Date of birth: 1915-02-28
Place of birth: Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 村田知英子, 村田智栄子, 村田千英子

Actress. Born 1915, died November 1995.

1953-05-14
Michiko Asakura was married to the eldest son of the Sakuma family, an unsealed family in Shinshu, b

1962-01-14
1962 Japanese movie

1954-11-15
Based on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the love
1938-07-01
1938 Theater of Life adaptation.

1953-07-17

1962-06-17

1966-07-30
The golden duo of Yukio Hashi and Chieko Baisho. A film rich in a variety of songs, dances and falli

1956-03-04
An exciting film about thugs, in which murders and drugs, justice and resentment explode in the dark

1939-04-13
Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to p

1948-09-17
Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son b

1979-01-20
Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent b
1934-05-03

1961-05-24
Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in

1960-12-14
Sachiko's beloved sister Nobuko was supposed to go to Tohoku when she suddenly dies in a car acciden

1957-05-28
Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.
1945-01-25
1945 Japanese movie

1959-10-28

1960-09-28

1958-06-15
When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and

1961-07-05
Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.

1960-06-26
Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daught

1963-05-03
Comedy drama film

1952-10-09
The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunction
1954-03-03
A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.

1962-12-01
1962 Japanese movie

1936-02-13

1945-07-26
1945 Japanese movie
1945-09-13
1945 Japanese movie

1948-04-13
Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.

1962-07-15
A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

1959-01-14
Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient

1954-12-29
A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by
1964-12-19
Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.

1959-08-12
In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracte

1963-11-16
In 1963, Funaki Kazuo's debut song of the same name was released and then it was adapted to a movie

1959-03-11
Yano Reiko is a part-time student. After being introduced by a well-known classmate, she becomes the

1962-10-20
Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers th
1962-03-25
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Eriko" by Yukio Hashi.

1957-12-01
The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose betwee

1944-05-25
It is 1921 and a town has a newspaper which prints urgent bulletins as required. The Washington-base

1947-09-27
After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion

1958-03-11
Suzunosuke faces perhaps his wildest foes. This evil gang is lead by a one-eyed birdman and other de

1965-06-09
Black Snow tells the tale of a disturbed young man who, after spying on his mother with a black serv

1962-11-17
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Mi

1965-05-16
Japanese comedy film.

1964-08-22
A story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, re

1948-09-26
Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob

1961-07-28
A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she stru

1951-01-13
The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist boar

1954-09-22
Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

1951-08-17
Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day

1938-03-31
The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and

1963-02-19

1961-04-02
Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically thre

1960-01-14
The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a so

1947-04-01
The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men at

1961-06-28
Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are R

1958-11-29
The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter.
1937-05-13
A 1937 Japanese language film directed by Tomu Uchida, starring Ryo Akaboshi, Mitsuru Date and Hisao

1957-10-29
A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a k

1955-04-23
A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

1959-03-04
The young boy Michio struggles with the loss of his mother while his widowed father, Sadao remarries

1959-07-01
In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance

1955-05-03
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants t

1950-12-02

1954-09-29

1956-05-14
1941-06-28
Family of Love

1941-12-11

1961-12-17
Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

1950-01-15

1959-07-26

1959-05-13
A 1959 film directed by Hiromu Edagawa.

1958-03-05

1958-08-12
When Shinsuke returns to Kyushu from the Russo-Japanese War he finds his Judo school hall neglected

1947-10-08
In the 30th year, Nirasaki Den'emon established the Nirasaki Hokkaido Development Company with inves

1963-04-14
A bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on h

1960-02-24

1959-03-17
1959 Japanese movie

1958-01-03
A beautiful older sister and her younger brother, both designers who paint the dreams of young hope,

1954-01-15

1958-12-21
A comic thriller directed by Tokuzo Tanaka, a first-time newcomer, based on a screenplay by Toshio T

1961-01-14
A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catc

1957-02-12
In a small Tohoku town, family tensions rise when a sick mother’s care leads to conflict over a mist