Yōko Uraji

Acting

Yōko Uraji

Born

1936-01-28 (90)

Place of birth

Shinwakaura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 23 titles

A Maiko's Holiday poster
NR

Mitsuko, a maiko from Gion, met Haruki by chance and had a fun time with him, but is stunned when he discovers her secret. This is a love story that cheerfully portrays the life of a modern maiko.

A Maiko's Holiday

1961

Ninja, A Band of Assassins poster
6.4

Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task.

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

1962

A Lustful Man poster
5.6

Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that day on, he recklessly and forwardly pursues women, feeding his fascination and experience. As Yonosuke's salacious behavior brings much cause for shame to the family, his father eventually breaks relations with him. Expelled from the family, 19-year-old Yonosuke embarks on a pilgrimage of lust, traveling far and wide to acquaint himself with women of all walks.

A Lustful Man

1961

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

1962

A Woman's Life poster
7.5

Based on Kaoru Morimoto oft performed 1945 play, a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo as Kei an abused orphaned girl that eventually finds sanctuary with a wealthy family that trades goods with China and becomes a successful businesswoman. Masumura dilutes the originally intended pro-Japan propaganda elements for a more anti-war approach.

A Woman's Life

1962

Koga's Messenger poster
5.0

The mysterious Koga Ninja crushes the villains who are trying to take over the inheritance of the Omi castle owner using various means! A sword and witchcraft, a mystery and revenge swirl around the mystery of the hood, in the demon tower, in the underground castle, and at the bottom of the lake!

Koga's Messenger

1960

Tabiwa Oiroke poster
NR

Will the assassin take my life or will a beautiful woman take my chastity? Or will a beautiful woman take your chastity? On the Tokaido Highway of Flowers, a beautiful swordsman is in peril! Tokaido is a journey of women's peril! Pink Kumudo no Kenjidoshu! A swarm of beautiful women chases after him! The forest of white blades that ambushes! Tokaido is in full bloom!

Tabiwa Oiroke

1961

The Actress and the Three Rascals poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Actress and the Three Rascals

1962

Mission Accomplished poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mission Accomplished

1960

Shin Jinsei Gekijo poster
NR

1961 Theater of Life adaptation.

Shin Jinsei Gekijo

1961

Anchin and Kiyohime poster
4.8

Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feels irritated by Anchin’s indifference to her in spite of her beauty. One night, while Anchin is recuperating in a hot spring, he is approached by Kiyo. She tells him that she is in love with him.

Anchin and Kiyohime

1960

Bad Reputation Returns poster
4.8

No synopsis available yet.

Bad Reputation Returns

1961

Teppo Yasu no Shogai poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Teppo Yasu no Shogai

1962

Vagabonds from Badgerville poster
8.5

A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.

Vagabonds from Badgerville

1961

Wanderer's Story: Checkmate poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Wanderer's Story: Checkmate

1960

Kumoemon to sono tsuma poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Kumoemon to sono tsuma

1962

Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane poster
6.5

Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to his curse, so that she can become empowered as an agent of her father's vengeance.

Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane

1960

Lord Tadanao poster
8.8

No synopsis available yet.

Lord Tadanao

1960

Fūun shōgidani poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fūun shōgidani

1960

The Phantom Samurai poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Phantom Samurai

1961

Uta wa tōge o koete poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Uta wa tōge o koete

1961

Bara daimyo poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bara daimyo

1960

Tenka ayatsuri-gumi poster
9.0

1961 Japanese movie

Tenka ayatsuri-gumi

1961

1950s · 36 titles

Essay on Conflict poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Essay on Conflict

1959

Wearing a Long-Sleeved Kimono poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Wearing a Long-Sleeved Kimono

1958

Unchan monogatari poster
NR

A heartwarming comedy about Osaka’s slowest taxi driver who searches all over the city for the missing daughter of a former general who has just returned from military service.

Unchan monogatari

1956

Yōkina nakama poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yōkina nakama

1958

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ōtotsu gankutsuō

1957

Chi mojisen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Chi mojisen

1958

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ōedo ninki otoko

1957

The Ghost of Yotsuya poster
6.3

In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.

The Ghost of Yotsuya

1959

Shiranui zukin poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shiranui zukin

1957

Haha shirayuki poster
NR

A child who was taken in and raised by a woman from a once-impoverished traveling theater troupe grows up to be a beautiful young woman and performs in a dance recital. Her biological mother, who suddenly appears, is the wife of a wealthy man.

Haha shirayuki

1956

Mateki wakashu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mateki wakashu

1959

The Footmark of a Snow Fairy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Footmark of a Snow Fairy

1958

Jirocho Fuji poster
7.4

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.

Jirocho Fuji

1959

Conflagration poster
7.1

Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distress.

Conflagration

1958

Mangorō Tengu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mangorō Tengu

1957

School Girls poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

School Girls

1955

A Gambler as I Am poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Gambler as I Am

1959

Ripe and Marriageable poster
10.0

1959 youth comedy.

Ripe and Marriageable

1959

Yutaro's Secret Story poster
8.0

Yutaro Kodan, born under a cloud because his aristocrat father died opposing the shogunate, stumbles onto a treasure map. Lusting after the treasure, Lord Sumi Tadamasa convinces trusting Princess Tsu that the gold will help to avenge her lost clan.

Yutaro's Secret Story

1959

Megitsune Buro poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Megitsune Buro

1958

Hana no yukyo-den poster
8.0

1958 Japanese movie

Hana no yukyo-den

1958

Hanatarō Jumon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hanatarō Jumon

1958

Tsukikage Hyōgo: Jōdan kasumigiri poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tsukikage Hyōgo: Jōdan kasumigiri

1959

The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall poster
8.5

When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and her cat and has their bodies immured in a wall. Shortly afterwards, a catlike demon begins to haunt the castle.

The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall

1958

Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase

1958

The Gaijin poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Gaijin

1959

Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko

1958

Princess Tsuki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Princess Tsuki

1958

Ambush at Iga Pass poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Ambush at Iga Pass

1958

Ojo-kichiza poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ojo-kichiza

1959

Akado Suzunosuke: Monster in the Moonlight poster
9.0

In the first two films we learn the character's origins, including his childhood and how he learned his fighting skills. Later, he must face his friend, who has joined a gang of criminals.

Akado Suzunosuke: Monster in the Moonlight

1957

Inazuma Kaidō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Inazuma Kaidō

1957

Akadô Suzunosuke poster
8.0

First of nine films based on the novel. The first live-action adaptation focuses on the origins of how Akadô Suzunosuke learned his skills as a swordsman.

Akadô Suzunosuke

1957

Freelance Samurai poster
6.0

One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this terrific version of legendary Demon slaying Peach Boy.

Freelance Samurai

1957

Yataro’s Travel Hat poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yataro’s Travel Hat

1957

The Fiery Magistrate poster
NR

Film adaption by Kenji Misumi

The Fiery Magistrate

1956