Yōko Katsuragi
Yōko Katsuragi (桂木洋子, Katsuragi, Yōko, 6 April 1930 – March 2007) was a Japanese actress active from 1948 to 1963. She appeared mostly in films of the Shochiku film studios, often under the direction of Keisuke Kinoshita.
Late Spring
as MisakoNoriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to...
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Scandal
as Masako HirutaA celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a...
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Black River
as (uncredited)A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The...
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A Japanese Tragedy
as Haruko's daughterAt the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up...
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The Good Fairy
as MikakoThe wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to...
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The Portrait
as uncreditedThe mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an...
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Fireworks Over the Sea
as Miwa KamiyaA fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains...
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Broken Drum
as HarukoWhen the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his...
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Apostasy
as OshihoIn the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a...
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The Waves
as uncreditedNami (波 Nami) is a Japanese film directed by Noboru Nakamura. It was entered into the 1952...
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The Tattered Wings
as uncreditedA young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor...
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Battle of Roses
as uncreditedA Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by...
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Times of Joy and Sorrow
as Tatsuko FujiiThe story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.
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Umi no Chizu
as KikukoAkiko Mizushina, a university student, is in love with Keisuke Okazaki, a member of the rugby...
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The Hill is Full of Flowers
as Nobuko TakabatakeA youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira...
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Love and Duty
as uncreditedEach one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She...
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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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The Seasons of Love
as MomokoA family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman...
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Glass-Hearted Johnny
as uncreditedJoe Shishido is an ambitious bike racetrack tout who becomes inadvertently involved in a...
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A Secret Rendezvous
as Kikuko MiyaharaAfter witnessing a murder, a married woman and a student agree not to meet and see each other...
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Chutaro of Banba
as uncreditedBased on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major...
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(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
as UnnamedYoshida Denkichi does loses sight of his wife Chiyoko and daughter Toyoko during the war, and is...
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武蔵と小次郎
as uncreditedAs the reputation of Sasaki Kojiro, who traveled through various provinces with his long sword...
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Fountainhead
as Kuniko OsatoA botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.
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Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
as uncreditedThe timid first love of high school students! A whisper of love between a young man and a girl!...
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The Missing Heir
as 久六の娘お君Ginpei, in an act of desperation to get money for his gravely ill mother, was laughed at and...
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Dreaming People
as uncreditedShinya Ban (Masao Wakahara) returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns...
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Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
as uncreditedBorn to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to...
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Weeping Doll
as KimikoA Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.
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Typhoon
as uncreditedA group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has...
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Disobedience
as Akie SotozakiA young delinquent wants to avenge his sister from a college student who abandoned her after...
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