
Acting
Kaoru Yumi
Born
1950-11-12 (75)
Place of birth
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
35 titles
Karou Yumi, is a Japanese actress. At age 12, Yumi joined the Nishino Ballet Group Talent Agency, and by age 16 she was acting in the TV program 11PM and the Nikkatsu production Extinguish The Night Rose. In 1974, Yumi landed a lead role in two of the most successful films that year: Prophecies of Nostradamus and ESPY, along with the television series for Submersion of Japan.
Known for
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
1977
NRA maverick man arrives at Yūhigaoka School. The drama incorporates educational issues as well as family problems and adult romance, and can be enjoyed by the whole family.
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
NRIn this TV series of the hit 1973 film, Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes shake Japan. Firestorms burn beautiful Japanese cities to the ground. A weather survey group discovers that the Japanese Archipelago is moving towards the Japanese Trench, which if left to continue on its collision course, would bring the whole island of Japan under the sea!
Submersion of Japan
1974
NRLong-form adaptation of previous year's movie; due to a sudden tectonic shift, the country of Japan starts sinking.
Japan Sinks
1974
5.7Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
10.0The fourth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. A comical road movie of two long-distance truckers, “Momojiro” and “Kinzo,” who travel around Japan in highly decorated trucks. Momojiro goes to Shikoku this time, and he falls in love with a beautiful designer named Wakako, who is on a pilgrimage.
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976
Film credits
1980s · 3 titles
NRDr. Nishiyama has to combat increasingly bizarre events on which seem all too familiar to the French prophet Nostradamus's predictions.
The Last Days of Planet Earth
1981
NRDuring the reign of the 11th Shogun, a series of supernatural incidents occur every night in the Edo Castle. A beautiful inspector appears with thunder and lightning to suck people’s blood and kill them. The examiner’s true identity is Amakusa Shiro, a young samurai from the Amakusa clan that was destroyed by the harsh Christian persecution of the Shogunate. Shirō sold his soul to the devil and became an evil spirit. After 160 years since destruction of Amakusa, his revenge to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate begins.
The Vampire Inspector
1982
5.0In the era of the ninth shogun, Ieshige, the Ooku of Edo Castle was a world of only women, with Tokiwa at the head and numbering up to a thousand. The town girl Otoshi catches the eye of Oitsu-no-kata and is brought into the Ooku. Oitsu receives the favor of Ieshige and is blessed with an heir, but Oko-no-kata resents Oitsu to the point of wanting to curse her to death. At that time, rumors of an evil spirit in the unopened room spread throughout the Ooku.
Shogun's Harem: The Mansion of Evil Spirits
1981
1970s · 12 titles
5.7Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
10.0The fourth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. A comical road movie of two long-distance truckers, “Momojiro” and “Kinzo,” who travel around Japan in highly decorated trucks. Momojiro goes to Shikoku this time, and he falls in love with a beautiful designer named Wakako, who is on a pilgrimage.
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976
5.4Two Japanese spies with extrasensory powers go to Istanbul to stop a global agenda of assassinations.
ESPY
1974
6.1This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life.
The Phoenix
1978
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Fairy Beauty
1978
1.0Death stalks a towering hotel under construction in Tokyo and love brings the guilty parties to a justice of their own choice. The motives are control of the hotel, blackmail and jealousy. The principals involved are two business partners, a political string puller and his son, lovers carrying on an illicit affair and a secretary turned blackmailer.
Skyscraper Murder Case
1976
NRRomantic drama based on the manga published in Young Comic.
The Shinano River
1973
A documentary about the 1974 film Prophecies of Nostradamus, released to coincide with the latter's release. It featured several prophets and experts on meteorology and food ecology giving their respective takes on the 1999 apocalypse which Nostradamus predicted. Performers Hiroshi Itsuki, Shizue Abe and Linda Yamamoto appeared as well as the film's stars, Tetsuro Tanba, Yoko Tsukasa, Toshio Kurosawa and Yumi Kaoru.
Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
6.5Two former design school classmates, 21-year-old office worker Kyoko and illustrator Jiro, run into each other on the street and soon begin living together. With great care for their feelings, the two embark on a genuine love affair, expressed through their taboo and tension-filled cohabitation. Whilst hurting each other, they continue to explore the boundaries of their relationship in this boldly controversial film.
Living Together
1973
9.0Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office.
The Instant Services Bureau
1971
10.01976 Japanese movie
Oshare daisakusen
1976
One night, a passenger car driven by Kyoko hit and killed a woman. Her husband, Dr. Nogami, who was a passenger in the car, hid the body in the grass and they returned home. Soon after, an autopsy by the police revealed the identity of the woman. A few days later, the woman's lover, Ueda, calls Nogami demanding that he keep quiet.
The primary colored butterfly was watching - the smell of death
1978
1960s · 9 titles
9.0A remake of the 1957 classic "Man Who Raised a Storm" with Watari Tetsuya in the title role.
The Stormy Man
1966
NRFive female university students, Katsumi (Katsuko Kanai), Kaoru (Kaoru Yumi), Itsuko (Itoko Harada), Namiko (Etsuko Nami), and Yukigi (Sanae Emi), are all residents of the same Seiwa Dormitory. One night, three close friends, Namiko, Itsuko, and Kaoru, sneak out of the dormitory, avoiding the watchful eyes of their roommate, Katsumi, and the dormitory supervisor, Ms. Aikawa (Yuriko Hime), and head out to a go-go café. Like young girls, they are hoping to find their ideal man.
Miniskirt Corps
1968
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kill the Night Rose
1966
NRLight comedy about three high-school girls on the campus.
Lemon Girls on the Go
1967
NR1967 Japanese movie
Under the Stars of Singapore
1967
NRIn stark contrast to his elder brother, who is racing along the fast track to success, his younger brother, Reiji, leads a carefree life in Yokohama. He feels sympathy for Mie, whom his brother had dumped in pursuit of a career, but upon learning that she is suffering from a terminal illness and has little time left to live, his sympathy turns into intense love.
The Sea Doesn't Look Back
1969
NRThe film is based on the theme song of the same name sung by Hashi Yukio.
The Rose Colored Two
1967
NRShochiku movie, starring Yumi Kaoru
Silver Boots
1967
NR1967 Japanese movie
恋のメキシカンロック 恋と夢と冒険
1967
Series credits
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
1977
NRA maverick man arrives at Yūhigaoka School. The drama incorporates educational issues as well as family problems and adult romance, and can be enjoyed by the whole family.
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
NRIn this TV series of the hit 1973 film, Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes shake Japan. Firestorms burn beautiful Japanese cities to the ground. A weather survey group discovers that the Japanese Archipelago is moving towards the Japanese Trench, which if left to continue on its collision course, would bring the whole island of Japan under the sea!
Submersion of Japan
1974
NRLong-form adaptation of previous year's movie; due to a sudden tectonic shift, the country of Japan starts sinking.
Japan Sinks
1974
10.0A historic figure Tokugawa Mitsukuni, former vice-shogun and retired daimyo of the Mito domain travels through Japan in the guise of Mitsuemon, a retired crêpe merchant from Echigo province, accompanied by his two samurai retainers, fun-loving Sasaki Sukesaburō (Suke-san) and studious Atsumi Kakunoshin (Kaku-san).
Mito Komon
1969
NRIt is a self-homage work based on the concept of changing all the main characters of Cyborg 009 , a cartoon drawn by Shotaro Ishinomori in 1964, to women.
Flower Action Zero Zero Ninja
1969
NRSeries about all-female private investigation agency.
Miracle Girl
1980
10.0No synopsis available yet.
水戸黄門外伝 かげろう忍法帖
1995
NRNo synopsis available yet.
かげろうお銀のお年寄りの交通安全
2003


