Yasuko Nakada

Acting

Yasuko Nakada

Born 1933-02-18

Acting credits

Female Detective Story: S.O.S  Woman poster
10.0

A private detective and a colleague investigate a man for a wealthy young lady.

Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman

1958

Teenage Sazae poster
10.0

Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.

Teenage Sazae

1957

Rodan poster
6.5

Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.

Rodan

1956

The Ghost of Yotsuya poster
6.1

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

The Ghost of Yotsuya

1959

Their Legacy poster
10.0

Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his retirement allowance he has received from his firm into 500,000 yen for each daughter as a wedding dowry. He considers them all old enough to handle the money, and gives them a free hand to use it as they wish.

Their Legacy

1962

The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword

1957

Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion poster
NR

1957 Japanese movie.

Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion

1957

The Living Koheiji poster
7.0

The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro; to get her, he would even kill Takuro.

The Living Koheiji

1957

Sazae-san Sequel poster
10.0

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

Sazae-san Sequel

1957

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung poster
10.0

The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung

1959

Faraway Man poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Faraway Man

1957

Don't Make a Mistake! poster
NR

Based on the novel "Kyokatsu" ("Blackmail") by Ichiro Kashiwara.

Don't Make a Mistake!

1958

When Women Lie poster
8.0

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai" (Kinugasa/Shindô).

When Women Lie

1963

Holiday in Tokyo poster
9.0

May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes of having a quiet vacation without being noticed. But she is spotted and the press has a field-day with the returning celebrity. Her hopes of rest shattered, she agrees to put on a large-scale fashion show.

Holiday in Tokyo

1958

Tokyo dayo Okkasan poster
NR

A romantic movie based on Chiyoko Shimakura’s hit song of the same name, in which Shimakura herself starred

Tokyo dayo Okkasan

1957

Snow Country poster
6.7

It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love. She's the foster daughter of a local family, almost engaged to the family's son Yukio, now dying of consumption. He's tended by his sister Yuko who's angry at Komako for abandoning her brother. Shimamura returns to Tokyo but promises he will be back soon. In anticipation of his return, Komako breaks with her patron and her family loses their home. Complications arise when Shimamura doesn't come back as promised. Then Komako discovers that he and Yuko knew each other in Tokyo. Can Komako escape destiny?

Snow Country

1957

Funny Fellows poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Funny Fellows

1956

I Am Three People poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

I Am Three People

1958

The Old Temple Well poster
9.0

Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.

The Old Temple Well

1961

He's the Killer poster
NR

Thriller about a narcotics investigator uncovering a dope ring.

He's the Killer

1958

The Red Water poster
8.0

Comedy drama film

The Red Water

1963

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman poster
9.0

Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro's model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro's fame and tries to compromise him…

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

1959

The Imitation Lords poster
NR

Costume comedy

The Imitation Lords

1959

Les Mesdemoiselles poster
6.5

A romantic comedy depicting the variant and whimsical daily lives of the Japanese mademoiselles in the Metropolis of Tokyo. How they react against the bold spirited love makers and begin to take a liking to them is the theme of the picture.

Les Mesdemoiselles

1961