Shin'yō Nara

Acting

Shin'yō Nara

Born 1896-11-30 · Akita Prefecture, Japan

Acting credits

Victory of Women poster
7.1

Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's democratized post-war legal system.

Victory of Women

1946

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

There Was a Father poster
7.0

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

There Was a Father

1942

Vermilion and Green poster
5.3

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

Vermilion and Green

1937

A Full Life poster
10.0

A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.

A Full Life

1962

The Big Ambition poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Big Ambition

1955

Modern People poster
4.0

A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a new, young and honest subordinate is assigned to work under the section chief. Once he learns about the shady relationship, however, the new subordinate skillfully conceals the corruption and joins the corrupt, shady relationship.

Modern People

1952

Marching Song poster
NR

A Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Marching Song

1937

Eclipse poster
NR

The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their hometown for the metropolis of Tokyo. They are in love with each other, but Kinue is expected to marry the lawyer Kanda Seiji. In consequence, Shukichi leaves for Tokyo, where he becomes tutor to the son of the rich Iwaki family. The heartbroken Kinue also makes her way to the capital, where she becomes a bar hostess.

Eclipse

1934

ABC Lifeline poster
6.7

Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirô Shimazu, originally released as a two-part movie on December 11, 1931.

ABC Lifeline

1931

Kono sora no aru kagiri poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kono sora no aru kagiri

1964

The Rose on His Arm poster
5.8

Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.

The Rose on His Arm

1956

Introspection Tower poster
6.7

A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is often short on water, and one day, the well runs dry.

Introspection Tower

1941

No artwork available
9.0

The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star.

Mother

1929

Rira no hana wasureji poster
NR

In the 30th year, Nirasaki Den'emon established the Nirasaki Hokkaido Development Company with investment from Sonoi to build railway facilities. However, the endeavor faced criticism for attempting to buy Ainu land at low prices. Tokyo Nippo reporter Toshimasa Matsuzaka, who was actually Nirasaki's son, wants to expose the flawed practices of the company.

Rira no hana wasureji

1947

Akuma no kao poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Akuma no kao

1957

A Brother and His Younger Sister poster
6.0

A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister's a modern girl who's starting to receive romantic attention from one of her co-workers.

A Brother and His Younger Sister

1939

Town of Violence poster
6.5

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Town of Violence

1950

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1 poster
7.0

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a lumberland epic with a forest fire on Sakhalin Island, turns into a tragedy of King Lear dimensions, and manages to amaze the blasé audience with a happy end in the Wild West.

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

1931

The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman poster
8.0

Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.

The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman

1931

Our Planes Fly South poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Our Planes Fly South

1943

Men vs. Women poster
7.0

Three couples connected to rival business and theatrical families navigate complicated romances, workplace disputes, and family opposition.

Men vs. Women

1936

Haru no Wakakusa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Haru no Wakakusa

1954

Woman of Tokyo poster
6.8

Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.

Woman of Tokyo

1933