Shin Morikawa

Acting

Shin Morikawa

Born 1912-02-14 · Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Acting credits

The Bride Is Waiting poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Bride Is Waiting

1957

The First Love of a Cha Cha Girl poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The First Love of a Cha Cha Girl

1956

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife poster
NR

Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank him for the newlyweds, but Masuo has been told by Managing Director Hanamura to go on a business trip to Kansai. Before long, Masuo contacted Sazae to come to Osaka.

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

1959

The 36 Passengers poster
NR

A suspense drama about a thief who sneaks onto a late-night ski bus heading from Tokyo to Joshinetsu and the detective who rides with him to arrest him. Each of the passengers acts independently, and the incident takes an unexpected turn that goes beyond the detective's intentions.

The 36 Passengers

1957

Hito mo arukeba poster
9.0

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

Hito mo arukeba

1960

Cruel Story of Youth poster
6.6

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.

Cruel Story of Youth

1960

Lucky Dragon No. 5 poster
7.5

An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the Pacific line fishing. While the ship is near Bikini Atoll, the ship's navigator sees a flash. All the crew come up to watch. They realize it is an atomic explosion, but take time to clear their fishing gear. A short time later, grey ash starts to fall on the ship. When the ship returns to port the sailors have been burned brown. They unload the fish, which are then transported away. They visit the local doctor and then go to Tokyo for an examination. It turns out they are all highly radioactive. Their symptoms become worse, and the contaminated fish causes a panic.

Lucky Dragon No. 5

1959

The Happy and the Shy Draw poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Happy and the Shy Draw

1954

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Red Camellia

1953

Doing What I Please poster
NR

Koichi Haruyama, who works at the Morita Automobile Factory, was driving a convertible through Ginza in search of accident sites. He buys cars that have been damaged in accidents at a low price and scraps them for his own company. He uses the money he earns in this way to pay back Kanda Trading. Morita, the president of the company, is suspicious about the identity of Kanda Trading, from whom he borrowed money. However, what is borrowed must be repaid, and Koichi drives to Toyokawa to beg his grandfather for money as his scrap business is not going well. In addition to begging for money, Koichi has another secret purpose...

Doing What I Please

1961

A Long, Comic Story — Houses at the Summer Festival poster
NR

Hachigoro, a carpenter living in the Rakugo Tenement, is an honest and skilled craftsman, but he loves sake more than his three daily meals, and had even been barred from entering the Akasaiya shop where he worked. However, thanks to the intervention of the landlord he was fortunately allowed back in, and Oka, the landlord’s maid who had long harbored feelings for Hachigoro, sent him a celebratory kimono as a gift.

A Long, Comic Story — Houses at the Summer Festival

1954

The Young Boss is Third Generation poster
NR

A carefree student from a traditional sake shop family balances love, rebellion, and a bike race while clashing with gangsters and his old-fashioned grandfather.

The Young Boss is Third Generation

1958

Heavenly Comic Story of a Gentleman poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Heavenly Comic Story of a Gentleman

1960

All Sold Out poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

All Sold Out

1956

Tactics of Love poster
NR

1955 Japanese movie

Tactics of Love

1955

Tora-san's Cherished Mother poster
6.8

Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.

Tora-san's Cherished Mother

1969

Sazae-san's Baby poster
9.0

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

Sazae-san's Baby

1960

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

1962

Biting Young Master poster
NR

Modern comedy.

Biting Young Master

1960

The Naked General poster
7.0

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

The Naked General

1958

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan poster
8.0

After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

1971

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp poster
7.8

Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting.

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp

1969

Sazae-san Sequel poster
10.0

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

Sazae-san Sequel

1957

Where Spring Comes Late poster
7.7

The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start a new life as a farmer.

Where Spring Comes Late

1970