Date of birth: 1927-01-02
Place of birth: Kanda, Tokyo, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 増見昭子


1965-01-06
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four fol

1996-02-03
Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors care f

1989-05-03
This is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and scriptwriter. No

1977-12-29
A comedy farce depicting the noise that occurs when two unemployed circus participants discover a de

1990-12-15
Yamada is the old mistress of a prestigious all-girl high school, who finds a natural enemy in Kamiz

1971-10-02

1977-12-24
The sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo, travel ar

1965-10-09
Young widow Ine is suffering under the harsh treatment of her mother in law. As a former Geisha, Ine

1967-09-23
Shimamura is a young man whose family went broke and lost their house. One day, as he returns to his

1968-01-04
Burned out butcher Hazama meets a woman at a restaurant and is asked to help her deliver a bag of di

1965-04-03
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w

1991-11-02
Sukezo, a former manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed b

1977-09-11
Set in the time of steam locomotives and covering a period of almost 30 years, this sensitive film t

1972-12-19
The struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak their mi

1979-09-15
A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.

2009-05-29
Based on a true story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable, but

1971-06-05
Yuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend’s girlfriend, Natsuko.

1971-06-05
Laughter is brought about by a teacher-husband and student-wife couple.

2016-04-11
A man is murdered after stealing documents from the Olympic Department of the Ministry of Education,

2016-12-12

1966-01-15
Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange f

1973-04-07
Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, se

1986-07-12
Heartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she makes a

1970-06-13
When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son in

1970-01-15
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.

1958-07-12
Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his

2012-01-02
Chiyo, a 59 year old mother of 4, had lost her husband seven years ago. She will soon lose her home

2015-07-20

1973-12-15
Based on a novel by Ayako Miura.

1970-07-04
Yuri Ebara is inexplicably laid off, abandoned by her closest friend, and is suddenly asked to move
1935-03-23
Kodakara Sodo (The Treasure That Is Children) is a 1935 black and white Japanese silent film with be

1968-06-30

1979-06-30
The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in

1986-06-07
Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metr

1974-10-19
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a To

1975-07-12
Let's Go, Grandma! plays like an exuberant, goofy update to Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story. Kinuyo Tanak

1981-03-28

1978-08-05

1966-10-01
A sequel to Ohana han.

1969-04-26
The golden duo of Yoshitaro Mura and Kiyoshi Atsumi brings you a full-on comedy filled with laughter

1961-01-26
1961 Japanese movie

1968-07-20
1968 Japanese movie