Acting

Yoyo Miyata

Born 1915-02-16

Acting credits

The Age of Lawless Moneymaking poster
NR

Contemporary comedy.

The Age of Lawless Moneymaking

1961

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller poster
9.0

World Electric's top ad model disappears, throwing the company into disarray. A fortune-teller’s influence spreads through upper management, sending staff on a misguided search. Misinformation, internal friction, and unexpected revelations push the company to its limits.

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

1960

Taking a Success Course poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Taking a Success Course

1961

The Human Vapor poster
7.1

A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes on to rob banks to fund his dancer girlfriend's career, killing those who interfere. Now Tokyo's most wanted criminal, can authorities stop him?

The Human Vapor

1960

The Happicoat Comedian poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Happicoat Comedian

1960

Tokyo is a Fine Place poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tokyo is a Fine Place

1957

Toilet Manager poster
NR

The life of a toilet-seller during the Japanese Economic Miracle.

Toilet Manager

1961

A Town of the Starry Skies poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Town of the Starry Skies

1957

Leader of the Bomb Girls poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Leader of the Bomb Girls

1959

Talkative Company President poster
9.0

A former company man turned drifter is pulled back to lead a struggling toy company, enforcing bold reforms that shake up its corporate culture. Just as success arrives, he quietly walks away, leaving a changed company behind.

Talkative Company President

1957

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Young Salesman: Sanshiro Sebiro

1960

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education poster
8.0

Amid management shakeups and arranged marriage plans at Sekai Electric, an executive couple tries to support a young woman’s relationship with an academic over a business heir.

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

1960

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking poster
8.0

A struggling salesman at World Electric finds his major deal blocked by internal politics and pressure from all sides. During a company trip to Beppu, personal entanglements and old company secrets surface, forcing difficult choices and quiet compromises.

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

1960

The Husband Wore the Apron poster
NR

In the Okawa household, Miharu is the breadwinner, while her husband, Soma, handles the domestic chores. One day, a poor student couple moves into their home. Things get even more complicated after their cousin, Matsue, runs away from home after a fight with her husband.

The Husband Wore the Apron

1958

Five Gents Prefer Geisha poster
9.0

In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo 70.

Five Gents Prefer Geisha

1967

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success poster
NR

A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster trouble while chasing a big contract, winning the deal through quick thinking—then turns down a promotion to keep working his own way.

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

1960

The Fighter in the Ring poster
NR

Docudrama about Rikidozan. When Rikidozan is accused by a school teacher of selling autographs to children for ¥50 apiece, "Riki" (as he was popularly known) investigates, eventually putting a stop to such unseemliness. Later, as he is about to wrestle an American (modeled after Lou Thesz), a young boy is injured by another youngster who imitated his famous karate chop.

The Fighter in the Ring

1956

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 Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru

1962

Young Lovers poster
NR

Engineer Shuichi defies his wealthy family to live with bar hostess Kazuyo, whose loyalty to her struggling family complicates their love. As class, pride, and temptation test them, true affection proves stronger than circumstance.

Young Lovers

1959

Youth Season poster
10.0

1962 Japanese movie

Youth Season

1962

B.G Story: Designs of a 20 Year-Old poster
9.0

Ayako Kurimura, a new B.G. at Nitto Electric, becomes the object of affection for both her brother's colleague Kazuo Fukami and the flirtatious executive’s son, Hiroshi Tsuzawa. As office romances and corporate ambitions collide, relationships shift: heartbreak leads to new connections, old flames reemerge, and Hiroshi is ultimately disowned. Ayako helps him reunite with former lover Yoko, sending them off to Osaka while those around her find new beginnings.

B.G Story: Designs of a 20 Year-Old

1961

Diary of a  Successful Salaryman Part 3 poster
10.0

A clumsy but determined car salesman, Hideyoshi, faces rivalry, romance troubles, and job setbacks, but through persistence and humor, he wins a big deal and earns a long-awaited promotion.

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3

1958

Engagement Ring poster
NR

A wealthy young man, engaged through family arrangement, meets a humble shop girl after she finds his lost ring. Their growing affection challenges class boundaries and family expectations, leading to a sincere romance that defies convention.

Engagement Ring

1956