Acting

Kazuo Sumita

Acting credits

Nocturne of a Woman poster
7.0

A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catches the eye of a businessman while working at a nightclub. He sets her up with her own nightclub, but with expectations attached.

Nocturne of a Woman

1961

Okore Sanpei poster
NR

Sanpei, an innocent sailor with incredible strength, arrives in the big city teeming with social ills carrying a mysterious bag.

Okore Sanpei

1953

Sutekina 16-sai poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Sutekina 16-sai

1962

Shunsetsu no mon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shunsetsu no mon

1953

Odd Obsession poster
6.3

A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife.

Odd Obsession

1959

No artwork available
NR

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

Tokyo Night

1947

No artwork available
NR

Twenty years after the father’s death and the mother and child’s separation, when they are reunited, a pistol aimed at the mother glints coldly in the child’s hand.

Kenjū no mae ni tatsu haha

1950

Bōya monogatari poster
NR

In Ginza Hachō, where violence and lust swirl, sparks fly from iron fists and passion against a backdrop of song and dance.

Bōya monogatari

1951

Omokage Sanshiro poster
NR

A judo movie.

Omokage Sanshiro

1949

No artwork available
NR

Yoshio Kawai is a lowly singer at the Bonbon-za, a third-rate theater in Asakusa. Together with fellow low-ranking actors Tokuri, Kameda, and Hanayama—and centered around Yumi, the beautiful dancer who serves as their mascot—they form a poor but cheerful group of five.

Warau chikyū ni asa ga kuru

1950

Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance poster
NR

16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance

1970

Order of Yakuza poster
8.0

Order of Yakuza

Order of Yakuza

1962

Escape Between Midnight and Dawn poster
NR

A yakuza man who dreads being released from prison, yet the day of his release arrives. Awaiting him are a woman’s burning gaze and the muzzle of a gangster’s gun…

Escape Between Midnight and Dawn

1950

Chōchō shissō jiken poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Chōchō shissō jiken

1947

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mother

1948

No artwork available
NR

Hideki Yamaga runs a used bookstore in Ginza. He is a man known for his great physical strength, helping the weak and standing up to the strong, and is deeply respected and loved by the women of the city. Nicknamed “The Lone Wolf,” Hideki takes special care of street children. One morning, he rescues Kim Ono, a country girl who was standing there dazed with a single duffel bag, and asks Katsuko, the owner of a dressmaking shop he knows well, to hire her.

Lone Wolf

1950

The Forest of No Escape poster
9.0

Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.

The Forest of No Escape

1965

High School Geisha poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

High School Geisha

1968

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kekkon meirei

1943

Sanmenkyō no kyōfu poster
NR

Romantic thriller film.

Sanmenkyō no kyōfu

1948

The Man From Chungking poster
NR

Mysterious incident at a secret factory! Important documents lost! What is the true identity of the enemy's invisible spy?

The Man From Chungking

1943

Let's Dance Tonight poster
9.0

A drama about the sex industry.

Let's Dance Tonight

1967

Black Trump Card poster
6.0

Chairman of the Shin Nihon Kaihatsu company Fukazawa, using clever ways to circumvent the law, rose to the top of the economic backstage. Three people are sacrificed to his greed. The president of a small company who committed suicide, a Yakuza who died during the destruction of his territory, and a former viscount whose wife and property were stolen by Fukazawa. Their sons vowed to hunt down Fukazawa and take revenge.

Black Trump Card

1964

Bara to ryū poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Bara to ryū

1961