Miki Sanjō

Acting

Miki Sanjō

Born — Died

1928-08-25 — 2015-04-09

Place of birth

Ukyo, Kyoto, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

Known for

Hideyoshi poster
9.7

A dramatized biography of the second of Japan's three legendary leaders. Rising from obscurity, Hideyoshi served under the command of Oda Nobunaga. With an extraordinary combination of intelligence, bravery and military skill, Hideyoshi rose to near-absolute power and greatly expanded upon Nobunaga's unification of Japan's warlords. This series also focused on Hideyoshi's personal life, particularly his relationships with his mother and his wife, and the pair's rivalry for influence over him.

Hideyoshi

1996

Nanairo Kamen poster
9.0

Seven Color Mask (七色仮面, Nanairo Kamen) is the name and title character of a tokusatsu TV series, later called New Seven Color Mask (新七色仮面, Shin Nanairo Kamen). It was created by Kōhan Kawauchi, who also created Moonlight Mask. This B&W TV show was the first superhero TV series by Toei Company Ltd. It was broadcast on NET (now TV Asahi) from June 3, 1959 to June 30, 1960, with a total of 57 episodes divided into 7 segments. Aside from being Toei's first TV superhero show, this series was also the debut of actor Sonny Chiba, who was 19 at the time, who took over the title role from Susumu Namijima after Episode 32.

Nanairo Kamen

1959

The Makioka Sisters poster
7.4

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.

The Makioka Sisters

1983

Reincarnation poster
6.1

A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.

Reincarnation

2005

The Inugami Family poster
6.8

When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.

The Inugami Family

1976

Lonely Heart poster
8.3

A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.

Lonely Heart

1981

Film credits

2000s · 2 titles

1980s · 6 titles

The Makioka Sisters poster
7.4

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.

The Makioka Sisters

1983

Lonely Heart poster
8.3

A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.

Lonely Heart

1981

A Chaos of Flowers poster
7.5

Set in the Taisho era, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much of the action centers on a popular woman writer, the real-life poet Akiko Yosano, and her experiences among the literati of early 20th century Japan. Because of her independent, anti-war and often erotic poetry, she was a lightning rod for revolutionaries and other extremists, many of whom were destined to glamorous, yet ultimately pointless, deaths.

A Chaos of Flowers

1988

Yume-Chiyo poster
8.0

Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something constructive with the little time she has left. Though her responsibility lies in taking care of her girls, she finds purpose in helping a man wrongfully accused of murder and in the process discovers love.

Yume-Chiyo

1985

Koto: The Ancient City poster
7.0

Chieko (Momoe Yamaguchi) has been raised as the only child of parents who run a dry goods store. When Chieko was a middle-school student, she learned that her parents are not her biological parents. Cheiko's mother told her that she was stolen while sleeping under a cherry tree in Gion, Kyoto, Japan, but Chieko doesn't believe that. Her relationship with her parents is very close. Chieko only tells her childhood friend Shinichi, but...

Koto: The Ancient City

1980

The Hall of the Crying Deer poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Hall of the Crying Deer

1986

1950s · 35 titles

Zoku bakurō ichidai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zoku bakurō ichidai

1952

Ghost Man poster
6.7

A ghost man with his face hidden entirely by bandages is killing beautiful nude models. Detective Kindaichi investigates.

Ghost Man

1954

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fire Department

1951

No artwork available
NR

A desperate detective on the trail of criminals who are holding a baby hostage and demanding one million yen

San akunin to akanbō

1950

Okore Sanpei poster
NR

Sanpei, an innocent sailor with incredible strength, arrives in the big city teeming with social ills carrying a mysterious bag.

Okore Sanpei

1953

Akōgishi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Akōgishi

1954

Machi no kotengu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Machi no kotengu

1952

Tenraku no shishū poster
NR

The story of a young police officer who risks his career to save the soul of a woman who curses societal evils and chooses the path of self-destruction.

Tenraku no shishū

1950

New Enoshima Elegy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

New Enoshima Elegy

1953

Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi

1952

Invisible Man poster
6.7

When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice.

Invisible Man

1954

Gunrō no machi poster
NR

There are male and female students working part-time jobs in the city center while facing the harsh realities of society as they struggle to pay for tuition and living expenses, and there are those who prey on these students. The Sugita-gumi, which was supposed to have been disbanded under the Ordinance on the Regulation of Organizations, established the “Student Part-Time Workers’ Association” and began ensnaring innocent students in its clutches. Eguchi of the student newspaper editorial board and his fellow staff members begin an investigation to expose the Sugita-gumi’s misdeeds.

Gunrō no machi

1952

Saijoke no kyoen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Saijoke no kyoen

1951

The Scarlet Bat poster
NR

A bizarre duel on a snowy night with a woman at stake, a sudden and brazen murder, and a thrilling chase of love and passion.

The Scarlet Bat

1950

Haha tsubaki poster
NR

Kamezo, a manzai comedian, had been taking a break from performing while his partner Tsuruko was giving birth, but Tsuruko announced that she was retiring from the stage. That child was, in fact, the son of Takashi Yashiro, a politician with a promising future. Believing that a relationship between a politician and a female manzai comedian would bring unhappiness to Yashiro and his wife, Tsuruko changed her address and was even preparing to leave the stage. Tsuruko’s alcoholic father, having caught wind of this, snatched the child, Yoko, and squandered the small sum of money he had received from Yashiro on drinking.

Haha tsubaki

1950

Shinkon noroke bushi poster
NR

A comedy about newlyweds.

Shinkon noroke bushi

1953

A Song of Memory poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Song of Memory

1955

No artwork available
NR

1950 daiei movie.

Shimai hoshi

1950

Hell's Companion poster
NR

During the seventh-year memorial service for Katsugoro and Genji, Ikari Genji himself emerged from the coffin brought in by the hearse seeking revenge

Hell's Companion

1959

Tokyo Detective Girl poster
NR

Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case.

Tokyo Detective Girl

1959

Sasaki Kojiro poster
6.0

Ronin Sasaki Kojiro pursues his ultimate goal of becoming a master swordsman. Along the way he encounters another great swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.

Sasaki Kojiro

1957

Minami no bara poster
NR

After a broken heart, the woman lives a lonely life in a dormitory, while the man is now a popular singer at the height of his fame.

Minami no bara

1950

The Ataka Family poster
5.5

Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a gentle heart. Soichi's wife, Kuniko is devoted to her husband and together the couple runs the family farm. Their happy family life comes to an abrupt halt when Soichi's half-brother, Joji returns with his wife Masako after failing in a business.

The Ataka Family

1952

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zenigata Heiji

1951

Coward at Ganryu Island poster
NR

A comedic retelling of the legendary encounter between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamato Musashi.

Coward at Ganryu Island

1952

City of Violence poster
NR

Set against the backdrop of Hiroshima, a city plagued by gun violence, a passionate newspaper reporter and the citizens band together to courageously confront the tyranny of two major organized crime syndicates.

City of Violence

1953

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

Manchurian Sunset poster
NR

A film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve of violent changes, tells the story of a young man Rinnosuke Date, who, following his dream, love and passion, breaks through the blood- and dust-drenched land of Manchuria with a pistol in a piercing wind.

Manchurian Sunset

1956

No artwork available
NR

Hideki Yamaga runs a used bookstore in Ginza. He is a man known for his great physical strength, helping the weak and standing up to the strong, and is deeply respected and loved by the women of the city. Nicknamed “The Lone Wolf,” Hideki takes special care of street children. One morning, he rescues Kim Ono, a country girl who was standing there dazed with a single duffel bag, and asks Katsuko, the owner of a dressmaking shop he knows well, to hire her.

Lone Wolf

1950

Samurai of the Great Earth poster
7.0

A film adaptation of Rikuo Honjo's novel "Ishikari River".

Samurai of the Great Earth

1956

Sister with Sister poster
NR

Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.

Sister with Sister

1958

Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2 poster
7.0

The conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of daring adventures, Kojiro seems to have finally discovered the ultimate happiness in life when he is reunited with Tone, the love of his life. However, his days of happiness are overshadowed by an upcoming duel with his fateful enemy Miyamoto Musashi.

Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2

1957

No Advice Taken poster
NR

A comical love story between two college students — Hitomi, a strong-willed girl, and Shogo, a handsome, earnest and poverty stricken man.

No Advice Taken

1958

Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai poster
NR

Based on a novella in the Kyosuke Kozu series. The story depicts the meeting between Kyosuke Kozu and Kenzo Matsushita, as well as student dorm life and social customs in the 1930s, and the social climate following the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai

1951

Cantankerous Edo poster
6.0

It's fighting fires and swordsmen with a touch of music in this free-for-all of action and excitement combining the talents of Japan's most popular couple... Misora Hibari and Okawa Hashizo. Along with the great Otomo Rytaro as Tatsugoro the fire chief, they keep Edo safe as part of the famed Megumi Fire Squad.

Cantankerous Edo

1957

1940s · 10 titles

The Quiet Duel poster
7.3

A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at his father’s clinic, he treats himself in secret and breaks off his engagement rather than risk his fiancée’s future, even as he confronts the irresponsible patient who infected him—testing his ethics, pride, and capacity for sacrifice.

The Quiet Duel

1949

Bibō no kaoyaku poster
NR

Ken Uehara plays the role of a prominent figure in the red-light district and portrays his violent personality.

Bibō no kaoyaku

1949

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mother

1948

No artwork available
NR

A pure love story between a former member of the imperial family who has been demoted to commoner status and a young girl.

First Love Story

1947

No artwork available
NR

Michiko is a spirited young woman who was invited by the delinquent Kuniko to a shady cabaret, where she was introduced to a pseudo-gentleman named Nanbu. However, during a police raid, Michiko was the only unlucky one to be taken into custody. The next morning, her mother Chiyo was summoned to pick her up and was reunited there with her biological son, Prosecutor Hagiwara.

Haha tōdai

1949

Haha kōbai poster
NR

The sincere, selfless love of a foolish mother for her daughter set against the backdrop of the circus.

Haha kōbai

1949

Arashi no naka no shimai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Arashi no naka no shimai

1949

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hanayome no shōtai

1947

Odoriko monogatari poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Odoriko monogatari

1947

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Unmei no koyomi

1948

Series credits