Kaoru Yumi
Karou Yumi, is a Japanese actress. At age 12, Yumi joined the Nishino Ballet Group Talent Agency, and by age 16 she was acting in the TV program 11PM and the Nikkatsu production Extinguish The Night Rose. In 1974, Yumi landed a lead role in two of the most successful films that year: Prophecies of Nostradamus and ESPY, along with the television series for Submersion of Japan.
The Phoenix (1978)
This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that ... (more)
This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that ... (more)
Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog ... (more)
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog ... (more)
ESPY (1974)
The film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog, Caesar, to a group of people who use ESP, psychokinesis, and other special mental abilities to fight crime. (more)
The film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog, Caesar, to a group of people who use ESP, psychokinesis, and other special mental abilities to fight crime. (more)
The Stormy Man (1966)
A remake of the 1957 classic "Man Who Raised a Storm" with Watari Tetsuya in the title role. (more)
A remake of the 1957 classic "Man Who Raised a Storm" with Watari Tetsuya in the title role. (more)
Lemon Girls on the Go (1967)
Light comedy about three high-school girls on the campus. (more)
Light comedy about three high-school girls on the campus. (more)
Living Together (1973)
Two former design school classmates, 21-year-old office worker Kyoko and illustrator Jiro, run into each other on the street and soon begin living together. With great care for their feelings, the two embark on a genuine love affair, expressed through their taboo ... (more)
Two former design school classmates, 21-year-old office worker Kyoko and illustrator Jiro, run into each other on the street and soon begin living together. With great care for their feelings, the two embark on a genuine love affair, expressed through their taboo ... (more)
The Shinano River (1973)
Romantic drama based on the manga published in Young Comic. (more)
Romantic drama based on the manga published in Young Comic. (more)
Skyscraper Murder Case (1976)
Death stalks a towering hotel under construction in Tokyo and love brings the guilty parties to a justice of their own choice. The motives are control of the hotel, blackmail and jealousy. The principals involved are two business partners, a political string puller ... (more)
Death stalks a towering hotel under construction in Tokyo and love brings the guilty parties to a justice of their own choice. The motives are control of the hotel, blackmail and jealousy. The principals involved are two business partners, a political string puller ... (more)
Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
A documentary about the 1974 film Prophecies of Nostradamus, released to coincide with the latter's release. It featured several prophets and experts on meteorology and food ecology giving their respective takes on the 1999 apocalypse which Nostradamus predicted. ... (more)
A documentary about the 1974 film Prophecies of Nostradamus, released to coincide with the latter's release. It featured several prophets and experts on meteorology and food ecology giving their respective takes on the 1999 apocalypse which Nostradamus predicted. ... (more)
The Instant Services Bureau (1971)
Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office. (more)
Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office. (more)
Kurama Tengu no Otoshiyori no Kotsu Anzen (2002)
Jun Hashizume and Goro Ibuki appear in this traffic historical drama that will allow the elderly to reconfirm traffic safety. From an accident that occurs in the town of Kyo at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate while talking with the Shinsengumi and the party, ... (more)
Jun Hashizume and Goro Ibuki appear in this traffic historical drama that will allow the elderly to reconfirm traffic safety. From an accident that occurs in the town of Kyo at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate while talking with the Shinsengumi and the party, ... (more)
Kill the Night Rose (1966)
An entertaining but silly and fairly forgettable action film with much tongue-in cheek James Bond influence (more)
An entertaining but silly and fairly forgettable action film with much tongue-in cheek James Bond influence (more)
Umi wa furimukanai (1969)
妖精の美女 (1978)