
Acting
Shin Morikawa
Born — Died
1912-02-14 — 1972-03-26
Place of birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
62 titles
Known for
NRThe original TV Drama series the famous Tora film series was based on.
It's Tough Being a Man
1968
NRNo synopsis available yet.
おくさまは18歳
1970
6.8Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hilarious Itohan Diary
1960
6.6A 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
7.8Tora-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
Film credits
1970s · 7 titles
7.7Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting a young woman that reminds him of his sister Sakura. Meanwhile, a new tenant moves into Toraya restaurant.
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
7.4After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he owes them, but the plan hits a snag. Also, a pretty kindergarten teacher rents a room at Toraya.
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970
7.4Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
8.4Taking a message from Hiroshi's father to heart, Torajiro attempts to give up his wandering ways.
Tora-san's Love Call
1971
7.7The 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
8.0After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his vagrant lifestyle and become an honest worker with a steady job.
Tora-san's Runaway
1970
8.0After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
1960s · 19 titles
6.8Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hilarious Itohan Diary
1960
6.6A 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
7.8Tora-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
NR1962 Japanese movie
Tōkyō sanosa musume
1962
NRA conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up.
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963
NR"Is there anything interesting going on?" Yūjirō Ishihara is a pilot who has broken free of his dreary life and is following his dreams and Ruriko Asaoka is a dancer trapped in her banal existence who is falling in love with him but hates him at the same time for not being afraid to be free while cannot. The two clash with tragic consequences.
I Fly for Kicks
1963
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Heavenly Comic Story of a Gentleman
1960
NRModern comedy.
Biting Young Master
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Young Master Fights Bravely
1960
7.0Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a straightforward but indecisive hero. The passengers also include the bubbly Dan Reiko, and Ozawa Eitaro as a dour company president. Based on the novel "Seven and a half hours", by Shishi Bunroku.
Romance Express
1961
NRThe story of three sportsman brothers living in the Ginza. One day, the three meet a raving beauty on separate occasions and are unaware they have met the same girl.
The Ginza Three Boys
1961
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Glory to the President of the Henpecked Political Party
1960
NRBased on the story "Tokyo Station" by Tsunehiko Sagawa.
A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler
1961
9.0An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.
Sazae-san's Baby
1960
7.2A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved married to his former partner. He searches for answers to his troubled past, knowing that his inevitable doomed fate is more or less sealed.
Red Handkerchief
1964
9.0A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.
Hito mo arukeba
1960
8.0An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.
Sazae-san Plays Cupid
1961
NR1962 Japanese movie
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
1950s · 32 titles
5.9The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage of Shinji comes to light.
A Slope in the Sun
1958
10.0No synopsis available yet.
All is Well
1955
9.0Among Yoshimura’s complex and political works, this episodic film, set in the early 1930s, follows the life of a young left-wing student activist disenchanted by the increasingly hawkish state of Japanese society.
Cape Ashizuri
1954
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Laugh-Filled Detective Story
1958
NRMasuo 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
No synopsis available yet.
Big Laugh Festival of the Edo-ites
1959
NRThe fourth an final film in the "Jirocho igaiden" series.
Jirocho's Surprise: Haikagura, Kiso's Fire Festival
1958
NRIn a provincial Japanese town, an entrepreneurial sanitation collector is drawn into the world of local politics, only to discover that the prosperity he helped create will benefit everyone but himself.
A Tale of Dung and Urine
1957
No synopsis available yet.
The Story of Zenta and Sanpei in the Ghost World
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
School Girls in Costume
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
New Tengu Kurama Part II: Duel at Toji Temple
1954
NR1955 Japanese movie
Tactics of Love
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Densuke's 'Making Ends Meet'
1959
NRThe second "The Surprising Legend of Jirocho" feature.
The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Santaro Battles His Hat
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Newlywed of the First Section
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Man's Flower Path
1956
8.0The third installment in the Shacho Series.
Three Generations of Company Presidents
1956
No synopsis available yet.
Red Camellia
1953
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The First Love of a Cha Cha Girl
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
おヤエのあんま天國
1959
No synopsis available yet.
Don't Look! It's the Moon!
1954
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Densuke's Wonton Father and Dumpling Daughter
1959
9.0Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Chakkiri Kinta Sequel
1958
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Big Edo's 1,000 Ryo Festival
1958
NRHachigoro, 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
No synopsis available yet.
Employee with the Secret Savings and the Autocrat Company President: The Employee with the Secret Savings Fights Bravely
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Comical Detective Story: Hatchan's First Adventure
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
I Love You
1959
7.0A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.
The Naked General
1958
1940s · 2 titles
Princess Yuzuki, the only daughter of Moonlight Castle had no shortage of people asking for her hand. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, the princess asked the astrologer Priest Jien to divine who her future husband would be. He replied, “The man who touches the rose that blooms at night in the castle will become your husband.” That night, Princess Yuzuki went out to watch the Harvest Festival dance and was accosted by a drunken man. Just then, a young man named Yoshimaru, riding a horse and accompanied by two retainers, appeared dashingly and rescued the princess. Yoshimaru fell in love with her charm at first sight and tried to pluck a rose blooming beneath her window to present to her, but failed. Soon after, following the princess’s wish to choose a husband based on character rather than reputation, a public notice reading “Seeking a Husband for Princess Yuzuki” was posted.
The Thief of Moonlight Castle
1948
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Yakyukyō jidai
1948
