
Acting
Keiko Yanagawa
Born 1936-04-11
Acting credits
7.1After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Chûshingura
1962
8.0Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
8.0The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among whom is the local governor, a timid creature, who is dominated by his high-born and beautiful wife, who dresses in a scarlet battle-tunic, a sign of his family's military merit around which he fabricates fantastic tales of his prowess in war. During the traditional festival when the villagers are released from observance of all social customs and restrictions, it is permissible for any man to attempt win the favors of the one he loves. However, the timid but romantic governor goes to the length of having the miller arrested to clear the way for his seduction of Osen. But Osen fights off his advances with an old hunting gun and dashes out of the mill. Jimbei, meanwhile, has escaped from jail and dashes home to finds the governor in his bed. Convinced that his wife has been violated, he decides to take an eye for an eye.
His Scarlet Cloak
1958
NRModern comedy.
A Salaryman's Ten Commandments
1959
6.5Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.
The Big Boss
1959
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Heavenly Comic Story of a Gentleman
1960
9.0An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.
Sazae-san's Baby
1960
NRFilm distributed by ATG.
Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light
1978
9.0Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi
Awamori-kun nishi-e iku
1961
5.6A ship is attacked at sea for its cargo by a group of thieves who murder a newlywed doctor and rape his wife. Three years later her twin sister is kidnapped by the same pirates, who begin to die strange deaths...
Living Skeleton
1968
7.0A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His biggest scheme involves winning the business of a foreign visitor by setting him up with a beautiful "model" (Tsukasa), actually a bar hostess, but the plan backfires when the would-be executive falls for the woman himself.
Anything For Success
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Leader of the Bomb Girls
1959
9.0The fourth "Diary of a Successful Salaryman" feature.
Samurai in the Office
1959
6.5Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii.
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
6.7Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.
Woman of Design
1962
8.0An Ishiro Honda film.
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959
No synopsis available yet.
Young Salesman: Sanshiro Sebiro
1960
NRFormer Ometsuke, Oseki Jutayu, has handed over the family headship to his son Tsurunojo and is living a carefree life. One day, Tsurunojo dies in a duel. Behind this is a trap set by former treasurer Ibe Tatewaki and his son Denshichiro, whom Jutayu had previously accused of corruption with the government-supplied merchant Yamashiroya, that forced Tatewaki to resign. Enraged, Jutayu takes action to avenge his son’s death.
Sword of Destiny
1981
6.2A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
NR1965 Japanese movie
Boku dōshite namida ga deru no
1965
NRA psychological Japanese drama about a department store clerk whose fleeting encounter with a mysterious woman leads to obsession, deceit, and tragic consequences. The film explores desire, guilt, and the blurred line between love and delusion.
The Wedding Night
1959
9.0A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a lodge during a blizzard. This ski action romp has the tempo of a musical, and Okamoto Kihachi's style is on full display. Tsuruta Koji makes a special appearance as a senior member of the mountain club.
University Bandits
1960
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
9.0The music teacher, who danced the twist at the graduation ceremony of the solemn female school, was fired but decided to try his luck in the cosmetics business, and became the best salesman anyone had ever seen. First film in popular "Number 1" Series.
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
1963