Akihiko Katayama
Date of birth: 1926-11-11
Place of birth: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Акихико Катаяма
Biography
Movie Credits
Thus the Divine Wind Blows
1944-08-11
Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono
Mother
1952-06-12
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
誘拐
1962-02-04
1962 Japanese movie
情熱の詩人啄木
1962-03-04
1962 Japanese movie
Love's Cheerleader
1952-06-19
Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952-03-14
Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki
Her Hidden Past
1962-02-21
Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the imposs
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952-01-03
Mataemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance.
Black Sea of Trees
1960-12-14
Sachiko's beloved sister Nobuko was supposed to go to Tohoku when she suddenly dies in a car acciden
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
1962-09-01
1962 Japanese movie
元祿美少年記
1955-12-21
On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting h
花笠太鼓
1956-08-14
In early summer in Edo, Sanshirō, known for his beautiful singing, is a devoted son living in a tene
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
1960-12-27
The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunos
The Priest and the Beauty
1960-08-09
Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feel
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954-06-15
A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his tru
Kōfuku no genkai
1948-11-01
The eldest daughter of the Takamatsu family, Atsuko, a widow, returns home due to not getting along
Saigo no kikyō
1945-07-26
1945 Japanese movie
The Lady of Musashino
1951-09-14
Set in post-war Japan, The Lady of Musashino tells the story of Michiko, a disillusioned young woman
Umi o yobu koe
1945-10-25
1945 Japanese movie
こゝに幸あり・後篇 花咲く朝
1956-04-04
1956 Japanese movie
The Ambitious
1970-02-14
The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shog
こゝに幸あり・前篇 誘惑の都
1956-03-28
1956 Japanese movie
Marriageable Age
1961-01-14
Yoshimura's 48th film is the contemporary story of a well-to-do family showing the frailties and fai
A Pebble by the Wayside
1938-09-21
Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamot
Submarine Number One
1941-05-23
This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as resu
The Battleship Yamato
1953-06-15
The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threa
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
1951-12-14
Japanese drama film.
A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival
1954-01-09
Japanese musical.
The Bronze Monster
1954-12-29
In this four part mystery-adventure, detective Kogoro Akechi and the members of the Boy Detectives C
The Vassal's Neck
1955-07-26
Japanese film.
Dancing Girl
1951-08-17
The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved anot
I Saw a Phantom Fish
1950-05-06
A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.
Hobo Village
1958-01-29
Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.
The Pit of Death
1968-06-15
Kuramoto, who works for a large trading company, is a skilled employee who is well-liked by the comp
The Days of Evil Women
1958-11-30
The common-law wife and daughter of a wealthy old man plot to murder him and steal his fortune, with
Delinquent Girl
1949-03-22
A melodramatic love story, a would-be apprenticeship between the titular bad girl and the optimistic
Next Door to Happiness
1955-09-07
The Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer secti
She Came For Love
1963-08-28
Toshiko is the madam of a bar in Osaka who tries to keep her private life private and claims not to
Journey
1967-11-12
The Rockabilly Lady
1960-03-08
The Path I Remember
1959-05-27
The tragic fate of Minoru Ikeda, a talented blind boy whose only joy was playing the violin.
Dancing Girls of Izu
1954-03-31
A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their fi
Teinen Taishoku
1963-03-01
Kaze no Matasaburô
1940-10-10
Saburō Takada transfers from a city to a very small school. The village children suspect that Saburō
Explosion!
1939-02-15
"Around the time he made such remarkably ambivalent war films as Mud and Soldiers and Five Scouts, T
Unending Advance
1937-11-03
One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in
Ginza for Two
1967-02-25
The story of love and friendship between a seamstress girl and a member of a student ensemble, who,
Shojo jutai
1966-10-29
Ah Special Attack Corps
1960-02-10
Depicts four cheerful, young former college students with promising futures who die tragic deaths as
Ōkuma Shigenobu the great
1963-11-02
The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a s
Bara to ryū
1961-02-01
1961 Japanese movie
The Bronze Devil
1954-12-29
A steel-clad fiend terrorizes Tokyo, raiding clock shops. Detective Kogoro Akechi uncovers a map hid
わが愛を星に祈りて
1966-03-26
風の噂のリル
1952-07-03
Sanada Bunkichi, an alcoholic musician who had lost all motivation to live, was a man who seemed to
Half Virgin
1953-08-25
Wakai nakama
1961-03-01
1961 Japanese movie
People Waiting for Spring
1959-01-09
This drama centers on an elderly politician and depicts how humans can return to their true selves w
夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
1961-08-08