Acting

Aiko Mishima

Acting credits

The Lowest Man poster
9.0

A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to kill him.

The Lowest Man

1958

No artwork available
NR

A pure love story between a former member of the imperial family who has been demoted to commoner status and a young girl.

First Love Story

1947

Machi no kotengu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Machi no kotengu

1952

Yonjū-hassai no teikō poster
NR

A literary masterpiece that sharply critiques the ethics of modern romance, featuring a 48-year-old father who burns through the last of his youth with a teenage girl, and a daughter in her twenties who falls in love with a younger man and champions sexual liberation.

Yonjū-hassai no teikō

1956

No artwork available
NR

A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.

Tsuma mo koisu

1950

No artwork available
NR

A lively, energetic film featuring a cast of up-and-coming actors, depicting the worries and joys of youth, friendship, and romance.

Hatachi zengo

1950

No artwork available
NR

A romantic musical film based on hit records of the time.

Tokyo Night

1947

Forever My Love poster
NR

American Sergeant falls in love with a Japanese woman.

Forever My Love

1952

Sentimental Mobsters poster
7.0

A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during their travel destination! Innocent to cute girls and reckless to bad guys! Exciting entertainment!

Sentimental Mobsters

1963

Yoru wa usotsuki poster
NR

A small restaurant tucked away in the back of Ginza is run by Keiko, the owner’s daughter. Writers, club owners, corporate executives, and others are drawn to her charm.

Yoru wa usotsuki

1960

The Time of Reckoning poster
7.5

"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems involving three women: his wife of ten years who announces she is pregnant by another man; a mistress who wants to have a baby with him; and an ex-lover who claims he fathered her son.

The Time of Reckoning

1968

The Most Valuable Wife poster
8.0

Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of Mihara Shoji, and Riko, the second daughter, is married to Jiro, the managing director, and they plot to marry Kyoko to Saburo, the third son of the Mihara family. Kyoko is angry at the marriage talk that is being pushed forward without her permission, and declares that she "definitely won't get married," but before she knows it, she begins to become aware of the other person...

The Most Valuable Wife

1959

The Midday Trap poster
NR

A businessman who dreams of a successful career ends up embroiled in a murder case after a love affair.

The Midday Trap

1962

Doyō fujin poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Doyō fujin

1948

Kanojo no tokudane poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kanojo no tokudane

1952

Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei poster
NR

1958 Japanese movie

Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei

1958

Miss Teacher poster
NR

As she takes a position as a gym teacher at a girls’ school as a form of “life training” before marriage, what awaits her is… A coming-of-age story of laughter and tears that unfolds at this all-girls’ school, revolving around a rookie teacher.

Miss Teacher

1955

High School Geisha poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

High School Geisha

1968

Shroud of Snow poster
7.6

1930. In splendid snowy settings, the trials and pain of a woman married to a man who maintains a relationship with their servant.

Shroud of Snow

1967

Otoko no meigara poster
NR

A unique literary work depicting the crisis in the love and physical relationship of the ordinary Shimura couple.

Otoko no meigara

1961

Woman Boss poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Woman Boss

1970

Closing Time poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Closing Time

1962

Kokoro no nichigetsu poster
NR

Reiko Minagawa leaves her home in Okayama to avoid an arranged marriage she doesn't want. Upon arriving in Tokyo, she calls Akira Isomura, a college student for whom she has feelings. Isomura is pleasantly surprised by her call, and promises to meet her at the train station entrance in about ten minutes. However, unaware that there are two entrances, the two of them spend hours waiting at different gates and are ultimately unable to meet.

Kokoro no nichigetsu

1954

The Cast-Off poster
8.0

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his world is changing completely : his wife behaves like never before, considering she's now rich and has the right to do whatever she wants, even having an affair. (Also occasionally known in English as “Overflow”)

The Cast-Off

1959