Date of birth: 1924-11-15
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as:


1950-05-01
With one million yen in stolen cash, Kurita plans his escape to Hokkaido with an unwilling bar girl

1960-06-07
On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his d

1973-01-04
On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.

1951-04-14
Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

1952-01-03
Period film about the legendary detective Umon

1952-10-02
Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa

1966-03-05
Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

1954-04-13
Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukik

1966-10-01

1960-01-27

1954-09-14
1954 Theater of Life adaptation.

1960-04-05

1961-09-23
Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

1950-01-08
Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated wi

1956-12-05
Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to T

1955-10-11
This movie attempts to present the reality of doctorless villages to society at large, while focusin

1949-12-13
1949 Japanese film

1961-11-01
A leading postwar Japanese film critic and theorist who co-founded the seminal film magazine Eiga Hi

1952-12-10
Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his t
1960-03-01
Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant bus

1959-02-11
A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.
1956-08-22
1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

1955-09-28
Nobuko is a widow who lives with her stepchild Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeep

1960-09-13
A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's
1956-09-18
Japanese drama film.
1955-12-04
Japanese drama film.
1953-02-19
Japanese film.

1956-09-11
Japanese drama film.

1963-04-21
Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judo

1957-03-08
A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.

1951-01-13
Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

1957-09-08
A beautiful and healthy young girl growing up in poverty overcomes hardships and grows into a woman

1960-08-07
Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved

1961-11-22
A story of Minako who struggles finding love and peace in life. When Minako’s hope for ultimate happ

1955-01-29
An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

1957-05-08

1954-02-03
Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The of

1961-07-19
After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they ar

1959-09-23
Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case.

1952-02-28
When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable

1961-08-13
Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Mo

1956-02-05
Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

1969-07-31
Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business fro

1957-01-03
It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a smal

1953-10-07
Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945,

1953-01-09
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the isla

1969-09-06
Part 7 in the Gambling Den series. This time Koji Tsuruta is a gambler who feels sympathetic towards

1960-09-03
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindn

1951-05-18
Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

1969-08-13
A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and

1988-04-01
A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in th

1954-11-22
The events of the film are based on the real facts of the Pacific War, when in June 1944 the America

1969-11-20
An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangste

1958-06-17

1953-06-09
A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.

1956-08-22

1957-03-20
The movie is about a man who started a brothel to make money out of his poor circumstances in the la

1951-08-10
The fall of an accountant enthralled by the sexual charms of a cabaret dancer.

1954-08-10
As a bid to win contacts, ship building companies wine and dine political leaders, inviting the geis

1960-03-08
The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways

1953-04-29
When Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the history

1966-02-19

1960-11-15
At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of

1955-09-07
A few years have passed since the Hotta family had the famous sword Koshinmaru, which was given to t

1961-03-07
1961 Japanese movie

1954-07-06
During the Tenpo era, the peasants of the Kanto region were in dire straits due to successive natura

1960-06-07
On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his d