Kyoko Kami

Acting

Kyoko Kami

Acting credits

Wild Lion poster
NR

A gripping historical drama that follows the explosive growth of Katsu Kaishu, the hero of the Meiji era, and the interesting human image of his father, Kokichi, who lived for the common people, his neighbors and his children. A film about paternal and maternal love and conjugal love in the creation of mankind, about the healing power of which laughter and tears have. The film that became the last work of the giant star Tsumasaburo Bando.

Wild Lion

1953

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NR

Produced by Shochiku’s all-star cast as a commemorative film to mark the completion of the “Shochiku Kaikan” in Tsukiji, Tokyo, this movie introduces both the Shochiku Ofuna and Kyoto studios. Part One focuses on the studio’s behind-the-scenes staff: set designers, prop masters, and lighting technicians. Part Two presents a digest-style overview of the process surrounding a young woman who auditions for the “New Faces” program, from the auditions to her debut as an actress.

Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress

1956

慶安水滸傳 poster
NR

Chikuzen, a ronin named Yoh Daisuke, after pacifying some ruffians at the theater of Onna-Kata Ogino Sawanojiki, formed a bond with the theater's bodyguard, Maruhashi Tadayasu, and Kaku, a priest. He ended up settling at the Kasugaya, the house of Oko, whom he had saved. When Oko decided to go to Edo, where her biological father lived, Daisuke accompanied her. Along the way, at Suruga Abe River, they encountered Sawanojiki's theater group, which had departed from Osaka earlier heading to Edo. A scuffle initiated by Tadayasu over a ferry boat with the students of Yui Masayuki but was amicably resolved through Masayuki's intervention.

慶安水滸傳

1954

Hana fuku kaze poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hana fuku kaze

1953

お役者変化 poster
NR

During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who tried to force himself on Gennosuke's beloved foster-sister, Kikuno. As a result, Gennosuke's younger brother, Shichisaburo, was killed. Separated from his mother, Gennosuke found himself on the run from the officials.

お役者変化

1954

Always in My Heart Part 3 poster
7.0

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to Europe.

Always in My Heart Part 3

1954

Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu poster
NR

1953 Japanese movie

Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu

1953

晴姿稚児の剣法 poster
4.3

Underneath Himeji Castle, Miyamoto Bensuke was determined to inherit the will of his late father, Shinmen Munenori, and aimed to become a great swordsman. For this purpose, he challenged anyone he could to matches and eventually forced a duel upon a martial artist named Arima Kihei, whom he killed. Munenori's old friend, the monk Guan Ando, reprimanded Bensuke's brutality and told him to go to the capital to refine his skills.

晴姿稚児の剣法

1956

Ōtone mujō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ōtone mujō

1960

処女雪 poster
NR

Minako, Sadae, and Momoyo were all in love with their filial art teacher, Sasaki Shinya, but when Momoyo realized that Shinya loved Minako, she gave up and devoted herself to painting, and Sadae was so frustrated that she even staged a fake suicide. As a result, Minako's parents misunderstood Shinya, and in anger, he went to Tokyo, where he worked as an illustrator for his friend Sunaga's publishing company, and was introduced to the artist Hotta, and coincidentally, it was at one of these meetings that he met Sadae, who had become a waitress at a bar.

処女雪

1953

Dreaming People poster
NR

Shinya Ban (Masao Wakahara) returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns that his mutual friend Yuriko (Mieko Takamine) is marrying Toshio (Toshio Hosokawa), the son of Zenpei Hamaguchi (Yoshito Yamaji), for her obligation. He encouraged the unhappy Yuriko and taught her how to make her marriage with Toshio a happy one. He makes a fresh start as an architect under the care of Ryosuke Shibata (Jiro Yanagi), who had taken care of his father, but Ryosuke's daughter Sumiko (Yoko Katsuragi) has feelings for him. Fujie Kakimoto's (Sadako Sawamura) son Koichi (Eiji Wakasugi) came to know about Sumiko and asked her to marry him after coming to Shinya to ask for her design. Knowing that Shinya's love for Yuriko would not be easily wiped away, Sumiko decided to marry Koichi, who had a bad leg. Shinya watches the beautiful bond between Koichi and Sumiko and decides to forget his past and move forward on the path to self-perfection.

Dreaming People

1953

Kobushi no hana no sakukoro poster
NR

Japanese drama

Kobushi no hana no sakukoro

1956

Musume wa kaku kōgi suru poster
NR

A story about a high school sophomore, Uzumi Keiko (Kyoko Kami), in a coastal Japanese city, Keiko’s coming-of-age story centers on her strained relationship with her mother and her entanglement in social misunderstandings at school. Her journey reflects postwar Japan’s evolving attitudes toward youth, gender, and family honor, as personal choices become public matters.

Musume wa kaku kōgi suru

1952

The Three Musketeers Reunite poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Three Musketeers Reunite

1956

Kare o korosu na poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kare o korosu na

1952

新婚たくあん夫婦 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

新婚たくあん夫婦

1954

Hakuji no hito poster
NR

When a young woman named Kanako goes to Lake Yamanaka with her close friends, she meets a young businessman, Saeki, who gives her an expensive pearl necklace to win her favor. As Kanako sets out to return the gift, she meets her father, who steals the necklace in order to repay his creditor.

Hakuji no hito

1957

Lair of the Snakegod poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lair of the Snakegod

1960

Firefly Grass poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Firefly Grass

1954

Sunny house poster
NR

On the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded by barracks and tin pens. Mitsu's husband died in the war, and she was left alone with four children and works as a day laborer. The eldest daughter Haruko, who is already nineteen years old, works in a clothing store, the second daughter Natsuko works in a restaurant, a schoolboy Akio is studying carpentry, and even the youngest Fuyuko helps her mother by working as a nanny in a neighboring house. Nearby lives a widowed electrician Tokuji Yamada with two boys - Norio and Tatsuo. He has a widowed daughter, Sakiko, who, along with a small child, ran away from home, as she is going through hard times. At Haruko's suggestion, Mitsu and Tokuji get married, and it would seem that happiness smiles on their new family, but it turned out to be short-lived…

Sunny house

1954

Jonan Yashiki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jonan Yashiki

1956