
Acting
Rie Yokoyama
Born
1948-04-09 (78)
Place of birth
Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
28 titles
Rie Yokoyama was born on April 9, 1948, in Japan. She is an actress. She is known for The Ecstasy of Angels (1972), The Scorpion Woman (1972), and Kaoyaku (1971).
Known for
7.0After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
1972
7.2Expelled from her group for losing her virginity, blind travelling musician Orin endures a life of hardship, abuse, and poverty while wandering the countryside, finding brief companionship with an army deserter, and struggling against a society that marginalises her.
Ballad of Orin
1977
7.0Ex-sword teacher Ihei Misawa is a skilled swordsman but because of his kind and judicious heart, he never fails to get caught up in trouble and therefore is unable to obtain status and success. But his wife Tayo understands him and loves him completely, always remaining by his side.
Please Hire Me!
1976
4.8In Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at a bookstore, and a kabuki actor intersect.
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
1969
7.2A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.
Red Paper Lantern
1974
6.8A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is as doomed as his personal life where he tries to keep alive his romance with the eccentric Kaede and parents selected fiancee Ayako.
Distant Thunder
1981
Film credits
1990s · 1 titles
1980s · 2 titles
6.8A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is as doomed as his personal life where he tries to keep alive his romance with the eccentric Kaede and parents selected fiancee Ayako.
Distant Thunder
1981
6.5A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student.
Lovers Lost
1982
1970s · 22 titles
7.0After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
1972
7.2Expelled from her group for losing her virginity, blind travelling musician Orin endures a life of hardship, abuse, and poverty while wandering the countryside, finding brief companionship with an army deserter, and struggling against a society that marginalises her.
Ballad of Orin
1977
7.2A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.
Red Paper Lantern
1974
7.1The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976
6.9Bored with her school life, a 16-year-old student leaves home to take a trip along the Pacific Ocean. After meeting with a theatre group she falls sick and is rescued by a fisherman.
Journey Into Solitude
1972
6.3Detective Kikuchi is sent to Okinawa to investigate why a girl jumped from a window after shooting heroin. There, he encounters the usual assortment of addicts, dealers, pimps and sleazy American GIs.
The Horrible Obsessions
1972
7.0Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who is now wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is, in reality, manipulating the ownership of a now valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza swordsmen backing his play.
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1973
5.3A militant revolutionary group is torn apart by betrayal as its members descend into paranoia and sexual decadence.
Ecstasy of the Angels
1972
6.9A reimagination of the myth of Himiko, focused on her divine role as a sun goddess's oracle and her forbidden love for her half-brother Takehiko, which threatens her power and the kingdom's stability.
Himiko
1974
8.0Shocking scenes are revealed in the Nagasaki Women's prison.
Women's Prison for Torture
1971
6.0Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy and indifference all along the way.
My Way
1974
NRComing-of-age comedy set in Yokosuka.
Barefoot in Blue Jeans
1975
6.0A detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal.
Kaoyaku
1971
NRHiroshi Kakurai is an assassin who was thinking of retiring. He travels to an island in the Seto Inland Sea and begins to live peacefully with Shinobu, a woman he has fallen in love with, but the intensity of his love for her begins to drive him towards destruction...
Hangyaku no Tabi
1976
NRFirst live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.
Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears
1977
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kumo no Yuna
1971
1.0Ken's older sister Yoko, who has raised Ken like a mother, decides to move to Brazil with an older man.
Someday, Somewhere
1975
1.0A man survives a double suicide attempt, while his girlfriend does not.
Second Chance
1973
9.0Based on the comic by George Akiyama
Zenigeba
1970
5.0A woman who has just missed her suicide and a couple which has just left its political movement meet on a beach...
Secret Flower
1971
10.0A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
The Gentle Japanese
1971
NRA salaryman promoted against his will skips his first morning meeting and slips into a spiral of small rebellions—cafés, nightclubs, and a fleeting romance—while rejecting the rigid “medals” of corporate success. Torn between family and freedom, he plots a staged disappearance to reclaim a late-coming youth, in a bittersweet drama underscored by the haunting refrain of “Akita Ondo.”
Order of the Salaryman
1973
1960s · 2 titles
4.8In Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at a bookstore, and a kabuki actor intersect.
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
1969
10.0Kazama and three others defeated Yoshie Sangyo, but the Nishio group was disbanded due to public pressure, and the territory belonged to the Hirata group.
The Fatal Raid
1969

