Acting

Toppa Utsumi

Born — Died

1915-02-25 — 1968-06-08

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

Known for

One Wonderful Sunday poster
7.2

Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as they chase housing, small pleasures, and a little hope.

One Wonderful Sunday

1947

No artwork available
NR

The young master of a pawnshop, who had been told by Edo’s foremost fortune-teller that he would die in six months, squandered his entire fortune to atone for his ancestors’ sins. Now, half a year later, the day of the funeral has arrived...

Obake kara

1956

Tokoharu jamono poster
NR

Two barbers have fallen for each other, but their fathers are both stubborn, and, on top of that, they’re old rivals from the past.

Tokoharu jamono

1953

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki

1953

His Highness Surabaya poster
NR

Hisaya Morishige is Kyutaro, a nuclear physicist and his twin brother, Eiji, a con man. Eiji finally hits on his most elaborate scheme yet, to pretend to be a king of a remote, undiscovered island, and becomes a media sensation.

His Highness Surabaya

1955

A Brother and His Sister poster
8.0

In a household of three the husband is a salaryman who lives with his younger sister and wife in Tokyo. He is returning home late in the evenings because he plays go, or a Japanese version of chess, with his boss. The wife and sister are unhappy about this. The man's co-worker advises him to stop the late evenings out with the boss, but the man cares less. His sister works at a foreign firm and speaks English. When a man who had earlier visited her workplace returns and asks her out for dinner, she rejects him by lying about a husband. He had made impolite comments about her in English during his earlier visit not realizing she understands him.

A Brother and His Sister

1956

Film credits

1960s · 4 titles

1950s · 26 titles

No artwork available
NR

The young master of a pawnshop, who had been told by Edo’s foremost fortune-teller that he would die in six months, squandered his entire fortune to atone for his ancestors’ sins. Now, half a year later, the day of the funeral has arrived...

Obake kara

1956

Tokoharu jamono poster
NR

Two barbers have fallen for each other, but their fathers are both stubborn, and, on top of that, they’re old rivals from the past.

Tokoharu jamono

1953

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki

1953

His Highness Surabaya poster
NR

Hisaya Morishige is Kyutaro, a nuclear physicist and his twin brother, Eiji, a con man. Eiji finally hits on his most elaborate scheme yet, to pretend to be a king of a remote, undiscovered island, and becomes a media sensation.

His Highness Surabaya

1955

A Brother and His Sister poster
8.0

In a household of three the husband is a salaryman who lives with his younger sister and wife in Tokyo. He is returning home late in the evenings because he plays go, or a Japanese version of chess, with his boss. The wife and sister are unhappy about this. The man's co-worker advises him to stop the late evenings out with the boss, but the man cares less. His sister works at a foreign firm and speaks English. When a man who had earlier visited her workplace returns and asks her out for dinner, she rejects him by lying about a husband. He had made impolite comments about her in English during his earlier visit not realizing she understands him.

A Brother and His Sister

1956

Echo Mountain poster
9.0

A bus driver and a female conductor on a route deep in the mountains are embroiled in a love affair that is depicted in great detail in this light-hearted romantic drama.

Echo Mountain

1959

Tokyo Bus Girl poster
8.0

1958 Japanese movie

Tokyo Bus Girl

1958

Flowers on the Trail poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Flowers on the Trail

1957

Tenament Party for Edo-ites poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tenament Party for Edo-ites

1958

Utau yajikita kogane dōchū poster
NR

1957 Japanese movie

Utau yajikita kogane dōchū

1957

乾杯!女学生 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

乾杯!女学生

1954

The Mysterious House poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Mysterious House

1954

The Acrobats of Death poster
5.8

Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.

The Acrobats of Death

1959

No artwork available
NR

Japanese musical.

A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival

1954

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Big Laugh Festival of the Edo-ites

1959

The Green Music Box poster
5.0

Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the research laboratory in Hokkaido, Ruriko hasn't heard from him. The only thing that reminded her of his warmth was the green music box that he’d left behind for her. She longed to reunite with her father. The little box played music that lifted her spirits, to a place where everything was perfect.

The Green Music Box

1955

Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi poster
NR

A road trip comedy set against the backdrop of the famous historical sites of Tohoku and Hokkaido.

Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

1958

Cell No. 8 poster
NR

A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their budding love in a corner of the big city.

Cell No. 8

1956

Radioactivity Plays the Game: Crafty Gentleman Sequel poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Radioactivity Plays the Game: Crafty Gentleman Sequel

1956

Fangs of Night poster
5.0

A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some friends try to seek out the person who reported it, and uncover a shady group of criminals with a sinister plot.

Fangs of Night

1958

City Boys, City Girls poster
NR

Having left his hometown, Shinichi Sakashita was searching for an agency where his senior colleague worked, hoping to find him a job. However, the agency turned out to be a sister-boy placement service specializing in gay boys. Due to a misunderstanding by his senior colleague, Shinichi was registered as a member and decided to become a sister-boy himself…

City Boys, City Girls

1958

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3 poster
NR

Third film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3

1954

Shōnen shikeishū poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shōnen shikeishū

1955

No artwork available
NR

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan.

Rikidozan no tetsuwan kyojin

1954

Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery poster
NR

Bored Hatamoto film #16.

Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery

1954

Magistrate Ooka’s Legends poster
NR

A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.

Magistrate Ooka’s Legends

1958