Acting
Mitsuyo Asaka
Born — Died
1928-02-20 — 2020-12-13
Place of birth
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
11 titles
One of three female stars of post-war chanbara theatre (with Oe Michiko and Yoko Fuji)
Known for
7.6A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995
7.3Ihara Mitsuru , who grew up in the orphanage "Tsukushien," is a cleaner at Miyazono General Foods, a prestigious company. However, Mitsuru has another side to him: he is a fighter in "Food Fight," a competitive eating gambling game hosted by the chairman of Miyazono General Foods and held in the company's basement, where only bigwigs from the political and business world can participate. Mitsuru anonymously donates the prize money he wins from Food Fight to Tsukushien, and his desire to do so allows his talent to blossom, leading him to reign as the unbeatable champion.
Food Fight
2000
5.4Once again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, our innocent heroine is given a fifteen year sentence for a murder she didn't commit. She's sent to an all women prison where she's not exactly welcome. Her fellow inmates torture, humiliate and try to kill her; but the Scorpion prevails long enough to get some justice.
New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
1976
7.0Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters Li, a poor college student from China.
Beijing Watermelon
1989
7.3Kanako returns from the USA to a troubled mother who witnessed a man leaving a murder scene and is consequently under persistent threat. For the time being.
Fine, with Occasional Murders
1984
NRBased on the manga of the same name by Kazuo Kamimura.
Sachiko no sachi
1976
Film credits
2000s · 3 titles
8.0A depressed middle-aged man takes up surfing after he retires.
Life on the Longboard
2005
NRA Japanese-American college student travels to her grandfather's beloved homeland to see and experience the "real Japan" she has so often read and heard about. Yet when she arrives she discovers that the Japan of her dreams is so much more different from what she expected and struggles to adapt to her newfound life there.
I Am Nipponjin
2006
NRSecond film in the 'Decotora no Eagle' series.
Eagle of the Decotora 2: Aizu, Kitakata, and the Humanity Road!
2004
1980s · 2 titles
7.0Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters Li, a poor college student from China.
Beijing Watermelon
1989
7.3Kanako returns from the USA to a troubled mother who witnessed a man leaving a murder scene and is consequently under persistent threat. For the time being.
Fine, with Occasional Murders
1984
1970s · 3 titles
5.4Once again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, our innocent heroine is given a fifteen year sentence for a murder she didn't commit. She's sent to an all women prison where she's not exactly welcome. Her fellow inmates torture, humiliate and try to kill her; but the Scorpion prevails long enough to get some justice.
New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
1976
NRBased on the manga of the same name by Kazuo Kamimura.
Sachiko no sachi
1976
NRNo synopsis available yet.
やるぞみておれ為五郎
1971
Series credits
7.6A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995
7.3Ihara Mitsuru , who grew up in the orphanage "Tsukushien," is a cleaner at Miyazono General Foods, a prestigious company. However, Mitsuru has another side to him: he is a fighter in "Food Fight," a competitive eating gambling game hosted by the chairman of Miyazono General Foods and held in the company's basement, where only bigwigs from the political and business world can participate. Mitsuru anonymously donates the prize money he wins from Food Fight to Tsukushien, and his desire to do so allows his talent to blossom, leading him to reign as the unbeatable champion.
Food Fight
2000

