Date of birth: 1904-12-16
Place of birth: Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as:

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

1951-12-28
Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

1970-08-14
The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung A

1971-06-12
Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the G

1973-09-01
Follows a young med student's relationships with two women: a dangerous affair with a childhood frie

1951-05-05
Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surpri

1951-07-13

1946-03-28
Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashi

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

1951-02-17
The wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to investi

1956-11-14
Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of de

1967-11-18
A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to

1956-11-20
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Kat

1953-11-23
A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about th

1967-08-03
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and th

1965-09-05
Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns

1952-02-14
Kanae, who broke up with her husband and moved to her uncle's house, met two men when her father, a

1955-11-01
Two high school girls, Ruri and Yumi, go to Kyoto on a school trip, here they get acquainted with Hi

1966-07-30
This is a film adaptation of a popular NHK drama that depicts a strong-willed woman, Hana, who lives

1966-10-01
A sequel to Ohana han.