Acting

Ichiro Kodama

Known for

Acting

Credits

25 titles

Known for

Ginza Cosmetics poster
6.5

A few days in the life of a quiet geisha, single mother of a smart young boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza. A woman devoted to others' needs, she'll end by taking part herself in one of the many disguises of Ginza.

Ginza Cosmetics

1951

Love Letter poster
6.9

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.

Love Letter

1953

Twilight Saloon poster
8.0

Inside a bustling postwar Tokyo beer hall, a diverse group of patrons, performers, and workers spend a single evening navigating their personal frustrations and social anxieties. A disillusioned professor, a struggling artist, and various laborers find their lives intersecting through chance encounters and heated arguments fueled by drink.

Twilight Saloon

1955

Mole Alley poster
8.0

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating from a girls' school in Hokuriku, she immediately moved to Tokyo to meet and marry Ogata. After neatly writing Ogata's manuscript, he would buy dorayaki as a gratuity and devour it.

Mole Alley

1953

Duel in the Sun poster
NR

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

Duel in the Sun

1950

The Shiinomi School poster
6.5

A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error, they struggle to open a school for disabled children at their own expense. Based on a true story, it features natural child performances under Hiroshi Shimizu’s skillful direction.

The Shiinomi School

1955

Film credits

1950s · 20 titles

Ginza Cosmetics poster
6.5

A few days in the life of a quiet geisha, single mother of a smart young boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza. A woman devoted to others' needs, she'll end by taking part herself in one of the many disguises of Ginza.

Ginza Cosmetics

1951

Love Letter poster
6.9

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.

Love Letter

1953

Twilight Saloon poster
8.0

Inside a bustling postwar Tokyo beer hall, a diverse group of patrons, performers, and workers spend a single evening navigating their personal frustrations and social anxieties. A disillusioned professor, a struggling artist, and various laborers find their lives intersecting through chance encounters and heated arguments fueled by drink.

Twilight Saloon

1955

Mole Alley poster
8.0

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating from a girls' school in Hokuriku, she immediately moved to Tokyo to meet and marry Ogata. After neatly writing Ogata's manuscript, he would buy dorayaki as a gratuity and devour it.

Mole Alley

1953

Duel in the Sun poster
NR

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

Duel in the Sun

1950

The Shiinomi School poster
6.5

A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error, they struggle to open a school for disabled children at their own expense. Based on a true story, it features natural child performances under Hiroshi Shimizu’s skillful direction.

The Shiinomi School

1955

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class poster
NR

Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukiko and Ito Yunosuke.

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class

1954

Hanran poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hanran

1954

東京シンデレラ娘 poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

東京シンデレラ娘

1954

No artwork available
NR

On a Sunday morning, young dentist Toshio Ezaki wakes up with a hangover, on a bench in his office. He finds a poisoned woman in a green-striped Western-style outfit lying in his exam room. He must retrace his blurry steps of the night before, and navigate a web of embezzlement, murder, framings, and false identities in Tokyo's Ginza district, to discover the identity of the dead woman and why she is there—and hopefully prove his innocence, before his wedding in three days...

Golden Beast

1950

When We Came Back poster
NR

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

When We Came Back

1950

Miki, the Swordman poster
5.0

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up as bodyguard to Shigezo of Sasagawa leading up to an epic battle.

Miki, the Swordman

1951

Field Nurse poster
1.0

In 1942 South China, hardened field hospital nurse Yukiko secretly loves Sergeant Nemoto. The arrival of a fragile new nurse, Keiko, reawakens Yukiko's warmth but also sparks intense jealousy when Nemoto shows Keiko kindness. As the two bond over a shared hometown, Yukiko's resentment grows. The situation is compounded by the escalating chaos of a losing war, including air raids, medicine shortages, and a deadly malaria outbreak that weakens Keiko. Set against the backdrop of Japan’s impending defeat, Yukiko is forced to confront the high cost of her envy and decide where her loyalties lie in a final test of courage and compassion.

Field Nurse

1953

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

1952

No artwork available
NR

Kotaro Shimoyama, once a government official, loses his job and separates from his wife, Sachie. He now resides with his daughter, Haruko. By chance, he apprehends a criminal and reconnects with his former colleague, Sakamoto, leading him to become a security guard at a film studio. Haruko, secretly a singer, rises to stardom within the same studio. Unbeknownst to each other, they both work there. As the studio faces turmoil, their hidden identities are unveiled...

Amakara chindōchū

1950

The Tale of Jiro poster
7.5

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death of his mother.

The Tale of Jiro

1955

Akatsuki no Kyūshū poster
NR

Japanese drama film.

Akatsuki no Kyūshū

1951

剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り

1957

Shin ono ga tsumi poster
NR

20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).

Shin ono ga tsumi

1956

No artwork available
NR

Suspense film based on the "Carbine Gang Incident" that happened in June 1954 in Japan.

Carbine of Fear

1954

1940s · 5 titles