Acting
Reiko Minagawa
Acting credits
A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.
Tsuma mo koisu
1950
NRDeep down, a dark shadow always lingered in the heart of Ushio, a young prosecutor who had made a name for himself by cracking down on organized crime. In the bribery case involving his old college friend Ayao, he had sought a two-year prison sentence in accordance with the law. Ayao took his own life, and his family was torn apart by the world’s persecution.
Kenji to onnakanshu
1949
A Daiei erotic film depicting the five passionate love affairs of a voluptuous married woman, driven by her beauty.
Doku bara
1949
A romantic musical film based on hit records of the time.
Tokyo Night
1947
NRA judo movie.
Omokage Sanshiro
1949
Michiko is a spirited young woman who was invited by the delinquent Kuniko to a shady cabaret, where she was introduced to a pseudo-gentleman named Nanbu. However, during a police raid, Michiko was the only unlucky one to be taken into custody. The next morning, her mother Chiyo was summoned to pick her up and was reunited there with her biological son, Prosecutor Hagiwara.
Haha tōdai
1949
NRKen Uehara plays the role of a prominent figure in the red-light district and portrays his violent personality.
Bibō no kaoyaku
1949
A film depicting a woman who gradually awakens to a new Japanese style of romance, moving away from the old Japanese style.
Futari de miru hoshi
1947
NRA silk mill worker living through a dark and twisted youth… What is chastity? A powerful work that speaks to society through the anguished expression of a woman twisted by torment.
Toki no teizo: Sōshūban
1952
NRSet against the backdrop of the Warring States period, this thrilling period drama follows the "Demon of Iga," a bloodthirsty and resolute Koga-ryu ninja Sarutobi Sasuke.
Sarutobi Sasuke: Senjō ke goku no hi matsuri
1950
No synopsis available yet.
Unmei no koyomi
1948
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Odoriko monogatari
1947
NRA mysterious Komusō monk suddenly appears to stand up to the yakuza who are tormenting innocent townspeople.
Komusō yashiki
1950
No synopsis available yet.
Kenrantaru fukushū
1946
A desperate detective on the trail of criminals who are holding a baby hostage and demanding one million yen
San akunin to akanbō
1950
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Butai wa mawaru
1948
NR1948 Japanese movie
Shin Aizen Katsura
1948
NRThird film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka
Twenty-One Fingerprints
1948
NRThis happened at a post station on the Shinshu road. Takizo Hoshigoe, a wanted man who has been missing since breaking through the Oto checkpoint, came to this post station longing for his hometown and stayed at Shinanoya. A farmer named Sakubei, who was struggling to pay his taxes, came to sell his daughter Omitsu.
Jushu karasu
1951
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Dai tokai no ushimitsudoki
1949
NRHorror film directed by Kôzô Saeki.
Ghost Tower
1948
NRSecond film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka
Thirteen Eyes
1947
NRA dead beauty is found in the trunk. Kubota (Miaki), Okayama (Kawazu) and Tsuji (Funakoshi) begin investigating this mysterious crime at the investigation headquarters. Since the cause of death was poison gas, he asked Yusaku Tominaga (Tsukigata), a now retired drug crime specialist, to cooperate. Kubota and his friends soon find the house of the murdered beauty and upon entering, they are surprised to find another corpse, this time of a man…
The Dead Beauty Incident
1948
NRA love story about a dressing room attendant and a dancer who work at theater.
Music's Twenty Doors
1948