Keiko Natsu

Acting

Keiko Natsu

Born

1943-08-01 (83)

Place of birth

Tokyo Metropolis, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

20 titles

Known for

Love Generation poster
8.5

Love Generation revolves around the relationship of the two leading protagonists, Katagiri Teppei and Uesugi Riko, who begin their relationship as squabbling colleagues before falling in love.

Love Generation

1997

New York Love Story poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

New York Love Story

1988

Young People poster
9.0

"Young People" is a story about the lives of four brothers and a sister, Sato. After the death of his parents, the older brother, Taro, who works in construction, decides to replace them. The second brother, Jiro, is a truck driver. The third, Saburo, is a student, dreams of a better future for the whole family are connected with him, with his career. Brothers and sisters are fighting to give him a higher education. And, finally, the youngest of the brothers, Suekichi, is also going to enter the university after graduation. The life of the Sato family is complicated. Taro is kind, but limited, not always able to find a common language with his brothers and sister Orie. The girl cannot stand the despotism of her brother, leaves her home and goes to work at the factory. With her departure, everything in the house goes upside down. Suekichi fails her university entrance exams, Orie is forced to return to her family.

Young People

1968

The Sea Doesn't Look Back poster
NR

In 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

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper poster
NR

Based on the original mystery novel by Seicho Matsumoto. Novelist Ryuji Sugimoto is publishing his serial in a local newspaper when a woman from Tokyo subscribes, saying she’s interested in his work—only to abruptly cancel weeks later. Suspicious, he realizes her true interest may not be the fiction at all, but a real double suicide reported in the same paper.

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper

1973

Let's Dance Tonight poster
9.0

A drama about the sex industry.

Let's Dance Tonight

1967

Film credits

1970s · 6 titles

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper poster
NR

Based on the original mystery novel by Seicho Matsumoto. Novelist Ryuji Sugimoto is publishing his serial in a local newspaper when a woman from Tokyo subscribes, saying she’s interested in his work—only to abruptly cancel weeks later. Suspicious, he realizes her true interest may not be the fiction at all, but a real double suicide reported in the same paper.

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper

1973

Banner of the Young poster
NR

The final part of the trilogy. It is about a younger brother, Suekichi. He learned well the lessons that life taught his older brothers. Therefore, he does not think to study, but strives for material well-being alone. To make a career, he ruthlessly pushes his colleagues with his elbows. For him, the high ideals of trade union activists Jiro and Saburo are an example of old-fashioned thinking, naive behavior.

Banner of the Young

1970

Waga seishun no toki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Waga seishun no toki

1975

Crazy Violence at  Shimizu Harbor poster
10.0

The 14th and final "Crazy" feature. The Crazy Cats reunited (minus Ishibashi, who had by then retired from the team) for one last feature, Jun Ichikawa's odd Memories of You (Kaisha mono-gatari, 1988) released by Shochiku. Most of the cast of Crazy lrresponsibles at Shimizu Harbor (1966) return in this sequel.

Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor

1970

Tokyo Air Raid Glass Rabbit poster
NR

Based on an autobiographical novel by Toshiko Takagi, set close to the end of World War II

Tokyo Air Raid Glass Rabbit

1979

Just for You poster
10.0

Yumi Ishikawa (Mari Atsumi) is nineteen and a popular geisha. Orphaned when a child, Yumi she was raised by Shizuko, the madame of a geisha house. Yumi is impulsive, out-going. And although she cannot claim to be good at Japanese dancing or playing musical instruments so necessary to a geisha, she is a whizz at go-go and will dance the hula at parties. But before becoming a full-fledged geisha, Yumi must go through the ceremony of the "mizuage", when a budding geisha surrenders her virginity to an experienced man who makes her a woman. Takida, a rich money-lender, is chosen for Yumi's mizuage but she offers herself first to Keiichi (Ryo Tamura), who she really loves although she knows that his world and hers are too far apart for a successful marriage.

Just for You

1970

1960s · 10 titles

Young People poster
9.0

"Young People" is a story about the lives of four brothers and a sister, Sato. After the death of his parents, the older brother, Taro, who works in construction, decides to replace them. The second brother, Jiro, is a truck driver. The third, Saburo, is a student, dreams of a better future for the whole family are connected with him, with his career. Brothers and sisters are fighting to give him a higher education. And, finally, the youngest of the brothers, Suekichi, is also going to enter the university after graduation. The life of the Sato family is complicated. Taro is kind, but limited, not always able to find a common language with his brothers and sister Orie. The girl cannot stand the despotism of her brother, leaves her home and goes to work at the factory. With her departure, everything in the house goes upside down. Suekichi fails her university entrance exams, Orie is forced to return to her family.

Young People

1968

The Sea Doesn't Look Back poster
NR

In 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

Let's Dance Tonight poster
9.0

A drama about the sex industry.

Let's Dance Tonight

1967

Where Love Springs poster
NR

A romantic triangle comprised of two brothers in love with the same woman.

Where Love Springs

1968

Che, Che, Che with Love poster
NR

A musical romance.

Che, Che, Che with Love

1965

The Bad Boss 3 poster
10.0

A story of rivalry between two gambling clans.

The Bad Boss 3

1969

The Funeral Racket poster
7.0

The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.

The Funeral Racket

1968

King of the Highway poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

King of the Highway

1965

Woman of the Lake poster
7.1

A married woman lets her lover take naked pictures of her. The photos end up in possession of a man who starts blackmailing the couple.

Woman of the Lake

1966

Forward, Young People! poster
8.0

The second film tells about the life of matured brothers and sister Sato. Taro became a foreman. He saves every yen to fulfill his dream of building his own house with stone gates. Jiro continues to work in the transportation office, he dreams of getting married. Saburo faces a moral problem: in order to get a good position, he must answer the questions of the entrance test differently than his conscience tells him. At the exam, Saburo does not hide his views on life and is deprived of the promised position. Orie and Suekiti believe that he did wrong and betrayed his older brothers. But the anxiety in the Sato family is not limited to these events. Orie was being asked to marry a handsome, well-established young man, but she suddenly announced her decision to marry Tozaka, who was suffering from radiation sickness. Sato's peaceful home is falling apart...

Forward, Young People!

1969

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