Kōji Shitara

Acting

Kōji Shitara

Born 1946-06-04 · Sakata, Japon

Acting credits

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice poster
7.5

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1952

Good Morning poster
7.7

Two boys beg their parents for a television set, nagging them until all patience is lost. The parents order the boys to be quiet and the boys do exactly that--refusing to utter a word. The boys' silence ultimately puts the whole neighborhood into turmoil.

Good Morning

1959

Late Autumn poster
7.7

A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.

Late Autumn

1960

Our Chief, Our Doctor poster
8.0

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him the nickname ‘the pork cutlet prince’ (‘Tonkatsu Taisho’, the film’s Japanese title) from the affectionate residents of the tenement in which he lives. When a local hospital, run by a female doctor, plans to expand, the future of the tenement is called into question.

Our Chief, Our Doctor

1952

Dislikes poster
NR

An old man who has spent his life being respectful, honest and married for 35 years suddenly has thoughts of cheating with a young girl. He goes on a trip with the girl, but they are followed by a yakuza and all hell breaks loose.

Dislikes

1964

The Big Wave poster
10.0

Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically threatened by a volcano on one side and tidal waves on the other. Yukio's younger sister Setsu follows then and dreams of becoming a pearl diver. Toru is preparing to go fishing with his father when a bell tolls and a danger flag is hung high on the hill behind the village to warn of an impending tidal wave by the village patriarch, known as Old Gentleman.

The Big Wave

1961

Gendai Mushuku poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gendai Mushuku

1958

Ohana han: Dai ni bu poster
NR

A sequel to Ohana han.

Ohana han: Dai ni bu

1966

A Song of Little Men poster
NR

Battles of an average salaryman.

A Song of Little Men

1953

Eyes of Children poster
6.7

Shunji Mitamura's wife died very early and left him a young son. Shunji's sister Hideko decided to fulfill her sisterly duty and moved to the main character to take care of the boy and the house. Time passes and Shunji marries Mieko Takamine. But since her father is often ill, she spends a lot of time in his dental clinic to do his work.

Eyes of Children

1956

Doronko tengoku poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Doronko tengoku

1958

Subarashiki shōtai poster
NR

1955 Japanese movie

Subarashiki shōtai

1955

The Waves poster
5.5

Before a young woman can be sold to a geisha, she becomes pregnant.

The Waves

1952

Yellow Crow poster
6.7

Ichiro Yoshida, the father of the boy Kiyoshi, who has been repatriated from China, returns home after a ten-year separation. The father, who has been estranged from his son for many years, pays no attention to the boy, often punishes him unfairly, and gives all his tenderness to his little daughter, who was born after his return. The boy sees all the injustice of his father and, offended, leaves home. The father realized that he was wrong, that he was guilty before his son. The mother finds the boy and brings him home. The father and the son become friends from that day on.

Yellow Crow

1957

Haha to ko no mado poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Haha to ko no mado

1957

Kyōshū poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kyōshū

1952

The Orchestra Sisters poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Orchestra Sisters

1957

Sono yoru no tsuma poster
NR

Hiroo Ikeda movie

Sono yoru no tsuma

1952