Biography
Movie Credits
Red Love, Green Love
1962-06-17
Innocent Sinner
1970-07-01
Love for Eternity
1971-05-05
与太郎戦記 女は幾万ありとても
1970-04-18
A Wife Confesses
1961-10-29
Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the author
When Women Lie
1963-03-30
Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Compan
High School Geisha
1968-09-21
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
1968-10-30
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy 2
1969-07-26
The Betrothed
1957-05-28
Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.
The Cast-Off
1959-05-13
The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executiv
Manji
1964-07-25
The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
The Sex Check
1968-06-01
Ken Ogata plays Shiro Miyagi, a sprinter with Olympic aspirations whose dreams were shattered by WWI
A Night to Remember
1962-09-30
Seventeen years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a newspaper reporter looks for the b
Beauty the Enemy
1959-08-12
In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracte
Eriko
1962-03-25
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Eriko" by Yukio Hashi.
Play It Cool
1970-05-01
This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is th
Two Wives
1967-04-15
After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963-10-05
Kisuke, a young bamboo worker marries Tomoe, a geisha who was once involved with Kisuke's late fathe
Kisses
1957-07-23
Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bic
Superexpress
1964-10-31
A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a l
A Woman's Testament
1960-01-14
The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a so
Giants and Toys
1958-06-22
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in
A Geisha's Diary
1961-07-28
A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she stru
Warm Current
1957-12-01
The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose betwee
The Great White Tower
1966-10-15
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at
Hoodlum Soldier
1965-03-18
A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria.
Gamera, the Giant Monster
1965-11-27
A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep u
On This Earth
1957-11-22
Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His m
Black Dead Ball
1963-06-08
A talent scout who had his eyes set on a star left-handed pitcher in the high school baseball world
The False Student
1960-10-08
A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
Black Report
1963-01-13
After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for
Love and Life
1961-01-27
Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
A Woman's Life
1962-11-18
One of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle for f
Love River
1958-04-22
The Women Divers
1958-08-12
A youth movie depicting the love between college students.
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
1961-05-31
1961 Theater of Life adaptation.
While Yet a Wife
1965-10-02
A wife is diagnosed with an incurable disease at a young age. Her husband loves her, supports her, a
Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei
1958-11-22
1958 Japanese movie
The Sea Anemone
1969-08-30
The story of a sexy girl with a passion for attracting men and counting the money she entices from t