Acting

Kazuaki Komiya

Acting credits

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NR

Yoshio Kawai is a lowly singer at the Bonbon-za, a third-rate theater in Asakusa. Together with fellow low-ranking actors Tokuri, Kameda, and Hanayama—and centered around Yumi, the beautiful dancer who serves as their mascot—they form a poor but cheerful group of five.

Warau chikyū ni asa ga kuru

1950

Hida no ko tengu poster
NR

A passionate young man who lives for judo, the innocent girl he adores, and a challenge to the judo boss… A major match where love and life are on the line.

Hida no ko tengu

1951

Mitsurin no mehyō poster
NR

A film filled with eroticism and humor, set in the Northern Alps where a naked woman has appeared, as depicted in the article “Naked Woman Appears in the Jungle,” and featuring a showman and a newspaper reporter.

Mitsurin no mehyō

1950

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Twenty years after the father’s death and the mother and child’s separation, when they are reunited, a pistol aimed at the mother glints coldly in the child’s hand.

Kenjū no mae ni tatsu haha

1950

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NR

A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.

Tsuma mo koisu

1950

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NR

A film adaptation of a novel that caused a stir among women for its incisive examination of romantic relationships between men and women.

Doro ni mamirete

1951

Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru poster
NR

Based on a novel by Tei Fujiwara

Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru

1949

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Michiko is a spirited young woman who was invited by the delinquent Kuniko to a shady cabaret, where she was introduced to a pseudo-gentleman named Nanbu. However, during a police raid, Michiko was the only unlucky one to be taken into custody. The next morning, her mother Chiyo was summoned to pick her up and was reunited there with her biological son, Prosecutor Hagiwara.

Haha tōdai

1949

The Pencil Thief poster
NR

Centered on a pencil-loss incident at an elementary school, this story gently and quietly portrays the beauty of children’s innocent hearts.

The Pencil Thief

1957

The Sea of Beauty poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Sea of Beauty

1950

The Life of Matsu the Untamed poster
6.8

Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy, Toshio, and is hired by the boy's parents.

The Life of Matsu the Untamed

1943

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NR

A state-sponsored film featuring singers who embodied the joys of rural life.

The Sky Is Blue

1943

Niji no michi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Niji no michi

1942

The Man From Chungking poster
NR

Mysterious incident at a secret factory! Important documents lost! What is the true identity of the enemy's invisible spy?

The Man From Chungking

1943

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NR

A counterintelligence film about an American spy who conspires to spread infectious bacteria inside a Japanese factory.

You Are Being Targeted

1942

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NR

World War II era Japanese adaptation of the popular French play Marius, from over a decade before. A youth is torn between his girlfriend and his love of the sea.

Umineko no minato

1942

Sun over the River poster
NR

Father, son Kentaro and daughter Ochiyo, who live on the banks of the Sumida River, regain their love for each other after family discord and separation. The film is considered lost.

Sun over the River

1934

Hyōchū no Bijo poster
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Based on the novel The Vampire (Kyūketsuki) by Edogawa Ranpo.

Hyōchū no Bijo

1950

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NR

Describes the decadent allure of the entertainment district, Tokyo's Montmartre, where beggars and teenage prostitutes mixed with revue dancers and famous authors.

Asakusa kurenaidan

1930