Reiko Dan

Acting

Reiko Dan

Born 1935-03-26 · Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan

Reiko Dan (団 令子 Dan Reiko, 26 March 1935 – 24 November 2003), real name Reiko Hamada (浜田 令子 Hamada Reiko), was a Japanese actress. She appeared in multiple films between 1957 and 1974, such as Sanjuro and Red Beard. She retired in 1974, coming back briefly from the late 1980s to 1990 to support her son, Yuta Dan (1967–2006), who was also an actor.

Acting credits

Sanjuro poster
7.9

In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

Sanjuro

1962

Chûshingura poster
7.1

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

Chûshingura

1962

Red Beard poster
8.2

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.

Red Beard

1965

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs poster
8.0

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

1960

Five Gents' Trick Book poster
10.0

The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.

Five Gents' Trick Book

1965

The End of Summer poster
7.5

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.

The End of Summer

1961

Start Here poster
7.0

Teacher Miyako Hanai, disillusioned by her sisters’ unhappy marriages, rejects love until family conflicts and her mother’s unexpected remarriage lead her to rethink happiness and relationships.

Start Here

1965

Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan poster
7.0

A comedy directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, based on an original idea by Koji Toita, co-written by Yasuo Tanami, who worked on "Hibari Chiemi Izumi Sannin Yoba" and Kajiro Yamamoto, who worked on "The Story of a Genius Swindler: Tanuki no Hanamichi." Photographed by Seiichi Endo of "Things That Live at the End of the Earth."

Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan

1964

The Diplomat's Mansion poster
8.0

A Japanese film from 1963, Directed by Shirô Toyoda.

The Diplomat's Mansion

1961

The Crazy Adventure poster
7.0

After being mistaken for counterfeiters by the police, an inventor and reporter try to track down the real counterfeiters.

The Crazy Adventure

1965

Sexy Journey: Strange Company poster
NR

Comedy about two so-called "ladies men" and their conquests.

Sexy Journey: Strange Company

1970

Lovers of Ginza poster
7.0

1961 Japanese movie

Lovers of Ginza

1961

Operation Mad Dog poster
7.0

Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda

Operation Mad Dog

1963

The Happicoat Comedian poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Happicoat Comedian

1960

The Maid Story poster
10.0

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are forever looking for new maids. As the years go by maid servants become hired help and more bossy and independent, so Chikura and his wife find themselves adjusting their lives to keep up with changing times.

The Maid Story

1963

Sir Galahad in Campus poster
7.0

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

Sir Galahad in Campus

1961

No artwork available
9.0

Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who become a most atypical Japanese family.

My Hobo

1962

Irresponsible Rascal of Japan poster
8.5

Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".

Irresponsible Rascal of Japan

1962

Song for a Bride poster
10.0

An Ishiro Honda film.

Song for a Bride

1958

Sexy Comic: Strange Friends poster
NR

Comedy about a pair of salarymen.

Sexy Comic: Strange Friends

1970

Daughters, Wives and a Mother poster
7.3

Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her return to her own family.

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

1960

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

1962

The Naked General poster
7.0

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

The Naked General

1958

Stairs of Evil poster
NR

Iwao, , Kumagai, and Konishi broke into the safe containing the wages of the employees of Ato Industries and obtained a fortune large enough to live a life of leisure. They celebrated with Iwao’s woman, Rumiko. However, it was too early to celebrate. They decided not to use the money for six months to avoid suspicion and stored it in a safe. But one day, Konishi asked for his share of the money in advance, even if it meant receiving a smaller portion, igniting the dark flame of desire among Iwao and the others.

Stairs of Evil

1965