Wakaba Irie
Wakaba Irie was born on May 12, 1943 in Shiba, Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô (1964), Miyamoto Musashi (1961) and Miyamoto Musashi: Ganryû-jima no kettô (1965).
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
as NorikoYoshiyama Kazuko is a third-year junior high school student. One day while cleaning the lab, she...
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The Rocking Horsemen
as Shino ShiraiIt is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is...
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His Motorbike, Her Island
as Miyo's MotherAfter a series of chance meetings a shiftless motorbike enthusiast Ko begins a romance with a...
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I Are You, You Am Me
as Chie Saitoh9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan....
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Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
as Soutaroh's MotherDuring the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is...
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Glory to the Filmmaker!
as Madam at the BarTakeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a...
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A Touch of Fever
as Yoriko's MotherThe story of two young hustlers, Tatsuro and Shin. They each have a lady friend, and everything...
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Hanagatami
as Old MaidSpring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where...
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Haruka, Nostalgia
as MadamAyase Shinsuke, a popular writer of a series of girl novels, visits Otaru, the town he grew up...
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Labyrinth of Cinema
as CommunicationThe only movie theater on the Onomichi seafront is about to close its doors. Its last night of...
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Sada
as TokiThe film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover...
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The Discarnates
as Ayako ImamuraHarada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to...
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Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
as OtsuIn the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the...
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Miyamoto Musashi
as OtsuIn this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the...
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Miss Lonely
as PTA PresidentLonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously...
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Shiro and Marilyn
as Haruko TamashiroBased on a true story. Shiro, a dog who lives in an inn on Akajima in Okinawa, swims to the...
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The Motive
as uncreditedFour people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims...
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A Boy's Summer in 1945
as uncreditedCommencing well-respected Nippon director Kazuo Kuroki's sixth decade behind the camera, "A...
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The Island Closest to Heaven
as Madame HirokoA Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven"...
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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as OtsuThe remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to...
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as OtsuThe fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and...
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Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as OtsuIn the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of...
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Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
as HaginoLoyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission...
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Chizuko's Younger Sister
as Mako's MotherThe Kitao family is coping with the loss of the eldest daughter, Chizuko, who was killed in a...
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Three Yakuza
as uncreditedA tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits...
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Four Sisters
as Yoshie AyanokojiFour sisters with no consanguinity are living together since childhood. When facing misfortune...
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Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima
as uncreditedSecond live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.
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Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
as uncreditedThree stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman...
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The Domain: The Naniwa Story
as uncreditedSecond film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as...
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Jakoman and Tetsu
as uncreditedIn a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the...
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The Great Duel
as uncreditedIn this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his...
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Black Thief
as uncreditedOrganized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.
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Soup Opera
as Sasajima's motherSakai plays Rui, a 35-year-old single woman forced to live alone after the aunt who raised her...
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The Lord's spy
as uncreditedMaeda Tsunanori, the lord of Kaga Domain, had two young princes - Katsumaru, the son of his...
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My Heart Belongs to Daddy
as Mimiko's MotherA young woman moves in with her estranged father after her mother passes away.
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The Deserted City
as HideAfter noticing in the news there was a fire in an old canal town, Eguchi recalls visiting there...
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Tomorrow
as MitsueOn August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story...
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Love of Sawako
as Sawako's motherSawako, working in a bank, tired of the usual everyday life, once she met the chef of French...
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The Washing Machine
as Chieko KatagiriKizaki, who moved to Tokyo from the Kansai region to become a manga artist, is assigned to work...
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Ningyo Sashichi: The Cat’s Golden Claws of Death
as uncreditedSashichi is a dapper and handsome man. He is called a doll Sashichi because he is "a nice man...
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I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
as Fumiko HayaseA heartwarming, based-on-true-story of how a hearing-impaired couple, Masahiro and Namiko, knew...
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Goodbye for Tomorrow
as InnkeeperPeople from all walks of life all receive mysterious messages from loved ones who were killed 3...
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Turning Point
as uncreditedA middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the...
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April Fish
as AkiA Francophile filmmaker in a creative rut tries to pass off a free-spirited young actress as his...
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Legend of the Cat Monster
as Akiko RyuzojiA legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A...
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The Coin Thrower Zenigata
as uncreditedThe film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and...
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The Third Contest
as uncreditedMondonosuke, a young sword student, has a bad dream about his sensei being killed in a...
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The Stupid Teacher
as Isuzu BabaFilm director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from...
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A Desirable Marriage
as Emiko OnoA human drama on the state of marriage today, following the battle between a mother and daughter...
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