Acting
Yumi Takano
Born
1918-01-23 (108)
Known for
Acting
Credits
60 titles
Yumi Takano (高野由美) was a Japanese actress.
Known for
6.8Shoichi 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
6.5A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956
7.01964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation.
Jinsei Gekijo
1964
7.1Shows 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
6.9Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.
Love Letter
1953
7.0A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted upon his sister, whose engagement was broken as a result.
Jungle Block
1960
Film credits
1960s · 26 titles
7.01964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation.
Jinsei Gekijo
1964
7.0A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted upon his sister, whose engagement was broken as a result.
Jungle Block
1960
NRKohei Misugi works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given his first opportunity to demonstrate his talent by the Sakura Film Company which offers him an assignment to "Cover Tokyo" with a camera. But he is disillusioned when he is told he must work together with Miharu, a good looking girl in the film company's publicity department. Then the fun begins.
Wait for Tomorrow
1960
NRHideo Ishizaki, who was painting on the shore of the lake, saves a woman named Keiko.
Acacia no Ame ga Yamu Toki
1963
NR1965 Nikkatsu movie.
青春のお通り
1965
NRA kidnapping occurred over a seven-million-dollar diamond that was sewn into his stomach. Takuya Nikaido, the hero of Kamideki, challenges the underground organization of fear. The final work of Asahi Kobayashi's "Ginza Whirlpool Child (Mitsugai)" series.
Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
1963
NR1965 Nikkatsu youth film.
Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
1965
6.0Three girls come to Tokyo to stay with their elder sister. Actually they are running away from home because their father has married again to a very young woman. They have many romantic adventures and one finally decides against the boy she thought she loved because he, just like her father is always away from home. But directly after her marriage to another young man, her sister runs after the former boy-friend.
Four Young Sisters
1964
NRLittle dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the village. Kazuo only wanted to study first, to finish school... But he failed. Mother died. The woman who replaced her brought with her affection, comfort, and warmth of mother's hands. It seemed that joy settled in their house again. But one day a storm caught the fishermen at sea. Father did not return... Father's friends, fishermen, tried to help the widow, who was left with two children. But the money was still not enough. And then Kazuo decided to become a fisherman. After all, he was now the eldest in the family...
Wind and waves of the South
1961
NRA crime film released in 1962
Song of a Traveller
1962
8.5Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, she meets his father Kokichi and his mother Motoko. Motoko is a famous hair dresser, who openly flaunts her lover. When Kokichi and Motoko fight, which they do a lot, he routinely threatens to leave but never quite does. A relationship develops between Saburo and Keiko, but Saburo is shaken when his mother tells Keiko the truth about Saburo's past and the secret of his birth.
That Guy and I
1961
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Children of Izu
1962
NRUniversity karate club member Kikuo is actually the son of a yakuza boss. However, he disliked his father's business and never spoke about his family at school. One day, his father, Tatsuzo, becomes the guardian of the Yamanaka-gumi.
Seishun no Sabaki
1965
NRA detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.
Ningen Gari
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ai to shi no katami
1962
NRTommy, a tornado boy who arrived at Arima Onsen in search of his father, whom he separated from when he was young, meets a girl named Eiko after driving away a group of thugs causing trouble at a variety show venue. Additionally, a drifter named Nanajo, impressed by Tommy's skills, approaches him with a story about a smuggling ship sinking off the coast of Kobe...
Tatsumaki kozō
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Dawn of a Canvas
1961
NR1962 Japanese movie
君恋し
1962
1961 Japanese movie
小父さんありがとう
1961
NRMitsuo Hayama, who is preparing for his entrance examinations, secretly plans to take a trip with his classmate Akira, alone and undisturbed. Noriko learns of the trip by chance and tells Mitsuo and his friends that she will join them, and they reluctantly agree. However, on the day of the trip, Akira suddenly decides not to join. Mitsuo and Noriko, a man and a woman, begin their journey together.
Adventure With Him
1965
NRA youth drama about a sincere and pretty young maiko who comes to Tokyo for the first time in her life and fills her little heart with the joys and sorrows she experiences there.
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
1961
NR1962 Japanese movie
何もかも狂ってやがる
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Give Me Back My Youth
1963
9.01960 action film.
Bet on a Seaside Romance
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
波浮の港
1963
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Cruel Story of a Good Man
1960
1950s · 33 titles
6.8Shoichi 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
6.5A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956
7.1Shows 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
6.9Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.
Love Letter
1953
7.5Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who has run away from a geisha house.
Ditch
1954
6.2Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.
Hungry Soul
1956
6.3Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress and a new lover who sings at a nightclub. When Murakami’s daughter befriends the mistress, the affair throws the family into turmoil.
The Balloon
1956
NRThe movie is about a man who started a brothel to make money out of his poor circumstances in the late Meiji period.
Muhō Ichidai
1957
7.5A man is wrongfully accused of murder.
Break Down that Wall
1959
NRA unique and controversial film directed by Umeji Inoue, based on the original story by Shintaro Ishihara, which depicts the image of a group of young people in the agony of mistrust, love and hate with a powerful touch.
Lunar Eclipse
1956
7.8Ginko, 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
6.9A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a plan to rob a cash delivery truck in order to provide for their families.
The Wolves
1955
6.2College students come up with a scam to rob a gambling house. When it comes time to collect, the money isn't there, leading the young men into even more serious crime.
The Perfect Game
1958
3.2A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a new, young and honest subordinate is assigned to work under the section chief. Once he learns about the shady relationship, however, the new subordinate skillfully conceals the corruption and joins the corrupt, shady relationship.
Modern People
1952
8.0No synopsis available yet.
This Day's Life
1957
NRAkira, a student who is professionally engaged in boxing, aspires to follow in the footsteps of his late father and become a champion when, during training, he becomes embroiled in a murder case. His school friend is involved in the case, and Akira also becomes the target of villains...
I Will Challenge
1959
NRThe story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the father's ties to the yakuza underworld. A star vehicle for the popular singer/actor Yūjirō Ishihara.
Tomorrow is Another Day
1958
10.0Film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.
Who's the Real Killer
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Stream of Youth
1959
NRStory of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
NRReiko, a free-spirited college girl not bound by social conventions, ends up having an affair with an older, married man even though she already has a boyfriend.
Gyakukōsen
1956
NRIs it the sin of a woman's heart that casts ripples unexpectedly among peaceful people? In the bustling streets of dazzling colors, where revelry abounds, a tale of love and chivalry blossoms into a beautiful flower of emotion.
限りなき情熱
1951
NRIn a fictional mining city in northern Kanto, a Tokyo drifter named Shiro (Ishihara Yūjirō), caught in a conflict between two transportation companies, plays the role of both the good and bad guy.
We Live Today
1959
NRFilm by Buichi Saitô
Hana no unga
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Umi wa kurutte iru
1959
NRThe first postwar war movie depicting the tragedy of a special force that shook the world at the end of the Pacific War, with thrill and speed
Saigo no sentō-ki
1956
Japanese film.
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
1952
NRAn ex-pro boxer makes his living as a drummer in cabaret.
Get Over Her
1959
NRTatsuya Hayami, an employee of Nitto Wool Textile, will soon leave the company. His girlfriend, Miyuki, had to work due to her family's poor business performance. At that time, a hired car driven by Michitaka Komatsubara, vice president of Nitto Worsted, and his mistress, Saeko Eguchi, hits Miyuki's father, Shintaro...
Aishū no sono
1957
NRFour criminals break into the home of a jewelry merchant, Sanpodo, rob the diamonds, and escape. However, one of them receives a bullet during a skirmish between bandits, and the second is wounded by the police. To help their wounded comrades, criminals lock themselves in a city clinic...
The Night is Mine
1958
NRA beautiful tale of teacher-student love between a pure-hearted female teacher and a group of wild boys unfolds on the banks of a river in a mountain gorge.
Miss Hanaogi and Santa
1952
10.0Two young Japanese schoolboys, one skinny and poor, one fat and well-to-do, become unlikely friends.
Skinny and Fatty
1958
NRThe first time that up-and-coming architect Yuji Muraoka (Yujiro Ishihara) met Natsuko (Ruriko Asaoka) was at a contemporary art exhibition at the Ueno Museum of Art. At the time, he didn't feel anything special about her, other than being impressed that she was the younger sister of the respected Nonomura-san. Later, at Nonomura's birthday party, some people who were jealous of Yuji's talent tried to embarrass him by forcing him to perform a hidden talent show, and Natsuko quickly came to his rescue. This incident caused the two of them to become much closer...
A Love that Wagers the World
1959

