was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1936 and 1975. He is most closely associated with the work of
Kenji Mizoguchi
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who directed about one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956. His most acclaimed works include ''The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums'' (1939), ''The Life of Oharu'' (1952), ''Uget ...
, with whom he made twelve films.
Selected filmography
* ''
Sisters of the Gion'' (1936)
* ''
Aru yo no Tonosama
is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
Cast
*Kazuo Hasegawa
* Isuzu Yamada
*Hideko Takamine
* Chōko Iida
*Mitsuko Yoshikawa
*Ichiro Sugai
* Tetsu Nakamura
*Takashi Shimura
*Eitarō Shindō
*Susumu Fujita
*Denjirō Ōkōchi
Awar ...
'' (1946)
* ''
Drunken Angel
is a 1948 Japanese ''yakuza'' film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is notable for being the first of sixteen film collaborations between director Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune.
Plot
Sanada (Takashi Shimura) is an alcoholic doctor (the tit ...
'' (1948)
* ''
Battle of Roses }) is a 1950 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on a novel by Fumio Niwa.
Cast
*Kuniko Miyake
*Setsuko Wakayama
* Yōko Katsuragi
*Kōji Tsuruta
* Tōru Abe
*Mitsuo Nagata
*Yōko Wakasugi
*Shirō Ōsaka
*Noriko Sengoku
*Hansh ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Miss Oyu'' (1951)
* ''
The Life of Oharu
is a 1952 Japanese historical fiction film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi from a screenplay by Yoshikata Yoda. It stars Kinuyo Tanaka as Oharu, a one-time concubine of a ''daimyō'' (and mother of a later ''daimyō'') who struggles to escape the sti ...
'' (1952)
* ''
Life of a Woman
is a 1953 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo
was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer, who directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include '' Child ...
'' (1953)
* ''
A Geisha
is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, centred on the geisha milieu in post-war Gion, Kyoto. It is based on a novel by Matsutarō Kawaguchi.
Plot
Eiko is in the search of the okiya (geisha house) run by the geisha Miyoharu. ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Sansho the Bailiff'' (1954)
* ''
The Princess Sen
is a color 1954 Japanese film directed by Keigo Kimura.
Cast
See also
* Senhime
(May 26, 1597 – March 11,February 6 in the old calendar 1666), or Lady Sen, was the eldest daughter of the '' shōgun'' Tokugawa Hidetada and later the ...
'' (1954)
* ''
The Crucified Lovers
is a 1954 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It was adapted from Monzaemon Chikamatsu's 1715 bunraku play ''Daikyōji Mukashi Goyomi''. The film was presented at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival,
Plot
Mohei is an apprentice to Ishun, t ...
'' (1954)
* ''
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
is a 1955 Japanese jidaigeki and drama film directed by Tomu Uchida.
Plot
The samurai Sakawa Kojūrō is on the road to Edo with his two servants Genta and Genpachi. Kojūrō is a kindly master, but his character totally changes when he consum ...
'' (1955)
* ''
Princess Yang Kwei-Fei
is a 1955 Japanese historical film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It was a co-production between Daiei Film and Shaw & Sons, Hong Kong (later Shaw Brothers). It is one of Mizoguchi's two colour films, the other being '' Tales of the Taira Clan'', ...
'' (1955)
* ''
Tōjūrō no Koi'' (1955)
* ''
Street of Shame
is a 1956 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It is the personal tales of several Japanese women of different backgrounds who work together in a brothel. It was Mizoguchi's last film.
The film is based on the novel '' Su ...
'' (1956)
* ''
Akō Rōshi'' (1961)
* ''
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director'' (1975)
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1899 births
1977 deaths
Japanese male film actors
People from Fukuoka
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