
Acting
Kōji Shitara
Born 1946-06-04 · Sakata, Japon
Acting credits
7.5The 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
7.7Two 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
7.7A 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
8.0It 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
NRAn 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
10.0Yukio, 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Gendai Mushuku
1958
NRA sequel to Ohana han.
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
NRBattles of an average salaryman.
A Song of Little Men
1953
6.7Shunji 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Doronko tengoku
1958
NR1955 Japanese movie
Subarashiki shōtai
1955
5.5Before a young woman can be sold to a geisha, she becomes pregnant.
The Waves
1952
6.7Ichiro 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Haha to ko no mado
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kyōshū
1952
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Orchestra Sisters
1957
NRHiroo Ikeda movie
Sono yoru no tsuma
1952