Acting

Emiko Yanagi

Acting credits

A Geisha poster
7.6

Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, must face the selfishness and ambition of several petty people.

A Geisha

1953

A Samurai's Love poster
8.0

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.

A Samurai's Love

1954

No artwork available
NR

A tale of melancholy centered on a couple of engineers at a power plant in the north and a pure romance with a female engineer.

Avalanche

1952

Jōen no hatoba poster
NR

A seafaring man who hates women and a barmaid who hates men… drawn together and torn apart by a strange twist of fate… a melodrama of passion and intensity.

Jōen no hatoba

1951

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Aizenbashi

1951

Oni azami poster
NR

Five years after parting ways, two people who had once envisioned a life together met again: he was a yakuza out of work, and she was a woman of the night.

Oni azami

1950

The Valley Between Love and Death poster
8.0

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

The Valley Between Love and Death

1954

Clothes of Deception poster
7.0

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

Clothes of Deception

1951

Story of a Beloved Wife poster
7.0

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko Otowa stars as the wife who supports him through his early struggles.

Story of a Beloved Wife

1951

Orizuru kasa poster
NR

A historical drama about a foul-mouthed but good-natured traveller.

Orizuru kasa

1951

The Letter poster
6.4

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

The Letter

1936

Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace poster
8.0

Okoyo, the mistress of Lord Arima, fears that she is being replaced by a younger woman named Otaki. In a fit of jealousy, she kills the younger girl. The dead woman's cat licks her blood and becomes a demon, seeking revenge on Okoyo

Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace

1953

Meiji no kyōdai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Meiji no kyōdai

1946

Oshidori gasa poster
NR

A lighthearted and entertaining film that incorporates popuar songs into a period drama.

Oshidori gasa

1948

Student Double Suicide poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Student Double Suicide

1954

Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō poster
10.0

1942 Japanese movie

Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō

1942

Last Days of Edo poster
9.0

It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first year of the Meiji period.

Last Days of Edo

1941