Acting
Koichi Umino
Acting credits
NRTwo 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
NRA comedy about newlyweds.
Shinkon noroke bushi
1953
NRWith 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
NRA 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tokyo is a Fine Place
1957
NRA 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
NRReleased on the same date as Shochiku's version.
Freedom School
1951
NRIn Ginza Hachō, where violence and lust swirl, sparks fly from iron fists and passion against a backdrop of song and dance.
Bōya monogatari
1951
A film depicting the duties of a detective and the anguish of human compassion.
Female Prisoner #36
1947
NRA judo movie.
Omokage Sanshiro
1949
NRYosuke 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Rakka no mon
1954
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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Chōchō shissō jiken
1947
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
1952
NRA 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
NRA prostitute? A poisonous woman? A virgin widow writhing in agony night after night, tormented by her first misstep.
Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki
1950
NRTomoraka Tasaka's first postwar work.
Doburoku no Tatsu
1949
NRRomantic thriller film.
Sanmenkyō no kyōfu
1948
NRA realistic film that sharply portrays a cross-section of postwar society.
Platform at Night
1948
NRA 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