Ugetsu
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearb...
Acting
Mitsuko Mito (水戸光子 Mito Mitsuko, 23 March 1919 – 5 April 1981) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1935 and 1973. Her real name was Mitsuko Sekiba.
In 1934, the year after she dropped out of Okazaki Municipal Girls' High School (now Aichi Prefectural Okazaki Kita High School), she moved from the Manpei Hotel in Nagoya to the Manpei Hotel in Atami where she was working. There, she was scouted by Shochiku director Isaburo Inoue, who happened to be staying at the hotel, and joined the Shochiku Kamata Studios .
In 1945, she married actor Morikawa Shin. She retired from acting and had a child, but divorced the following year. She returned to the big screen early in Omitsu no Endan, released in October of the same year. While she played cheerful, down-to-earth characters, after leaving Shochiku she also broadened her acting range by taking on dirty roles in films such as Woman, Osho, Outcome of War, Ugetsu Monogatari, and An Inn at Osaka.
She died of a liver tumor on April 5, 1981 at the age of 62.
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In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearb...
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun,...
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After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu w...
The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they...
Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family...
Pu Zhe, younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, marries Ryuko, daughter of an aristocratic family. To the...
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor...
Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" a...
Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family...
In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Iz...
Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to...
A sequel to Ohana han.
Japanese suspense film.
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Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.
Kazuo, a Japanese army intelligence agent, reveals a foreign intelligence network in Japan and then sent to Bor...
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising baseball player to The Toyko Flowers.
A young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his wife is being u...
Japanese drama
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The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents and oppone...
Japanese war movie.
Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisals), lives f...
Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two poli...
Follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. H...
Otama, daughter of a poor candy vendor, becomes the mistress of a man whom she believes to be a widower and own...
Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata...
The movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and his neglected mis...
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Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerles...
The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small...
Chuji Kunisada runs into strange adventures which tests his skill as a samurai as he untangles intrigue and mur...
Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
The first film in the Daiei series. At the command of Lord Aiba, Tange Sazen targets two famous swords owned by...