Acting

Sanae Mitsuoka

Born

1935-01-05 (91)

Place of birth

Seoul, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

45 titles

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 24 titles

G-Men in the Pacific poster
6.3

G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.

G-Men in the Pacific

1962

The Challenge poster
7.4

Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of political corruption, hypocrisy, and journalistic cowardice in postwar Japan.

The Challenge

1962

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance poster
5.7

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era.

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

1963

Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman poster
NR

Detectives of the First Investigation Division are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled corpse was found in the bay of the Tama River. The ugly behavior of adults hidden in the name of social welfare is exposed by the investigation. 16th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari".

Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman

1961

Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues

1961

Cosmetic Sales Competition poster
6.0

A cosmetics saleswoman falls for a rival executive.

Cosmetic Sales Competition

1963

The Man of Seven Faces poster
6.3

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

The Man of Seven Faces

1960

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 poster
9.0

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

1960

Police Precinct Part 22: Teenage Footsteps poster
NR

A 16-year-old high school student Midori Matsumoto was found dead on the banks of the Tama River. The only clue is shoe marks on rubber soles. From the interview of witnesses, it became clear that Midori was walking with a guy last night. In addition, it turned out that Midori was close to a college student Kimoto, and a high school student Miyazaki. According to his friends, Miyazaki had an alibi, but Kimoto did not. A unique work in which the problems of teenage sex are considered from the point of view of the murder of a girl. The 21nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.

Police Precinct Part 22: Teenage Footsteps

1963

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 poster
10.0

A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4

1961

Police Precinct Part 14 poster
NR

An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, informed the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka, who runs a shoe store, had disappeared. The detectives had a bad feeling which hit the mark, an unidentified drowned body is identified as Hirasaka. Some prime real estate he owned was also mysteriously sold. Suspecting that this is a planned murder and fearing the escape of the criminal, the Department begins to investigate secretly, without creating an investigation headquarters.

Police Precinct Part 14

1960

Darling Escape poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Darling Escape

1961

A Fishwife's Tale poster
NR

Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological father who has fallen victim to an evil plot orchestrated by those who would take over his successful business.

A Fishwife's Tale

1961

Deep River Melody poster
6.0

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

Deep River Melody

1960

Western Concubine poster
NR

A quagmire of revenge and desire: the abnormal caresses that ignited the blonde woman's passion.

Western Concubine

1964

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka poster
NR

A geisha helps a runaway who looks just like her.

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka

1962

Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō poster
NR

Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screenplay by Matsuura Kenro (The Dice Magistrate). Shot by Nishikawa Shoei (I Am the Magician of Hell).

Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō

1961

若い涙を吹きとばせ poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

若い涙を吹きとばせ

1961

No artwork available
2.0

Pink from 1965.

Yogoto no mesu-neko

1965

Perverse Relations poster
4.4

A doctor, gynecologist, discover the corpse of his wife. His nurse advises to him to declare her death a simple heart attack, to clear himself without the slightest doubt. He refuses and calls the police force there. The interrogation of the doctor, then other witnesses, slowly reveals the truth of her demise…

Perverse Relations

1965

Michi no Sex poster
5.2

A black and white movie by Osamu Yamashita.

Michi no Sex

1966

Shojo mibōjin poster
NR

1965 Japanese movie

Shojo mibōjin

1965

No artwork available
NR

Horror pinku from 1965.

Iro Hell

1965

The Bite poster
4.5

Koichi is a gigolo who is paid by a madame to seduce and have sex with various women while she and her clients secretly watch. He doesn't like what he's doing, but he needs the money to take care of his seriously ill mother. One day he's given the assignment to seduce a pretty waitress and they wind up falling in love. Koichi tells his madame that is going to quit, but she has other plans for him.

The Bite

1966

1950s · 19 titles

Night of the Suspicions poster
NR

Tatsuo Torigoe, the president of Torigoe Industries, attempts suicide but survives and reveals his motives for suicide to his only daughter, Akiko.

Night of the Suspicions

1959

Love Letter poster
6.9

Five 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

Points and Lines poster
6.2

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide.

Points and Lines

1958

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha poster
7.0

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an argument between their two fathers. Can their love survive in spite of the bitterness between their two families?

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha

1959

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

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class poster
NR

Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukiko and Ito Yunosuke.

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class

1954

The Happy Family poster
NR

Japanese family drama.

The Happy Family

1959

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets poster
5.0

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

1956

Enomoto's Heaven and Hell poster
NR

Keita, after his death, was taken to the court of heaven as Defendant No. 1361, where his past was projected. He was formerly a favorite of the Meriken Circus troupe, yet he sinned by exposing a certain woman. During the screening, he realizes what he has done, and fate gives him a chance to redeem his sins.

Enomoto's Heaven and Hell

1954

Chutaro of Banba poster
5.0

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This heartfelt story concerns a wandering gambler from Banba by the name of Chutaro. Set during the Tenpo Period, Chutaro runs afoul of Boss Sukegoro of Iioka. Pursued by vengeance seeking swordsmen, Chutaro displays his phenomenal martial art skills. Abandoned as a child, he seeks to find his long lost mother, while at the same time fighting off numerous attacks by Iioka’s men.

Chutaro of Banba

1955

With Songs in My Heart poster
NR

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make her dream a reality, with the love of those around her.

With Songs in My Heart

1958

Four Hours of Terror poster
6.2

Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.

Four Hours of Terror

1959

Gyakushû Orochimaru poster
6.0

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

Gyakushû Orochimaru

1955

The Boy Detectives Club – The No-Headed Man poster
7.0

Eighth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

The Boy Detectives Club – The No-Headed Man

1958

Half Virgin poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Half Virgin

1953

Speed Crazy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Speed Crazy

1959

Police Precinct Part 8 poster
NR

Four taxi drivers are found dead in four days. Suddenly, a taxi, trying to avoid hitting a patrol car, veers off and hits a tree. Three men run out and escape. From inside the truck comes the body of the taxi driver.

Police Precinct Part 8

1958

No artwork available
10.0

Seventh film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

The Boy Detectives Club – The Invisible Fiend

1958

Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Challenge from the Dead poster
NR

King Rose returns, unleashing terror from beyond the grave. Detective Kotaro Ran, as Seven-Color Mask, investigates eerie crimes. As he unravels the mystery, he faces deadly traps and a final battle to stop King Rose's reign.. The third and final installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose.

Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Challenge from the Dead

1959