
Acting
Seiji Matsuyama
Born 1947-05-21 · Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
Acting credits
7.4Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
The Castle of Sand
1974
6.4Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969
6.3A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself in.
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
A daughter from an island in the Seto Inland Sea takes a job as a nanny in Tokyo. She thrills the hearts of fishmongers and milkmen.
Inu to Asachan
1969
NRA musical comedy.
Love Fantasia
1970
4.9Yukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two young sons, whose names he has had tattooed on his back in penance, and locked in a sibling rivalry with his traditional but urbane younger brother who lives in Tokyo, Yukio has become an amphetamine-addicted loner at odds with his family, friends and colleagues.
Farewell to the Land
1982
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Wakai hito-tachi
1954
7.9After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his vagrant lifestyle and become an honest worker with a steady job.
Tora-san's Runaway
1970
NRDrama about the trials and tribulations of a teenage girl.
The Green Years
1968
10.0After a highway accident forces a motel stay, a company president devises a plan to create spring-based beds, sparking unexpected business deals, romantic entanglements, and corporate hurdles.
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.
Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
1968
NR1974 Japanese movie
Mr. Mutsugoro’s Happy Marriage
1974
7.0After a major corporate merger, a middle-aged executive is demoted but unexpectedly appointed president of a small subsidiary.
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
NRA rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko Nakafuji. Reiko's father was a member of the Diet who was assassinated six years ago. Through Reiko, Takema joins Tsūkai-kai, a group of young people who respect her late father's political ideas. With the assistance of Tsukai-kai, Takema eventually uncovers the political scandal related to postwar compensation which led to the murder of Reiko's father.
Facing to the Clouds
1962
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
8.0The 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
NRThe four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between parents and children over two generations, as well as the sisterly love between Yuriko and her sister Kaori.
Aruhi watashi wa
1967
NRMatoba Kokingo, who once served as a retainer for a hatamoto, becomes disillusioned with his master and elopes with his lover, Oyuki. They flee their lord's household, taking with them 30 ryō of official funds. However, the money is stolen from them at an inn, and shortly after, Oyuki dies of illness. Eight years later, Kokingo has fallen into disgrace, now making a living as a ronin who specializes in extortion. One day, he attempts to extort a restaurant owner named Hanzo, only to discover that Hanzo was the very thief who stole the 30 ryō from him eight years ago…
Stray Wolf
1982
NRThe ambitious Masako Izumi has drawn on Ishizaka literary style to create a fresh and pure love masterpiece. A cheerful tale of youth who carves out their own outlook on life through the joys and sorrows of school life
Flowers and Fruits
1967
NRKenji, a disciple of the famous detective Kyosuke Kozu, had a strange experience in the world. He was asked by a woman named Shoko Ima to find the corpse in the soil. Shoko is a famous dancer in the modern ballet world, and she just married doctor Fujimoto 10 days ago. However, on that day, Shoko had disappeared. Her corpse seems to be at the base of the ginkgo tree in the house of the sculptor Kagawa, who was rumored to have a romantic relationship. Police arrested Konosuke. However, Kagawa was also suspicious.
Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 4
1986
NRThe 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
NRA movie-loving nanny lives and works in the home of a university professor and eventually becomes the family's support system, leading a bright and joyful life.
Oyuki
1966