was a Japanese actress.
She appeared in more than 150 films between 1935 and 1973
under the direction of filmmakers like
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 ...
,
Yasujirō Ozu
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in t ...
and
Kaneto Shindō
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 ''Children of Hiroshima'', ''The Naked Island'', '' Onibaba'', ''Kuroneko'' and ' ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''Wakadanna haru ranman'' (1935) – Girl student
* ''Sendō kawaiya'' (1935)
* ''
Mr. Thank You
is a 1936 Japanese comedy-drama film written and directed by Hiroshi Shimizu. It is based on a short story by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Yasunari Kawabata, and noted for its portrayal of depression-era Japan and its location shooting.
Plot
A ...
'' (1936)
* ''Hanayome karuta'' (1937) – Emako
* ''Kōjō no tsuki'' (1937) – Keiko
* ''Okusama ni shirasu bekarazu'' (1937) – Ohatsu
* ''Koi mo wasurete'' (1937) – Woman at hotel
* ''Suigō jōka – Kojō no reikon'' (1937) – Machiko
* ''Hanagata senshu'' (1937) – Girl at hiking
* ''Shingun no uta'' (1937)
* ''Haha to ko'' (1938)
* ''Aizen katsura'' (1938) – Kimura's Wife / Kimura's child
* ''Minamikaze'' (1939) – Keiko Kita
* ''Imōto no haregi'' (1939) – Kiyoko Sudō
* ''Zoku aizen katsura'' (1939) – Kimura's wife / Kimura's child
* ''Shin josei mondo'' (1939)
* ''Kuwa no mi wa akai'' (1939)
* ''Aizen katsura – Kanketsu-hen'' (1939) – Kimura's wife / Kimura's child
* ''Danryũ'' Part 1 and 2 (1939) – Gin Ishiwata
* ''Aizen tsubaki'' (1940)
* ''Kinuyo no hatsukoi'' (1940) – Onobu
* ''Hana wa itsuwarazu'' (1941) – Sumiko
* ''Sakura no kuni'' (1941)
* ''Soshu no yoru'' (1941)
* ''
There Was a Father
is a 1942 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu.
Plot summary
Shuhei Horikawa (Chishū Ryū) works as a mathematics school-teacher in a middle school. A widower, he has a ten-year-old son named Ryohei ( Haruhiko Tsuda), who studies in the sam ...
'' (1942) – Fumiko Hirata
* (1942)
* ''Minami no kaze mizue no maki'' (1942)
* ''Hana saku minato'' (1943) – O-haru
* ''Hiwa Normanton jiken: Kamen no butō'' (1943) – Chie, Jun'nosuke's sister
* ''Kaigun'' (1943)
* ''Fuchinkan gekichin'' (1944)
* ''Suihei-san'' (1944)
* ''Kanko no machi'' (1944)
* ''Gekiryu'' (1944)
* ''Kimi koso tsugi no arawashi da'' (1944)
* ''Omitsu no endan'' (1946) – Omitsu
* ''Jōen'' (1947)
* ''Onnadake no yoru'' (1947)
* ''Onna'' (1948) – Toshiko
* ''Ōshō'' (1948) – Koharu
* ''Korosu ga gotoku'' (1948)
* ''
Flame of My Love'' (1949) – Chiyo
* ''Watashi no na wa jofu'' (1949)
* ''Senka no hate'' (1950)
* ''Ai to nikushimi no kanata e'' (1951)
* ''Joshu Garasu'' (1951)
* ''Meigetsu somato'' (1951)
* ''
Hibari no komoriuta
is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Koji Shima
was a Japanese film director, actor, and screenwriter.
Career
Born as Takehiko Kagoshima in Nagasaki, Shima left for Tokyo after graduating from high school. He was in the firs ...
'' (1951)
* ''
The Tale of Genji'' (1951) – Aoi no ue
* ''
Avalanche
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'' (1952) – Tokie Kijima
* ''
Dedication of the Great Buddha
is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Shinobu Araki as Ryōben
* Kōtarō Bandō
* Kazuo Hasegawa as Kunihito Tateto
* Sumiko Hidaka as Morime Ōmiya
* Tatsuya Ishig ...
'' (1952) – Sakuyako Tachibana
* (1952) – Asako Shimamura
* ''Ushiwakamaru'' (1952) – Tokiwa
* (1952)
* (1952)
* ''
Ugetsu
, is a 1953 Japanese historical drama and fantasy film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō. It is based on two stories in Ueda Akinari's 1776 book of the same name, combining elements of the ''jidaigeki'' (peri ...
'' (1953) – Ohama
* ''Yokubo'' (1953) – Sakie Kajiwara
* ''Tange Sazen'' (1953) – Ofuji
* ''Zoku Tange Sazen'' (1953) – Ofuji
* ''Konjiki yasha'' (1954) – Akagashi
* ''
An Inn at Osaka'' (1954)
* ''
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto'' (1954) – Oko, Matahachi's wife
* ''Shiode Kushima Binan Kenpo'' (1954)
* ''Shinsengumi Oni Taicho'' (1954)
* ''Onikiri wakasama'' (1955)
* ''Wataridori itsu kaeru'' (1955) – Chiyoko
* ''
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple'' (1955) – Oko, Akemi's mother
* ''Mune yori mune ni'' (1955) – Yuko Uemura
* ''Shin shokoku mongatari: Otena no tō – Zempen'' (1955) – Yũzomeni
* ''
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island'' (1955) – Oko
* ''Shin shokoku mongatari: Otena no tō – Kōhen'' (1956) – Yũzomeni
* ''Gogo 8 ji 13 pun'' (1956) – Mitsue Kashimura
* ''Anata kaimasu'' (1956)
* ''The Treasure of Gen. Yamashita'' (1956)
* ''Akuma no kao'' (1957) – Hama Kojima
* ''Morishige no Boku wa biyōshi'' (1957) – Chiyono
* ''Kuroi kafun'' (1958) – Okin
* ''
Sorrow is Only for Women
is a 1958 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo.
Cast
* Kinuyo Tanaka as Hideyo
* Machiko Kyō as Michiko
* Jūkichi Uno as Kishimoto
* Eiji Funakoshi as Hiroshi
* Reiko Hibiki as Toshi
* Kazuko Ichikawa as Yoshiko
* Naoyas ...
'' (1958) – Harue
* ''Ukiyo buro'' (1958) – O-riku
* ''Hana no yukyo-den'' (1958)
* ''Mayonaka no kao'' (1958)
* ''Haru o matsu hitobito'' (1959)
* ''
Ballad of the Cart
is a 1959 Japanese drama film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto. It was written by Yoshikata Yoda, based on a novel by activist Tomoe Yamashiro.
Plot
In Hiroshima Prefecture during the Meiji era, simple housemaid Seki accepts the proposal of Moich ...
'' (1959) – Natsuno
* ''Hashi'' (1959) – Okiku
* ''Bōfũken'' (1959) – Shizue Tashiro
* ''Ningen no kabe'' (1959)
* ''
The Wandering Princess
is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Kinuyo Tanaka, based on the memoir of Hiro Saga. It was Tanaka's first film in colour and CinemaScope format.
Cast
* Machiko Kyō as Ryuko (Hiro Saga)
* Eiji Funakoshi as Futetsu (Pujie)
* Yomei Ryu as ...
'' (1960) – Izumi
* ''Arashi o yobu gakudan'' (1960) – Yukie Maki
* ''Koi ni inochi o'' (1961) – Teruyo Fuji
* ''Shin Genji monogatari'' (1961)
* ''Tsuma ari ko ari tomo arite'' (1961) – Takiyo Sugawa
* (1962)
* ''Onnakeizu'' (1962) – Mrs. Kono
* ''Yatchaba no onna'' (1962)
* ''Gan'' (1966) – Osan
* ''Ohana han'' Part 1 and 2 (1966) – Teru Asao
* ''Daraku suru onna'' (1967) – Makiko
* ''Gekiryu'' (1967) – Chito Asuka
* ''Rikugun chōhō 33'' (1968) – Tamiko Yamamoto
* ''Senso to ningen: Unmei no jokyoku'' (1970) – Otaki
* ''Senso to ningen II: Ai to kanashimino sanga'' (1971) – Otaki
* ''Senso to ningen III: Kanketsuhen'' (1973) – Taki
References
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1919 births
1981 deaths
Japanese film actresses
Actors from Fukushima Prefecture
20th-century Japanese actresses
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