
Acting
Setsuko Wakayama
Born 1929-06-07 · Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Setsuko Wakayama was a Japanese actress.
Acting credits
7.0Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.
Snow Trail
1947
6.0Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.
Godzilla Raids Again
1955
7.1Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.
The Blue Mountains: Part II
1949
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Saijoke no kyoen
1951
6.3A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
NRDirectorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals
Love's Cheerleader
1952
NRA suspense drama about a thief who sneaks onto a late-night ski bus heading from Tokyo to Joshinetsu and the detective who rides with him to arrest him. Each of the passengers acts independently, and the incident takes an unexpected turn that goes beyond the detective's intentions.
The 36 Passengers
1957
NRIn Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy named Genshichi. Unfortunately, the woman is shot and killed. Later, Genshichi explains that the woman was a member of a band of thieves, and because she was let go once, the police officer, Genjuro Mazaki, was demoted to a desk job. Consumed by guilt, Boredom Otoko...
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace
1955
NRA beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that has endured the winds and snow of love! Eisuke Taniguchi (Shimizu), president of Towa Electric Works, has three beautiful daughters. The eldest, Kozue (Todoroki), is an intelligent and dynamic modern girl, the second, Yoko (Otowa), is a modest girl with Japanese tastes, and the third, Hanayo (Wakayama), is a mischievous girl who has not yet lost her schoolgirl temperament. All three have feelings for Kiichiro Matsuzaki (Uehara), the president of a magazine company. He was married to Kozue, the eldest daughter, by agreement between their parents, but it was Yoko whom he loved, so he asked her to end her engagement to him.
Shojohou
1950
6.0Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love with a prostitute named Harumi, she convinces him to desert the army and live with her.
Escape at Dawn
1950
8.0A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.
Jirocho, the Hunted
1953
8.0Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
NRModern comedy.
A Salaryman's Ten Commandments
1959
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Wakai musumetachi
1951
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Her Captive Gamblers
1953
10.0An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.
Sazae-san Sequel
1957
9.0Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
10.0Jirocho's Tale of Three Provinces IV: All Gathered at Shimizu Harbor is the forth installment in the Jirocho's Tale of Three Provinces series.
Jirocho's Home-Coming
1953
8.0War film by Kon Ichikawa
Bengawan Solo
1951
9.0A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.
Swords and Brocade
1951
7.0The film follows a young civil engineer, played by Toshiro Mifune, who is assigned to the Tase Dam construction site in what is now Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture, and the human relationships involved in building the dam. A masterpiece by director Senkichi Taniguchi, who has worked on numerous films starring Mifune.
Swift Current
1952
6.9Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950
6.9Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. But she sees him only as a friend, so he helps another man to woo her by giving him the poetry of his own heart.
Samurai Saga
1959
6.2Omnibus of love stories from 1947 directed by famous directors, featuring big stars.
Four Love Stories
1947