting...
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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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That Night's Wife
as Dr. SudaIn Depression-era Japan, a man commits a robbery to save his critically ill daughter and escapes...
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The Emperor's Hat
as uncreditedA man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.
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My Geisha
as Kenichi TakataFamed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne...
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Twenty-One Fingerprints
as uncreditedThird film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka
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Morishige, where are you going?
as Dr. IshidaA man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter...
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Mother's Ambition
as uncreditedThe Kumakichi Ishida family lived happily in a small house in Shibuya while their mansion in...
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Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
as uncreditedSequel to "Island of Horrors" (獄門島, 1949).
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The Trio's Engagements
as Ana - managerThree men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted...
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Every-Night Dreams
as Mizuhara, Omitsu's husbandIn Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the...
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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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Silver Stream
as Shigeru Sakai, writerMichiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid...
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Nippon no obaachan
as uncreditedTwo obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast...
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Thirteen Eyes
as uncreditedSecond film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka
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Suzhou Nights
as uncreditedA hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Kazuemon FuwaThis 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed...
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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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The Boss's Son at College
as Wakahara, husband of NamikoThe story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his...
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Farewell to Spring
as Sampei IsonoBittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura
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College Is a Nice Place
as LecturerIn a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their...
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The Paths of Two Maidens
as uncreditedMelodrama about two sisters with different mothers.
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The Luck Which Touched the Leg
as Kôtarô FurukawaA salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful...
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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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The Devil's toast
as uncreditedRetired police inspector Kurusu is vacationing at a seaside hotel when one night he hears a...
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The Life of an Office Worker
as Shintarô TsukamotoWhen Tsukamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he...
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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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Shisha to no kekkon
as uncreditedA case of mistaken identity in which a woman assumes the role of widow to a man killed in a...
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Burden of Life
as Shozo FukushimaA middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old...
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Physical Beauty
as Ichirô TakaiA hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts...
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The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
as SaidaThis pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife...
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Pumpkin
as Tôsuke YamadaComedy about a young man juggling several girlfriends. Considered to be a lost film.
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The Flower is not False
as uncreditedHana wa itsuwarazu (1941) is the second directorial work by Shochiku's Oba Hideo. Oba had...
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Mother and Child
as OkabeThe movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and...
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Lovers' Duet
as Takehiko KawadaMelodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut
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Spring Comes from the Ladies
as KatôA student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him....
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Wife Lost
as JôjiA married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him....
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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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Next Door to Happiness
as uncreditedThe Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer...
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Three Stripes in the Sun
as KonoyaA racist sergeant stationed in post-war Japan finds himself softening towards the children and...
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Tokyo File 212
as Mr. MatsutoA Communist spy ring in Japan is hard at work trying to sabotage the American war effort during...
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The Revengeful Spirit of Eros
as Kentarô YumajiA young couple jump into the sea as part of a suicide pact. The man is rescued and subsequently...
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Osayo koisugata
as YamamotoThe poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head....
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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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Okinu and Banto
as uncreditedA story of a store that makes Tabi socks.
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A Primer on Marriage
as Mitsuo KitamiyaBored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds...
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The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman
as SanoTwo people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.
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Joe Butterfly
as SakayamaThe staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese...
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Lost in the Rain
as President YamadaIt tells about the women's view on love and marriage through the love affair of three women....
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