Acting

Yoshiko Kusunoki

Acting credits

Princess Yang Kwei-fei poster
6.7

In 8th-century China, the Emperor grieves the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their court influence. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen, whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets.

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955

The Woman Who Touched Legs poster
7.0

Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the story about her parents who killed himself and died for overwork to feel sorry about her.

The Woman Who Touched Legs

1960

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Four Mothers

1954

Itsuki no komori uta poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Itsuki no komori uta

1954

The Betrothed poster
8.0

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

The Betrothed

1957

Warm Current poster
7.8

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich girl.

Warm Current

1957

The Legendary Hell poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Legendary Hell

1960

On This Earth poster
7.0

Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.

On This Earth

1957

Red Love, Green Love poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Red Love, Green Love

1962

Night Butterflies poster
6.5

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

Night Butterflies

1957

Back Stairways poster
NR

A young man named Kijima who works as a pianist in a small bar is surprised when one of the customers asks if he won't pretend to be the fiance of his sister. He is even more surprised when he is offered a million yen to play this apparently harmless role. Actually, it is anything but harmless. Both the customer and his sister are involved in a jewel robbery in which they have double-crossed two of their accomplices who are now out of prison and thirsting for revenge.

Back Stairways

1965

誘拐 poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

誘拐

1962

Closing Time poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Closing Time

1962

Danchi fujin poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Danchi fujin

1962

The Story of a Blind Woman poster
5.0

At sixteen, due to illness, Tsuruko goes blind, and has no choice but to become a massage therapist. One day, stumbling on a staircase, she meets a businessman and falls in love with him.

The Story of a Blind Woman

1965

Tasogare no Tokyo Tower poster
NR

A sweet and melancholy story that depicts, with beautiful sentimentality, the day when a dreamy and lovely young girl first discovers love in the twilight of Tokyo Tower.

Tasogare no Tokyo Tower

1959

Farewell Song poster
10.0

A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister.

Farewell Song

1955

Tokyo Eyes poster
NR

A beautiful older sister and her younger brother, both designers who paint the dreams of young hope, are paired with an innocent young artist and the daughter of a company president, creating a miniature picture of the youth of Tokyo that revolves around these four characters.

Tokyo Eyes

1958

Otoko to onna no sei no naka poster
9.0

1962 Japanese movie

Otoko to onna no sei no naka

1962

Itohan Monogatari poster
7.0

Based on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and kind-hearted woman in the Taisho era.

Itohan Monogatari

1957