Chisako Hara

Acting

Chisako Hara

Born — Died

1936-01-06 — 2020-01-19

Known for

Acting

Credits

65 titles

Known for

Attack on Titan poster
6.2

100 years ago, titans suddenly appeared on Earth. Soon, human civilization veered on collapse due to the titans. Humans then built a giant wall to defend themselves. Within the giant walls, humans lived in peace, but, 100 years later, the giant wall is broken.

Attack on Titan

2015

Akai Shougeki poster
7.0

A track and field athlete falls in love with a cop. After being paralyzed by a bullet from a detective investigating her father's crimes, a high school sprinter finds unexpected love and navigates a web of family secrets and forbidden love.

Akai Shougeki

1976

Red Suspicion poster
8.3

Sachiko is the 17-year old daughter of radiotherapist Professor Oshima. After exposure to radiation in the hospital, she develops leukemia. As if that was not enough trouble for one lifetime, discovers that Oshima is not her real father, and that her boyfriend is really her half brother.

Red Suspicion

1975

Hanamura Daisuke poster
9.0

A comical look at the Japanese legal system. Big corporate law firm seeking to increase their profit margin notices that a lot of the partners spend a lot of their time on cases which don't bring in a lot of revenue. They decide they need to hire an average lawyer, at a minimal salary, that will take care of these small cases and not complain. That's why the law firm hires Hanamura Daisuke (Yusuke Santamaria)...to handle these minor cases. Daisuke's approach to the law is very unique and the way he handles each case is very entertaining

Hanamura Daisuke

2000

Dark Water poster
6.8

A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.

Dark Water

2002

Story of Yakuza in Naniwa poster
NR

A dramatization of Ryotaro Shiba's novel of the same title about the life of Kobayashi Sahē, a chivalrous man who actually existed at the end of the Edo period.

Story of Yakuza in Naniwa

1970

Film credits

2000s · 6 titles

Dark Water poster
6.8

A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.

Dark Water

2002

Rampo Noir poster
5.7

An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.

Rampo Noir

2005

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad poster
6.9

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

2007

Summer of Ubume poster
7.0

Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with the help of his friend Enokizu, a detective with the unusual ability to see people's memories. They are hired by the impossibly pregnant woman's sister to find the woman's missing husband and lay this whole matter to rest. In the end, they need the help of Kyogokudo to exorcise the family curse.

Summer of Ubume

2005

Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle poster
6.4

Once again, Musashi has encounter Ultraman Cosmos. Now Ultraman Cosmos has gained some new modes to defeat Scropis. Musashi has joined Team Sea to save the Blue Area. But there is mysterious evil monster, Sandros, who wants to destroy the Earth. Now it is up Musashi and Ultraman Cosmos to defeat Sandros and who’s the other Ultraman?

Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle

2003

Haru Urara poster
NR

Based on the true story of racing horse "Haru Urara" ("Gentle Spring"), who lost every single horse race she entered since her 1998 debut.

Haru Urara

2005

1990s · 5 titles

1980s · 7 titles

Hachiko poster
7.8

The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.

Hachiko

1987

Lanterns on Blue Waters poster
5.8

The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89 and still living in Hawaii he is visited by his granddaughter who brings him a letter from his disinherited and recently dead son. This brings back memories of his life with his wife and family following the attack on Pearl Harbor, in particular of his son who had gone off to join the war for the Americans.

Lanterns on Blue Waters

1983

The Key poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Key

1983

Jesus' Ark poster
NR

One-episode drama starring Beat Takeshi depicting the turbulent life of the protagonist Takeyoshi Sengoku, based on the "Jesus' Ark Incident".

Jesus' Ark

1985

The Men Who Made Ultraman poster
10.0

A biographical dramatization about the production of the original Ultraman, the beloved classic special effects fantasy series from Eiji Tsuburaya.

The Men Who Made Ultraman

1989

Blue Lake Girl poster
6.5

Nagare, a painter who wanted to commit a lover’s suicide with Mizue, the wife of his friend and patron Takigawa. Growing afraid at the last moment, he doesn’t go through with it – but Mizue sinks to the bottom of Blue Lake. Some time later, Nagare follows an invitation by Takigawa, who claims to have forgiven everything. To Nagare’s shock, Takigawa’s new wife, Ameko, looks exactly like Mizue. While staying as Takigawa’s guest, Nagare becomes haunted by Mizue’s ghost, who wants to be reunited with him at the bottom of Blue Lake.

Blue Lake Girl

1986

Eternal Monument poster
10.0

A remake of the 1953 film of the same name.

Eternal Monument

1982

1970s · 9 titles

Love in the Mud poster
7.3

This is a story of love between a society girl and a yakuza boy. Mami lives an ordinary life in Tokyo, being with her friends and studying. Her biggest interest is ladies hats. She is rather well off, as her father is the ambassador of Japan in Spain. One day when she is out driving, she is attacked by a group of yakuza, but is saved by the honorable yakuza Jiro. This will change her life forever.

Love in the Mud

1977

The Ceremony poster
6.8

Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional family to trace the rise and fall of militaristic Japan across several decades.

The Ceremony

1971

Summer Days Across the River poster
NR

Set in Tsukuda Island, Tokyo, this drama SP depicts a misunderstanding between an old man with old-fashioned spirit and a young tenant.

Summer Days Across the River

1973

It Was a Faint Dream poster
5.8

Set in 13th century Kyoto, where the Imperial court is under control of the clergy. Shijo was a peasant girl sold to a powerful daima as a concubine. Bored by her life in seclusion she starts an affair with State Councillor and the brother of a retired Emperor. Realising that she is only a plaything of the court, she becomes a nun and wanders the country.

It Was a Faint Dream

1974

Devil's Flute poster
6.4

Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the backdrop of wealth, this film is loaded with twists and turns and surprises at every corner.

Devil's Flute

1979

No artwork available
9.0

Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.

Have Wings on Your Heart

1978

Preparation for the Festival poster
5.4

Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.

Preparation for the Festival

1975

No artwork available
NR

1977 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.

The Skies of Haruo

1977

The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map poster
7.2

A 19-year-old newspaper delivery boy begins collecting information on the households in his neighborhood and keeping a journal of why he doesn't like them. Declaring himself a 'right-winger' and calling in bomb threats against the neighbors he doesn't like, the 19-year-old begins a war of psychological terror against the families in his neighborhood.

The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map

1979

1960s · 27 titles

Pale Flower poster
7.4

A recently released gangster has to cope with the recent shifts of power between gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.

Pale Flower

1964

Girls of the Night poster
6.5

In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build a new life.

Girls of the Night

1961

Sanshiro Sugata poster
7.1

Remake of Akira Kurosawa's films "Sanshiro Sugata and "Sanshiro Sugata Part II". A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up judo. His teacher, Shogoro Yano, is a devout man who has aroused the enmity of the local practitioners of jujitsu, the older and more accepted of the two sports. Sugata uses his newly learned prowess to gain a measure of respect from others; however, Shogoro insists that the sport has a spiritual side, a lesson Sugata has yet to learn. Eventually, in hand-to-hand combat with the father of a young woman he loves, he comes to understand the true meaning of judo.

Sanshiro Sugata

1965

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka poster
6.6

The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined to win his love that they volunteer as subjects for his experiments

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

1967

The Preacher of Love poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

The Preacher of Love

1961

Heso no taisho poster
10.0

1962 Japanese movie

Heso no taisho

1962

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success poster
NR

A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster trouble while chasing a big contract, winning the deal through quick thinking—then turns down a promotion to keep working his own way.

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

1960

The Happicoat Comedian poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Happicoat Comedian

1960

A Woman's Identity poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

A Woman's Identity

1962

The Twilight Story poster
8.5

In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a sex worker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets a teacher and falls in love.

The Twilight Story

1960

Dangoro's 'Above the Clouds' Group' Sequel poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dangoro's 'Above the Clouds' Group' Sequel

1963

A Company President's Life Story poster
7.0

A clothing manufacturer president tries to revitalize his company during a business downturn by securing new sales partners and chasing a deal with a world-renowned fashion designer.

A Company President's Life Story

1966

Bullet Wound poster
8.0

Yuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between an American seller and Chinese communists, and to take out both parties. After almost getting assassinated himself, he takes a wounded civilian with him despite living in a world where no one can be trusted.

Bullet Wound

1969

The Lost Alibi poster
5.0

Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his lover, he runs into a neighbor who is later accused of murder. Questioned by police about the neighbor, and blackmailed by his lover's neighbor, the salaryman's lies lead him on a path to destruction.

The Lost Alibi

1960

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking poster
8.0

A struggling salesman at World Electric finds his major deal blocked by internal politics and pressure from all sides. During a company trip to Beppu, personal entanglements and old company secrets surface, forcing difficult choices and quiet compromises.

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

1960

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

1966

Lovers of Ginza poster
7.0

1961 Japanese movie

Lovers of Ginza

1961

Marriage of the Sky and the Sea poster
NR

A love comedy directed by Osamu Takahashi based on an original screenplay by Kei Tasaka.

Marriage of the Sky and the Sea

1962

Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō

1961

Anything For Success poster
7.0

A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His biggest scheme involves winning the business of a foreign visitor by setting him up with a beautiful "model" (Tsukasa), actually a bar hostess, but the plan backfires when the would-be executive falls for the woman himself.

Anything For Success

1962

Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1 poster
NR

Salaryman comedy.

Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1

1960

The Woman Dicer poster
7.0

Seventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

The Woman Dicer

1968

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education poster
8.0

Amid management shakeups and arranged marriage plans at Sekai Electric, an executive couple tries to support a young woman’s relationship with an academic over a business heir.

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

1960

Hagure kigeki mandara poster
7.0

1962 Japanese movie

Hagure kigeki mandara

1962

The Approach of Autumn poster
7.0

A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery store, and works a local inn. The boy befriends a girl, the daughter of the innkeeper.

The Approach of Autumn

1960

Dear Mr. Prime Minister poster
NR

Kakumaru (Kiyoshi Atsumi) is an unpopular manzai performer who is too good-natured but has a very bad manners. Moulin, Kakumaru's former partner, gained popularity through her comedy routine with his wife Rouge, and in contrast to Kakumaru, she became a popular talent. Meanwhile, Kakumaru, inspired by his master's death, decides to move to Tokyo and reunites with Mulan. However, Moulin is caught having an affair by Rouge and is in trouble. For now, he introduces Kakumaru to an entertainment company, but instead of performing manzai, Kakumaru is entrusted with the job of firing a boiler. Kakumaru is completely tired and spends his days drinking alcohol, but one day he meets his childhood friend Ayako again...

Dear Mr. Prime Minister

1964

Sararīman yajikita dōchū poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Sararīman yajikita dōchū

1961

Series credits

Akai Shougeki poster
7.0

A track and field athlete falls in love with a cop. After being paralyzed by a bullet from a detective investigating her father's crimes, a high school sprinter finds unexpected love and navigates a web of family secrets and forbidden love.

Akai Shougeki

1976

Red Suspicion poster
8.3

Sachiko is the 17-year old daughter of radiotherapist Professor Oshima. After exposure to radiation in the hospital, she develops leukemia. As if that was not enough trouble for one lifetime, discovers that Oshima is not her real father, and that her boyfriend is really her half brother.

Red Suspicion

1975

Hanamura Daisuke poster
9.0

A comical look at the Japanese legal system. Big corporate law firm seeking to increase their profit margin notices that a lot of the partners spend a lot of their time on cases which don't bring in a lot of revenue. They decide they need to hire an average lawyer, at a minimal salary, that will take care of these small cases and not complain. That's why the law firm hires Hanamura Daisuke (Yusuke Santamaria)...to handle these minor cases. Daisuke's approach to the law is very unique and the way he handles each case is very entertaining

Hanamura Daisuke

2000

Story of Yakuza in Naniwa poster
NR

A dramatization of Ryotaro Shiba's novel of the same title about the life of Kobayashi Sahē, a chivalrous man who actually existed at the end of the Edo period.

Story of Yakuza in Naniwa

1970

Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File poster
8.0

Modern remake of the Kaiki Daisakusen / Operation Mystery tv show. A special unit called SRI (Science Research Institute) is investigating mysterious cases.

Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File

2007