Acting

Koichi Umino

Acting credits

Tokoharu jamono poster
NR

Two barbers have fallen for each other, but their fathers are both stubborn, and, on top of that, they’re old rivals from the past.

Tokoharu jamono

1953

Shinkon noroke bushi poster
NR

A comedy about newlyweds.

Shinkon noroke bushi

1953

Daigaku no kotengu poster
NR

With his mother’s wishes and a young woman’s prayers in his heart, a spirited young man fights to uphold the honor of college judo.

Daigaku no kotengu

1952

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

Tokyo is a Fine Place poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tokyo is a Fine Place

1957

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

Freedom School poster
NR

Released on the same date as Shochiku's version.

Freedom School

1951

Bōya monogatari poster
NR

In Ginza Hachō, where violence and lust swirl, sparks fly from iron fists and passion against a backdrop of song and dance.

Bōya monogatari

1951

No artwork available
NR

A film depicting the duties of a detective and the anguish of human compassion.

Female Prisoner #36

1947

Omokage Sanshiro poster
NR

A judo movie.

Omokage Sanshiro

1949

Dorei no machi poster
NR

Yosuke Machida of the Daito Shinpo hears from a boy named Toshi-bo, whom he found on the street, that Toshi-bo’s older sister, Toyo, was deceived by a man named Taichi Tachikawa and sold into prostitution in a red-light district. He then set foot in this district for the first time and met Michiko Kawabe, a female reporter known by the nickname “Yoshie.” After hearing various details about the situation from her, he learned that Toyo was at “Kotogawa.”

Dorei no machi

1951

Rakka no mon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rakka no mon

1954

No artwork available
NR

A film depicting a woman who gradually awakens to a new Japanese style of romance, moving away from the old Japanese style.

Futari de miru hoshi

1947

Chōchō shissō jiken poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Chōchō shissō jiken

1947

Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi

1952

Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki poster
NR

A story depicting the true nature of a vulnerable woman who abandons love, severs the bond between father and daughter, and challenges the very embodiment of greed and materialism.

Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki

1950

Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki poster
NR

A prostitute? A poisonous woman? A virgin widow writhing in agony night after night, tormented by her first misstep.

Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki

1950

Doburoku no Tatsu poster
NR

Tomoraka Tasaka's first postwar work.

Doburoku no Tatsu

1949

Sanmenkyō no kyōfu poster
NR

Romantic thriller film.

Sanmenkyō no kyōfu

1948

Platform at Night poster
NR

A realistic film that sharply portrays a cross-section of postwar society.

Platform at Night

1948

Made in Japan poster
NR

A love affair between a beautiful fashion designer returning from France and a naïve young judo player against the backdrop of Japan in the early post-war period, where new customs and old traditions mix.

Made in Japan

1953