Acting

Yuko Takayama

Acting credits

The Image of Mother poster
NR

A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless.

The Image of Mother

1963

Samurai from Nowhere poster
7.2

Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan's chief counselor who married the low-ranking Ihei to avoid becoming the clan lord's mistress. Into the mix comes Oba Gunjuro (Tetsurō Tamba), a mysterious ronin who will do anything for money. This leads to a fitting climax as the forces of hate and love converge while the couple attempt to break through the border!

Samurai from Nowhere

1964

Umineko ga tonde poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Umineko ga tonde

1962

Zoku nangoku taiheiki: Satsunan no arashi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zoku nangoku taiheiki: Satsunan no arashi

1954

のんき侍大暴れ poster
NR

In the mid-Tokugawa period, a conflict arose over the "Seiryū Himon," a secret document left by the former shogun Iesai, bequeathing the eighth shogunate to young Lord Manguro of Owari domain. This document became the center of a struggle between the current shogun, Yoshimune, and Manguro. Iida Daisuke, a member of the shogunate's secret intelligence group, the Kurokuwa Group, stole the document from Owari but was killed by Manguro's men. The document then fell into the hands of Yozakura Ogin, who had pledged her life to Daisuke.

のんき侍大暴れ

1956

Kanbi no san-tō shain poster
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Kanbi no san-tō shain

1961

Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki poster
NR

Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the only one in both series not directed by Seiichi Fukuda.

Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki

1961

Denshichi Torimonocho:  The Curse of the Silver Snake poster
7.0

Kofu duty guard Yamauchi Hinata-kami cultivated illegal drugs and had them sold through Omiya, a drug wholesaler in Edo Muromachi. One day, a strange spell descends on Omiya, killing his wife Osetsu, and then his second daughter Okyo as well. After that, there was a rumor that a ghost playing a flute appeared in the town of Edo. Sanshiro Tachibana, a member of the Kitamachi Magistrate Doshin, asked Denshichi to investigate these incident.

Denshichi Torimonocho: The Curse of the Silver Snake

1957

The Beloved Imposters poster
NR

1958 Mito Kōmon film.

The Beloved Imposters

1958

A Woman’s Uphill Slope poster
9.0

Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

A Woman’s Uphill Slope

1960

続変化大名 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

続変化大名

1954

Dancing Mistress poster
8.0

Osen, a dance teacher who hates men, refuses to become the concubine of a rich merchant, but falls in love with the thief Sojiro, unaware that he is avenging the death of his brother. Jinzo, who wants to win over a rich merchant, pours boiling water on One's face...

Dancing Mistress

1957

Kaze no uchi so to poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kaze no uchi so to

1959

Tomboy Samurai poster
7.0

The beautiful daughter of a merchant with a penchant for danger proves to be too much to handle for her worried father. Disguising herself as a man and changing her name, she heads for the capital...

Tomboy Samurai

1958

Nangoku Taiheiki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nangoku Taiheiki

1954

Bantōhan to detchidon poster
NR

1960 Japanese movie

Bantōhan to detchidon

1960

Daikichi Konomura poster
NR

A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the government. A member of the yakuza thugs has fallen in love with the samurai's daughter and conspires to report the father to the authorities in order to snatch the girl. The samurai's daughter has a boyfriend who hides the father and daughter from the thug.

Daikichi Konomura

1954

Utau yajikita kogane dōchū poster
NR

1957 Japanese movie

Utau yajikita kogane dōchū

1957

Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher poster
NR

Japanese crime film

Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher

1960

Denshichi Torimonocho: Silver Snake Spell poster
NR

The eleventh episode of the Denshichi Torimonocho series. Around the time of Shogun Ienari, a murderer known as a ghost hikyaku appeared in Edo, raping and killing young girls one after another. One night, a notice was recieved that Oichi, the daughter of Wakasa Kanayu of the small construction group, would be taken away. The mansion was surrounded by ten and twenty layers of people including Denshichi, who was asked to guard the house, and Sesshinsai Ohba, the owner of the dojo. Four seconds later, a violent explosion suddenly occurred.

Denshichi Torimonocho: Silver Snake Spell

1959

Song Festival poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Song Festival

1963

続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行 poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行

1961