Acting

Michiko Tsuyama

Acting credits

Talkative Wife poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Talkative Wife

1959

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl poster
9.0

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

1952

Beyond The Stars poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Beyond The Stars

1956

The Lady of Musashino poster
6.3

In post-war Japan, Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become close, but decide not to consummate their affair. He instead becomes involved with the flirtatious Tomiko, who is also conducting an affair with Michiko's husband. When Michiko finds that her husband has abandoned her, she decides to take her fate into her own hands.

The Lady of Musashino

1951

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

In Case of One Woman

1956

A Brother and His Sister poster
8.0

In a household of three the husband is a salaryman who lives with his younger sister and wife in Tokyo. He is returning home late in the evenings because he plays go, or a Japanese version of chess, with his boss. The wife and sister are unhappy about this. The man's co-worker advises him to stop the late evenings out with the boss, but the man cares less. His sister works at a foreign firm and speaks English. When a man who had earlier visited her workplace returns and asks her out for dinner, she rejects him by lying about a husband. He had made impolite comments about her in English during his earlier visit not realizing she understands him.

A Brother and His Sister

1956

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Wakôdo no uta

1951

Moth Lamp poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Moth Lamp

1953

Vendetta of a Samurai poster
6.6

Mataemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance.

Vendetta of a Samurai

1952

Snow-Flake poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Snow-Flake

1950

The Chieko Story poster
NR

Adapted from a poem, which was composed by poet and sculptor Kotaro Takamura, Chieko-Sho is the story of the artist's wife Chieko. The poet meets a woman, who also as an artist illustrates, one day. They marry and have a good life spending many years together. One day, however, she loses her mind and has to be confined to a hospital. The poetry was some of star Hara Setsuko's favourite even before her involvement in the film.

The Chieko Story

1957

Family Safety poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Family Safety

1958

Cheerful Detective poster
NR

After graduating from detective school, Achao and Entaro received their certificates and launched a private detective agency. One night, while investigating Otoyo, the wife of a soba shop owner, the two went to the basement of a theater and unexpectedly stumbled upon the murder of model Ranko Nemoto. Using the earring she was wearing as a clue, they began their investigation.

Cheerful Detective

1954

The White Orchid poster
NR

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

The White Orchid

1951

Morishige, where are you going? poster
NR

A man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets married... A man's life, full of joy and sorrow, is vividly depicted to the tune of "Moonlit Desert" in this humanistic drama full of pathos, starring Hisaya Morishige.

Morishige, where are you going?

1956

The Man Without a Nationality poster
10.0

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

The Man Without a Nationality

1951

The Wife is a University Student poster
NR

Outspoken student Noriko stands up to bullies and befriends pitcher Mitsuo. As their bond deepens, she impulsively declares she wants to marry him—then reconsiders, realizing both still have growing to do before love can truly begin.

The Wife is a University Student

1956