Date of birth: 1919-11-25
Place of birth: Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 草島競子

1951-11-22
During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo

1952-04-17
In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beg

1946-12-17
Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo pro

1986-05-18
An aging silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track down h

1957-01-03
1957 Japanese movie

1952-02-22
Aboard a ship connecting Kyoto and Osaka, Osan was pickpocketed by a sham blind biwa player. A man w

1953-04-15
The phantom thief, known as the "Actor Kid", who was creating a stir in the Daimyo's mansion, especi

1954-04-21
On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a geisha

1954-06-23
During the tumultuous end of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Tengu Party rose in rebellion in Mito. Frie

1954-09-01
In the fourth year of Keio (1868), defeated retainers sought to restore the Tokugawa shogunate with

1950-03-26
1950 Japanese movie

1955-10-04
Chiba Sōsaku, whose childhood name was Otome, was raised by his father Yukiuemon, the successor of t

1955-10-30
This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period

1954-12-22
Third film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

1960-03-13

1953-04-01
1953 Japanese movie

1955-12-21
On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting h

1958-11-11

1953-10-27
In the mountainous region of Koshu, Taikahara, there was an intense power struggle between the promi
1949-01-18
1946-02-14
This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal

1960-08-30
A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless m

1950-06-10

1950-09-02

1959-04-28