
Acting
Shin'yō Nara
Born — Died
1896-11-30 — 1977-11-26
Place of birth
Akita Prefecture, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
60 titles
Known for
6.8Ryoichi 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
7.0After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the family holds one last ball before leaving.
The Ball at the Anjo House
1947
7.0Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
There Was a Father
1942
6.5An 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
NRIn 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
5.8A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for always punishing him more severely than his stepsibling.
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934
Film credits
1960s · 4 titles
3.7Tetsuji Takechi's third film is based on two short stories by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. The film depicts the lurid and violently erotic dreams of a writer, his wife and his sister, after having spent a night out drinking and visiting sex shows. It underwent extensive censorship before the government would allow it to be released. About 20% of the film's original content was cut and this footage is now considered lost.
Crimson Dream
1964
10.0A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.
A Full Life
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kono sora no aru kagiri
1964
NR1963 Japanese movie
Ano hito wa ima
1963
1950s · 20 titles
6.5An 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Akuma no kao
1957
NRMariko is an innocent girl who grew up in the highlands of Shinshu. She moves to Tokyo to live with her father who has successfully returned to Japan. Mariko is simply confused by the life in Tokyo, which is different from her own. Only her private tutor Daisuke was an advisor she could tolerate. Mariko develops slight feelings for Daisuke and finally realizes that he is her first love...
Over That Hill
1951
9.0A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But Madoka wants to be a stage dancer, so she won't concentrate her office job. Madoka meets Akiyama, a stage director. Akiyama introduce her to his neighbors. In among poor but open minded people, Madoka has changed. Her new ambition is her company provide nice sweets for children. She decide to focus on the office job. But she doesn't know that company executives has conspiracy against her...
Young Miss Executive
1953
3.2A 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
NRTozai Electric president Minamoto (Yanagi) is about to be pursued by the public prosecutor's office and tries to bribe Manabe (Saburi), the man in charge, but fails. His daughter Naeko (Takamine) finds out and takes on the role herself. This is a love romance adapted from an original story by Seiichi Funabashi that appeared in the magazine "Romance.”
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
1951
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Firefly Grass
1954
5.8Ignoring 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
ある落日
1959
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Haru no Wakakusa
1954
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Dawn of Judo
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Arashi no naka no hōyō: Omokage wa Harukanari
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
母恋草
1951
NRAsako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day after committing theft, Asako finds out from the older widow she works with that the new girl is undoubtedly her half-sister. When the younger sister suddenly flees on account of a misunderstanding, Asako makes up her mind to find the mother who deserted them both.
Haha machi gusa
1951
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Three Musketeers Reunite
1956
NR1951 Japanese movie
Minami kaze
1951
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Red Fan
1952
NRMotoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in love with Inokichi's virtuous character and devotes herself to the rehabilitation of a delinquent girl, gradually finding her job at the institution more worthwhile than the marriage recommended by her parents. Meanwhile, inside Inokichi's heart a flame of unknowing love for the single-minded Motoko begins to burn...
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Big Ambition
1955
NRSecond sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
続二等兵物語 南方孤島の巻
1956
1940s · 13 titles
7.0After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the family holds one last ball before leaving.
The Ball at the Anjo House
1947
7.0Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
There Was a Father
1942
NRIn 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
1945 Japanese movie
Tengoku no hanayome
1945
NRSecond film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka
Thirteen Eyes
1947
6.2A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.
Nobuko
1940
NRJapanese war movie.
Otome no iru kichi
1945
NRJapanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.
Dancing with a Mask
1943
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
6.7A 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
7.1Representing 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Our Planes Fly South
1943
7.0The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War II as it encouraged westernization and contrasted with the traditional bow prevalent in that country.
Twenty-Year-Old Youth
1946
1930s · 20 titles
6.8Ryoichi 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
5.8A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for always punishing him more severely than his stepsibling.
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934
NREiko is an innocent young lady born into a wealthy family with nothing to offer. She was good at singing, and lived her life playing around with her cronies, organizing music concerts and so on. However, things change when her father's business fails and she was suddenly thrown out into the world without any foundation. Eiko has no one to support her after she loses her social status, and her only tutor, Shinnosuke (Natsukawa Daijiro) was the only one who was sincere. Eiko is a stickler for using everything she can get her hands on, and she quickly moves into Shinnosuke's house.
Spring Thunder
1939
8.0A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and heads off to war. Script exists - considered to be a lost film.
Until the Day We Meet Again
1932
6.7Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirô Shimazu, originally released as a two-part movie on December 11, 1931.
ABC Lifeline
1931
7.0Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the shame. Later she meets the rapist again who is now a union leader in opposition of her husband.
Silver Stream
1931
7.3An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years before.
No Blood Relation
1932
8.0Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with his wife, the young woman and her husband. Considered to be a lost film.
A Primer on Marriage
1930
8.0Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.
The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman
1931
NRThe 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
NRWeed with Flowers
Weeds with flowers
1939
No synopsis available yet.
天龍下れば
1933
6.0Jie attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha and became a lawyer. The aim. Michiko, one of the seven best friends from the same women's college, is getting married. The man she's marrying is her sister's lover.
New Woman Question and Answer
1939
No synopsis available yet.
Reijin
1930
7.0Three couples connected to rival business and theatrical families navigate complicated romances, workplace disputes, and family opposition.
Men vs. Women
1936
6.0Jyuta, 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
5.3A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.
Vermilion and Green
1937
5.2Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's daughter, the administrative director, a doctor, and a nurse.
Warm Current
1939
It is considered to be a lost film.
Sôbô
1933
7.5The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide.
First Steps Ashore
1932
