Michiko Hoshi

Acting

Michiko Hoshi

Born 1927-01-20 · Tokyo, Japan

Acting credits

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 poster
NR

Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond.

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3

1960

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19 poster
NR

In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man with an unusual rosary in his hand was dug up. An autopsy showed that the victim was about 40 years old, 170 cm tall, had bad teeth, and had been strangled about a month ago. The police department begins an investigation, Detectives Hayashi and Kitagawa set out to investigate the origin of the rosary, and Detectives Nagata and Watanabe begin interviewing construction workers. In the end, it turns out that the rosary belongs to some new religion... The 19th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari".

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19

1962

Yobiko hoshi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yobiko hoshi

1952

Roadside Stone poster
6.5

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi's father refuses to give in to his son's request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-hearted merchant and his family. As tragedy strikes and the suffering of the young boy increases, he begins to look for some way out of his bleak situation.

Roadside Stone

1964

A Gang of Five poster
5.0

A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.

A Gang of Five

1955

No artwork available
NR

A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.

Tsuma mo koisu

1950

Hida no ko tengu poster
NR

A passionate young man who lives for judo, the innocent girl he adores, and a challenge to the judo boss… A major match where love and life are on the line.

Hida no ko tengu

1951

Finances in Front of the Train Station poster
NR

The 12th "Ekimae" feature.

Finances in Front of the Train Station

1965

Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Mansion of beauties poster
NR

The first work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the original work of Tatsuro Jinde. Kasumi Ippei is a popular ronin actor, and when he is not on stage he is investigating intricate crimes, in this film Ippei will solve the abduction of seven beautiful young girls.

Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Mansion of beauties

1961

Haha yamahiko poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Haha yamahiko

1952

No artwork available
NR

A Daiei erotic film depicting the five passionate love affairs of a voluptuous married woman, driven by her beauty.

Doku bara

1949

The Murderer Must Die poster
NR

A year ago, Tetsuo Yazaki was unemployed and wanted money, attacked a police box in Kobe, robbed a policeman of his pistol, attacked Hamamatsu OS Theater and Nagoya Shinwa Bank, and succeeded in robbing a large amount of money.

The Murderer Must Die

1959

No artwork available
NR

A melodrama in which two lovers reunite after a long journey through life.

Aizenso

1949

A Young Rabble 2 poster
9.0

An adventure of a feisty girl Oyuki and Santa, a homeless child she saves.

A Young Rabble 2

1959

First Love of Okon poster
5.0

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

First Love of Okon

1958

No artwork available
NR

Twenty years after the father’s death and the mother and child’s separation, when they are reunited, a pistol aimed at the mother glints coldly in the child’s hand.

Kenjū no mae ni tatsu haha

1950

Boshisen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Boshisen

1951

Speed Crazy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Speed Crazy

1959

Haha tsubaki poster
NR

Kamezo, a manzai comedian, had been taking a break from performing while his partner Tsuruko was giving birth, but Tsuruko announced that she was retiring from the stage. That child was, in fact, the son of Takashi Yashiro, a politician with a promising future. Believing that a relationship between a politician and a female manzai comedian would bring unhappiness to Yashiro and his wife, Tsuruko changed her address and was even preparing to leave the stage. Tsuruko’s alcoholic father, having caught wind of this, snatched the child, Yoko, and squandered the small sum of money he had received from Yashiro on drinking.

Haha tsubaki

1950

A Man from Akagi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Man from Akagi

1950

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 poster
10.0

A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4

1961

Dorei no machi poster
NR

Yosuke Machida of the Daito Shinpo hears from a boy named Toshi-bo, whom he found on the street, that Toshi-bo’s older sister, Toyo, was deceived by a man named Taichi Tachikawa and sold into prostitution in a red-light district. He then set foot in this district for the first time and met Michiko Kawabe, a female reporter known by the nickname “Yoshie.” After hearing various details about the situation from her, he learned that Toyo was at “Kotogawa.”

Dorei no machi

1951

No artwork available
NR

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

Murder on the Last Train

1955

Devil's Gold poster
10.0

The protagonist descends from the mountains with a huge amount of panned gold dust. Upon learning of his wealth, all sorts of people, driven by greed and a desire to get their hands on his money, immediately begin to gravitate toward him.

Devil's Gold

1950