Acting

Mieko Hirooka

Known for

Acting

Credits

23 titles

Known for

Passion and Rifle Bullets poster
NR

Private Detective Ippei Shizuno faces off against a serial killer and a wealthy woman's society who runs an illegal gun trade.

Passion and Rifle Bullets

1955

He Killed Dad poster
NR

The lives of two brothers, Kunio and Akira Kasahara, are changed forever when their father is murdered. Kunio sets out on a manhunt to avenge his father and will stop at nothing until he finds the killer. Setsuko, Kunio's fiancée, is unable to keep up with the lunacy that Kunio stirs up and finds comfort with another man - his brother, Akira.

He Killed Dad

1961

Zattō ni hikarume poster
NR

1959 Japanese movie

Zattō ni hikarume

1959

The Three Faces poster
10.0

Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives in the Burma Campaign, namely Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi, promised to meet again five years later at the platform of Tokyo Station. Meanwhile, Shinagawa Station's crowded with repatriates. Upon returning to their homeland, their lives have changed dramatically. Daizo works as a railway construction worker. Eiji has established himself as a boxer. Kenichiro's become a gangster. In 1955, the day of their reunion is approaching. Now it is a matter of whether the three will be able to meet each other at the platform of Tokyo Station, as they had agreed on back in 1950.

The Three Faces

1955

A Turning to Hell poster
NR

Maki, a porter at the Sakura Hotel, finds a body in Room No. 2 and picks up a piece of paper on which is written "one-third of the key", also the part of a key. From a newspaper he learns that the dead man is an official who has been detained as a suspect in a bribery case involving 150,000,000 yen and that another suspect named Matsunaga is still in custody. Maki realizes that if he can obtain the other two-thirds of the key, he will be a multi-millionaire.

A Turning to Hell

1959

The Beautiful Nuns poster
NR

A samurai who slashes a young girl's mage appears in Edo, and she is never caught.

The Beautiful Nuns

1955

Film credits

1960s · 4 titles

1950s · 19 titles

Passion and Rifle Bullets poster
NR

Private Detective Ippei Shizuno faces off against a serial killer and a wealthy woman's society who runs an illegal gun trade.

Passion and Rifle Bullets

1955

Zattō ni hikarume poster
NR

1959 Japanese movie

Zattō ni hikarume

1959

The Three Faces poster
10.0

Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives in the Burma Campaign, namely Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi, promised to meet again five years later at the platform of Tokyo Station. Meanwhile, Shinagawa Station's crowded with repatriates. Upon returning to their homeland, their lives have changed dramatically. Daizo works as a railway construction worker. Eiji has established himself as a boxer. Kenichiro's become a gangster. In 1955, the day of their reunion is approaching. Now it is a matter of whether the three will be able to meet each other at the platform of Tokyo Station, as they had agreed on back in 1950.

The Three Faces

1955

A Turning to Hell poster
NR

Maki, a porter at the Sakura Hotel, finds a body in Room No. 2 and picks up a piece of paper on which is written "one-third of the key", also the part of a key. From a newspaper he learns that the dead man is an official who has been detained as a suspect in a bribery case involving 150,000,000 yen and that another suspect named Matsunaga is still in custody. Maki realizes that if he can obtain the other two-thirds of the key, he will be a multi-millionaire.

A Turning to Hell

1959

The Beautiful Nuns poster
NR

A samurai who slashes a young girl's mage appears in Edo, and she is never caught.

The Beautiful Nuns

1955

Age of Nudity poster
7.3

The story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. However, everything gets screwed up when they accidentally steal big bucks from the Yakuza.

Age of Nudity

1959

A Hole of My Own Making poster
8.0

Nobuko is a widow who lives with her stepchild Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeeper, Komatsu, is attracted to Tamiko, but she is encouraged to marry a doctor and he is afraid to tell her his feelings.

A Hole of My Own Making

1955

Wandering Shore poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wandering Shore

1956

Friendship of Jazz poster
10.0

Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while the police are trying to catch him on suspicion of murder.

Friendship of Jazz

1959

No artwork available
10.0

Japanese drama film.

Such is Life

1955

Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō poster
NR

A film about sumo wrestler Wakanohana Kanji I. He was nicknamed "Devil of the dohyo" due to his excellent fighting spirit and endurance.

Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō

1956

Small Rats of the Edo Town poster
NR

The action of this historical drama takes place against the background of poverty and hunger in the city of Edo and depicts young people rebelling against the contradictions of feudal society.

Small Rats of the Edo Town

1957

Saigo no sentō-ki poster
NR

The first postwar war movie depicting the tragedy of a special force that shook the world at the end of the Pacific War, with thrill and speed

Saigo no sentō-ki

1956

Mehyō to Narazu Mono poster
NR

A poignant entertainment epic about a righteous mountain man, a young company director with new ideals, and a beautiful woman with wild charm, whose love and action unfold against the backdrop of a rice field in the middle of a vast forest.

Mehyō to Narazu Mono

1957

Elegy to Youth poster
NR

A fresh graduate from a university in Tokyo takes a job as an English teacher at a prestigious high school in Kobe. However, shortly after arriving, he is pranked by four students.

Elegy to Youth

1959

The juvenile poster
NR

A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers

The juvenile

1955

No artwork available
NR

Japanese crime film.

I'm Not the Criminal

1956

A Young Samurai poster
NR

A jidaigeki movie about the strange fate of Ranmaru Mori.

A Young Samurai

1955

Crime Reporter poster
NR

The story centers on the fierce competition among newspaper reporters stationed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department as they race to break major scoops. Alongside this, the film humorously depicts a rookie reporter who grows while repeatedly making mistakes. The first film in a series adapted from an NHK TV drama. Focused on those who work at the 'Sakurada Press Club', the home base of crime reporters who pursue exclusive stories in a corner of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Crime Reporter

1959