
Acting
Masako Yagi
Born — Died
1938-09-02 — 2015-09-13
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
21 titles
Masako Yagi was a Japanese vocalist and actress.
Known for
NRThe life and times of trailblazing actress Kawakami Sadayakko (Sada Yacco) from Meiji into Taishō, her marriage to orator-actor Kawakami Otojirō, ties to Fukuzawa Yukichi and magnate Fukuzawa Momosuke, and encounters with statesman Itō Hirobumi.
Waves of Spring
1985
6.2A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Station
1981
7.8Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors care for him as new events occur every day.
Sleeping Man
1996
7.3Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends.
Muddy River
1981
5.7Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, instead promoting his traditions in reactionary ways.
Fire Festival
1985
6.5A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.
Coup d'Etat
1973
Film credits
1990s · 3 titles
7.8Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors care for him as new events occur every day.
Sleeping Man
1996
7.9A young Tokyo businessman joins an online movie forum and develops a special bond with one of its members through back and forth e-mails.
Haru
1996
NRSequel to The Rainbow Seeker where Ryo meets Katsu on a small island in the south of Japan. There, he falls in love for a single mother.
The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997
1980s · 6 titles
6.2A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Station
1981
7.3Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends.
Muddy River
1981
5.7Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, instead promoting his traditions in reactionary ways.
Fire Festival
1985
7.7Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise. Thinking he's found his true calling, Tora-san decides to join the order, and falls for the priest's divorced daughter.
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
6.9Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love.
Buddies
1989
6.5Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
1970s · 6 titles
6.5A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.
Coup d'Etat
1973
6.3Troubled medical student Haruo navigates a toxic relationship with his mother and a dangerous affair with former classmate Eiko, leading to a murder plot involving a potent poison.
The Petrified Forest
1973
6.0Several high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure; their halcyon days are soon coming to an end.
Wet Sand in August
1971
NRJapanese drama film.
Wings of Love
1975
NRA family murder case that occurred in Hita City, Oita Prefecture. A murderer whose statute of limitations is about to expire is shown on TV, and detective Kiyoshi Atsumi heads to Tokyo, but... The upstart Keiju Kobayashi, his old friend Etsuko Ichihara, and Atsumi. The postwar experiences of three people who were tossed about by the war overlap. The screenplay by Satoru Hayasaka, the music by Kousuke Kanno, and above all, the performances of Atsumi and Ichihara make this a masterpiece in the history of TV dramas. A two-hour version was later created as an art festival award-winning work.
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
NRWhen teacher Kimura is assigned to Yuko’s Class A, 4th Grade, the children are very happy. But they are surprised to hear from her that she is expecting a baby in October. The children have learned many things. They have been brought closer together among themselves and they have gained a closer relationship with their parents. Above all, they have learned about some of the important things in life as they advance toward the still unknown realm of adulthood.
The Flag, Class A, Grade 4.
1976
1960s · 5 titles
7.3Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers around two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories.
Eros + Massacre
1969
5.8After committing murder, businessman Atsushi is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase of embezzled money. What follows is a descent into lustful, reckless actions and regret.
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965
7.2Based on the life and career of novelist Fumiko Hayashi, she bitterly struggles for literary recognition in the first half of the 20th-century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
8.0About an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized and happen to be naked, the sleeping beauties. The old men are expected to take sleeping pills and share the bed for a whole night with a girl without attempting anything of bad taste like putting a finger inside their mouths.
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
1968
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Haigo no hito
1965
