Acting
Kan Takami
Acting credits
NRA moving story depicting the spirit of a young marathon runner who set a new world record in Boston, encouraged by the love of his family, a young woman’s prayers, and warm friendship.
Shinzōyaburi no oka
1954
7.3A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at his father’s clinic, he treats himself in secret and breaks off his engagement rather than risk his fiancée’s future, even as he confronts the irresponsible patient who infected him—testing his ethics, pride, and capacity for sacrifice.
The Quiet Duel
1949
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Asakusa monogatari
1953
NRDue to obligation, they parted ways, but mother and child meet again in front of the father's grave.
Haha chidori
1951
Eiji Izutsu, a young architectural engineer, suddenly came into a massive inheritance on the condition that he marry a woman named Chigusa Takemura, who owned a jade ring. If he failed to fulfill this condition, the inheritance would go to Chigusa instead.
Byakuran kōran
1952
7.1Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
Giants and Toys
1958
7.3The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a marriage for her with a disagreeable man whom she has rejected.
Lightning
1952
NRA thriller of deduction and duels, in which a newspaper reporter bravely takes on a gang in the city’s skyscraper district over a mysterious recording by a diva.
I Am Being Targeted
1950
6.3The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.
Brother and Sister
1953
8.0Order of Yakuza
Order of Yakuza
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Onsen Geisha
1963
6.7A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.
The Wild Geese
1953
NREnoken's first film at Daiei.
Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai
1948
NRSawakichi carried on his late father’s legacy, devoting himself to training in the art of seduction while searching for the secret scroll, but he fell just short of success. What is this secret scroll?
Just Barely
1960
8.5The young boy Michio struggles with the loss of his mother while his widowed father, Sadao remarries the kind-hearted Sonoko, who has a daughter of her own. As Michio clings to memories of his mother, the family navigates the challenges of grief, love, and new beginnings.
Image of a Mother
1959
9.0Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.
The Forest of No Escape
1965
7.0A wife is diagnosed with an incurable disease at a young age. Her husband loves her, supports her, and tries to stay with her. However, the wife is tormented by the fact that she is ruining her husband's future, and decides to divorce him as the only thing she can do for him.
While Yet a Wife
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Little Green Box
1947
NR1957 Japanese movie
Jū nana-sai no dangai
1957
NR1962 Japanese movie
情熱の詩人啄木
1962