Directing

Tsuruo Iwama

Born — Died

1913-03-28 — 1989-12-06

Place of birth

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

33 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Koko ni otoko ari poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Koko ni otoko ari

1959

The Further Adventures of Genta poster
NR

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The Further Adventures of Genta

1955

Akuma no kao poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Akuma no kao

1957

Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi poster
NR

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Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi

1956

Kaze no uchi so to poster
NR

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Kaze no uchi so to

1959

Kaze no uchi so to poster
NR

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Kaze no uchi so to

1959

Kare o korosu na poster
NR

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Kare o korosu na

1952

Ai no Noutan poster
NR

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Ai no Noutan

1959

The Dawn of Judo poster
NR

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The Dawn of Judo

1955

The Dawn of Judo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Dawn of Judo

1955

One Step to Happiness poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

One Step to Happiness

1958

その手にのるな poster
NR

A woman in a bar was killed at a new construction site in an apartment building, and a handbag containing the value of five million yen was taken away. Detective Kuribayashi, who was involved in the investigation, turned his eyes to Kishida Ryohei, a cabaret musician who lives in a nearby apartment. He had a criminal record for stabbing his wife, who had betrayed him, and a match he worked for had fallen at the scene of the murder. However, Kishida, who appeared at the police station, stubbornly denied the crime, and he returned to his apartment without physical evidence.However, the residents of the apartment who learned of this had been cold-blooded and rumored to be a murderer. Kishida has a secret crush on the stripper Tachibana Yumi, who lives in the apartment directly opposite.However, Yumi has a lover of a plumber named Maki Shinji.

その手にのるな

1958

The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness poster
NR

In a certain port town, there is a group of young men called the Wakakusa-kai. The chairman Oda (Miki), member Ichiro Sonoda (Ishihama), his sister and music lover Keiko (Misora), Keiko's classmate Sachiko (Ota Chieko) and her brother Shoji (Yamada) meet enthusiastically to brighten the town and help themselves grow. Ichiro's family lives with his father and Keiko in a milk shop, but Keiko's desire to go to music school is unlikely to be fulfilled. Meanwhile, Shoji's father is trying to get Shoji and Keiko married.

The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness

1954

The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness poster
NR

In a certain port town, there is a group of young men called the Wakakusa-kai. The chairman Oda (Miki), member Ichiro Sonoda (Ishihama), his sister and music lover Keiko (Misora), Keiko's classmate Sachiko (Ota Chieko) and her brother Shoji (Yamada) meet enthusiastically to brighten the town and help themselves grow. Ichiro's family lives with his father and Keiko in a milk shop, but Keiko's desire to go to music school is unlikely to be fulfilled. Meanwhile, Shoji's father is trying to get Shoji and Keiko married.

The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness

1954

Kyōshū poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kyōshū

1952

Red Pants poster
NR

A woman diver in great peril is rescued by Shinji, a fisherman. But his deed is belittled by Takiko, another diver, as a rash act. Her attitude, however, is nothing but a cloak to hide her affection for him. Shinji, hard working and manly, becomes the focus of many yearning eyes and Seikichi, the boss' son, picks a quarrel with him and violent fight ensues in which Shinji kills a man in self-defense.

Red Pants

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

愛情の旋風

1951

俺は死なない poster
NR

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俺は死なない

1956

俺は死なない poster
NR

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俺は死なない

1956

母恋草 poster
NR

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母恋草

1951

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

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

Sisters poster
NR

Three beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako (Keiko Tsushima), the second was Tsugumi (Keiko Awaji), and the third was Mihato (Hibari Misora). Mihato was still a pretty seventeen-year-old girl, but she considered herself as mature as her older sisters. Mihato knows that Tsugumi is friends with Ippei Yaguchi (Masao Wakahara) and acts as a love messenger between them, but she didn't know that Takako is also in love with Ippei...

Sisters

1953

Confronting Fear poster
NR

Former boxer Goro Kawasaki was attacked by the organizer of the fights for knocking out his opponent because he could not stand the fight. He is being released from prison, where he was imprisoned on charges of causing bodily harm. He meets his younger brother Fumio, who is going to become a boxer and dreams of owning his own car repair shop. Goro tries to help Fumio, but is refused. At this time, the boss of the underworld, whom Goro met in prison, is released, and this escalates into a confrontation involving Goro and Fumio.

Confronting Fear

1958

Princess in Edo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Princess in Edo

1960

Princess in Edo poster
NR

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Princess in Edo

1960

沖縄健児隊 poster
NR

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沖縄健児隊

1953

八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線 poster
NR

Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a relationship facilitated by his love of the shamisen. Omachi was stalked by a ronin named Akiyama Kanosuke, and at one point, Gentaro and Akiyama dueled at Matanuiyama, but the confrontation was left unresolved when Omachi, sensing urgency, called the authorities. Meanwhile, Gentaro's uncle, Kii-no-kami, concerned about Gentaro's whereabouts, ordered him to investigate a conspiracy by Tachibana Tadama, a tyrannical director of Hachijo who exercised his power oppressively in Shimousa Iioka. Gentaro attempted to leave on a journey with Omachi but was obstructed by his uncle's retainers.

八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線

1955

Minami kaze poster
NR

1951 Japanese movie

Minami kaze

1951

Denshichi Torimonocho: Tattoo Woman Trouble poster
NR

During the era of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one night a carver named Fujijiro was murdered. Immediately launching an investigation, Denhichi, accompanied by Otoshi and Take, toured the entertainment houses of Ryogoku. There, they discovered a connection between an acrobat and the incident. On their way home, Otoshi unexpectedly encountered an old friend, Inosuke, nervously buying a dagger. Inosuke, a clerk at the Kashimaya store, was in love with Oko, a secret lover of Bunzaemon. Amidst this, Seihei, the head clerk, was murdered by someone, and a dagger belonging to Inosuke was found at the scene, leading Gohei to suspect Inosuke as the culprit. However, Otoshi was hiding Inosuke. Driven by Otoshi's plea and a professional instinct that Inosuke wasn't the perpetrator, Denhichi desperately searched for the real culprit.

Denshichi Torimonocho: Tattoo Woman Trouble

1954

Theater poster
NR

Kotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.

Theater

1945

College Tiger poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

College Tiger

1950

男の哀愁 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

男の哀愁

1951