Reikichi Kawamura

Acting

Reikichi Kawamura

Born 1897-01-01 · Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Acting credits

365 Nights poster
6.7

A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and decides to marry her. Only to discover that his father is is in debt and wants him to marry Ranko so that she may help his company by granting 1.5 million yen. Teruko decides to borrow money from a greedy bar owner who lends her money on certain conditions and photographs her without her consent. A love traingle forms between Koroku, Ranko, and Teruko. Things complicate when Koroku marries Teruko and Tsugawa threatens them for the money causing many twists and turns.

365 Nights

1948

Stray Dog poster
7.6

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.

Stray Dog

1949

Love's Cheerleader poster
NR

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

Love's Cheerleader

1952

No artwork available
10.0

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

Middle-Aged Man

1943

My Elder Brother poster
6.0

Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his mother. Jyuta tries to correct him…

My Elder Brother

1934

The Dawning Sky poster
6.0

A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.

The Dawning Sky

1929

The Tree of Love poster
7.0

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run away to Kyoto, but her child suddenly became sick and she just missed the train and Kozo. She makes it to Kyoto finally, but is unable to meet him. Plus she isn't accepted into Kyoto society. She goes back to her hometown and tries to forget him. She quits the hospital to concentrate on her singing. She makes her professional debut with the hit "Aizen Katsura". Kozo is in the audience.

The Tree of Love

1938

Sword of Penitence poster
10.0

Two criminal brothers try to go straight but face opposition from one of their criminal cohorts. Considered to be a lost film.

Sword of Penitence

1927

Vermilion and Green poster
5.3

A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.

Vermilion and Green

1937

Wakai musumetachi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Wakai musumetachi

1951

Ishimatsu of the Forest poster
7.0

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

Ishimatsu of the Forest

1949

Ishimatsu of the Forest poster
7.0

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

Ishimatsu of the Forest

1949

Mr. Thank You poster
7.1

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.

Mr. Thank You

1936

Tokyo Sweetheart poster
8.0

Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.

Tokyo Sweetheart

1952

Okinu and Banto poster
10.0

A story of a store that makes Tabi socks.

Okinu and Banto

1940

The Munekata Sisters poster
7.1

Setsuko is in an unhappy marriage to Mimura, an unemployed, alcoholic engineer. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both failed to propose when Hiroshi left for France a few years ago. But now he's back and Mariko tries to reunite them, although she too is secretly in love with Hiroshi.

The Munekata Sisters

1950

Record of a Tenement Gentleman poster
7.2

A hard-hearted old woman in a bombed-out Tokyo neighborhood reluctantly takes in an abandoned boy, leading to a heartwarming bond between them.

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

1947

Dance of the Capital poster
NR

Hiromasa Nomura World War II era film

Dance of the Capital

1942

A Man's Recompense: Part 2 poster
NR

Sabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an archaeologist at an inn in Izu, where he is visiting to conduct an excavation. Sabun gets along well with his childhood friend Michiko Kuwano, but his mother (Fumiko Okamura) is against her, so he gives up easily and ends up being married to Kinuyo Tanaka.

A Man's Recompense: Part 2

1937

Kyūjō hiroba poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kyūjō hiroba

1951

Mother and Child poster
NR

The movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and his neglected mistress, as she struggles to ease her mother's loneliness, while also having an affair with her father's subordinate.

Mother and Child

1938

A Man's Recompense: Part 1 poster
NR

Sabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an archaeologist at an inn in Izu, where he is visiting to conduct an excavation. Sabun gets along well with his childhood friend Michiko Kuwano, but his mother (Fumiko Okamura) is against her, so he gives up easily and ends up being married to Kinuyo Tanaka.

A Man's Recompense: Part 1

1937

Marching Song poster
NR

A Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Marching Song

1937

Kinuyo's First Love poster
7.5

Kinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's boyfriend. It is a story whose theme is warm human relationships in a town of customs and manners.

Kinuyo's First Love

1940