Hideko Okiyama

Acting

Hideko Okiyama

Born — Died

1945-12-21 — 2011-03-21

Place of birth

Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

14 titles

Hideko Okiyama (沖山秀子) was born on December 21, 1945 in Kagoshima, Japan as Hideko Chikano. She was an actress and director, known for Kagero-za (1981), Dodes'ka-den (1970) and Grapefruit no yôna onna: Sei ran no hibi (1981). She died on March 21, 2011.

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 6 titles

Dodes'ka-den poster
7.1

On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an imaginary trolley, a homeless father and son designing a dream house, a young woman brutalized at home, drunks, schemers, and saints of small kindnesses. Kurosawa crafts a ragged mosaic of hardship, fantasy, and flickers of grace that keep people moving forward.

Dodes'ka-den

1970

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro poster
8.2

Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her trauma, and finally, rescues his niece who is about to be lured into prostitution.

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

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

Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death poster
6.7

In the sixth and final episode Rentaro Mikuni steals the show as Baiken Shishido, Musashi's nemesis. Mikuni is the nominal villain of the film, but he is a devoted husband and father as well. He tries to kill Musashi only to avenge the death of his brother-in-law. While Baiken (who wields a chain and sickle against Musashi's sword) is a very human character and the emotions that Mikuni displays in his performance are quite believable and engaging

Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death

1971

Charming Men poster
9.0

One day, when Goro (Kiyoshi Atsumi) returns to his poor tenement house from a trip on a deep-sea tuna boat, his neighbor's daughter Haruko (Mitsuko Baisho) also returns from the juvenile classification center on the same day. However, at a welcome party held by Goro for Haruko, a drunk friend crashes into Haruko's house with a dump truck and is forced to leave. Goro plans to marry Haruko to a rich man and force her to pay dowry, but...

Charming Men

1970

アッと驚く為五郎 poster
NR

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アッと驚く為五郎

1970

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