Fukuko Sayo

Acting

Fukuko Sayo

Born 1909-03-05 · Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Acting credits

No artwork available
7.0

Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.

Once a Rainy Day

1966

Tales of Ginza poster
7.0

In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged husband’s art collection attempts to identify the man who painted her own portrait fifteen years prior.

Tales of Ginza

1955

Akitsu Hot Springs poster
6.5

Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.

Akitsu Hot Springs

1962

Before Dawn poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Before Dawn

1953

Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

1972

Children of Hiroshima poster
7.1

Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.

Children of Hiroshima

1952

Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of Edo poster
6.0

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their leader is.

Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of Edo

1949

Distant Love poster
6.0

A romance of a pure young lover and his heartbreak for a beautiful older woman.

Distant Love

1963

I Saw a Phantom Fish poster
NR

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

I Saw a Phantom Fish

1950

Girl in the Glass poster
5.5

This film depicts the pure love between a girl raised by a strict father and a young man working in a small factory to support his family. The friendship that had blossomed between them eventually grew into love. Yet the purer it was, the more it seemed destined for a tragic conclusion...

Girl in the Glass

1960

Man Who Causes a Storm poster
6.8

Shoichi Kokubun is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him a star. In a graphic portrayal of love, betrayal and success, Shoichi brews up a storm with a 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the drums.

Man Who Causes a Storm

1957

Tora-san's Lovesick poster
8.0

After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako (last seen in Tora-san's Dear Old Home), now a widow.

Tora-san's Lovesick

1974

Miniature poster
7.8

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.

Miniature

1953

Till We Meet Again poster
7.0

Jiro Sone sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with her husband Kappei, who is more attracted to mountain climbing and another girl. When Yachiyo’s father is introduced to Jiro, all of their lives become intertwined...

Till We Meet Again

1955

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

1950

Bad Girl poster
7.6

Wakae is a 15 year old girl who lived under the same roof with her alcoholic father and stepmom. Her mother had died years ago. She spends her nights at a rundown bar, sharing drinks and cigarettes with the lowlife drunks. She has nowhere to turn and no one to talk to, until she is reunited with her childhood friend, Saburo, who brings warmth to her heart.

Bad Girl

1963

Autumn Interlude poster
7.0

The story began in the early summer of 1942 when 'Tatsurou' met 'Setsuko' at Karuizawa. Its love at first sight but sadly 'Setsuko' was pledged to marry a stranger by her parent. She ran away from her hometown and arrived at Tokyo in search of her love one. War erupted then and Tatsurou was summoned to service. As be set foot on a snow-capped mountain before his imminent departure, they promised to each other to press on until they meet again. But, soon she was fallen very ill to TB

Autumn Interlude

1976

Forbidden Lips poster
NR

A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mother and sisters Maiko and a college student.

Forbidden Lips

1958

Female Police Officer poster
NR

A social drama about the first female police officer.

Female Police Officer

1947

No artwork available
NR

The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when her parents accuse him of cashing in on her misfortune.

How Sorrowful

1956

Yakuza sensei poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yakuza sensei

1960

Gate of Flesh poster
6.0

A pickpocket falls in with a group of prostitutes who have one strict rule: none of them may ever sleep with a man without taking his money — falling in love is forbidden.

Gate of Flesh

1948

Adolescence poster
10.0

Parent apathy to sexual education leads to various troubles for the young cast.

Adolescence

1952

No artwork available
NR

This story depicts how a once-famous married couple of manga artists refused to be defeated by their current poverty.

Aru yoru no dekigoto

1952