Nobuo Chiba

Nobuo Chiba (千葉信男) is an actor, known for Tsuki to seppun (1957), Red Beard (1965) and Yurei takushi (1956).

Red Beard (1965)

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Yūzō Kayama  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Kyōko Kagawa

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Yūzō Kayama  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Kyōko Kagawa

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DIRECTION:  Masahiro Makino
CAST:  Akio Kobori  •  Torazo Hirosawa  •  Seizaburō Kawazu  •  Haruo Tanaka

Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall (1964)

A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his superiors, questions begin to arise as to his true identity and intentions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tai Katō
CAST:  Sumiko Fuji  •  Hashizo Okawa  •  Isao Kimura  •  Chōichirō Kawarasaki

A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his superiors, questions begin to arise as to his true identity and intentions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tai Katō
CAST:  Sumiko Fuji  •  Hashizo Okawa  •  Isao Kimura  •  Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Seisaku's Wife (1965)

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuzō Masumura
CAST:  Ayako Wakao  •  Takahiro Tamura  •  Yūzō Hayakawa  •  Yuka Konno

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuzō Masumura
CAST:  Ayako Wakao  •  Takahiro Tamura  •  Yūzō Hayakawa  •  Yuka Konno

誰よりも金を愛す (1961)

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torajirō Saitō
CAST:  Norihei Miki  •  Tony Tani  •  Ichiro Namiki  •  Keiko Hamano

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torajirō Saitō
CAST:  Norihei Miki  •  Tony Tani  •  Ichiro Namiki  •  Keiko Hamano

Jirocho, the Hunted (1953)

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Makino
CAST:  Akio Kobori  •  Jun Tazaki  •  Kenji Mori  •  Rinsaku Ogata

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Makino
CAST:  Akio Kobori  •  Jun Tazaki  •  Kenji Mori  •  Rinsaku Ogata

Jirocho's New Year (1954)

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DIRECTION:  Masahiro Makino
CAST:  Akio Kobori  •  Seizaburō Kawazu  •  Jun Tazaki  •  Haruo Tanaka

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DIRECTION:  Masahiro Makino
CAST:  Akio Kobori  •  Seizaburō Kawazu  •  Jun Tazaki  •  Haruo Tanaka

Lovetide (1955)

An Ishiro Honda film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Ryō Ikebe  •  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Mariko Okada  •  Kyoko Aoyama

An Ishiro Honda film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ishirō Honda
CAST:  Ryō Ikebe  •  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Mariko Okada  •  Kyoko Aoyama

Masura o hashutsu fukai (1956)

Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Motoyoshi Oda
CAST:  Kenichi Enomoto  •  Nobuo Chiba  •  Norihei Miki  •  Tony Tani

Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Motoyoshi Oda
CAST:  Kenichi Enomoto  •  Nobuo Chiba  •  Norihei Miki  •  Tony Tani

日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦 (1957)

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morihei Magatani
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Keiko Hibino  •  George Luiker  •  Helen Higgins

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morihei Magatani
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Keiko Hibino  •  George Luiker  •  Helen Higgins

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung (1959)

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, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kajirō Yamamoto
CAST:  Norihei Miki  •  Reiko Dan  •  Yasuko Nakata  •  Kaoru Yachigusa

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, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kajirō Yamamoto
CAST:  Norihei Miki  •  Reiko Dan  •  Yasuko Nakata  •  Kaoru Yachigusa

006は浮気の番号 (1965)

Japanese sex comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiro Omi
CAST:  Akemi Misawa  •  Sanshiro Katsu  •  Tōru Yuri  •  Toshiaki Minami

Japanese sex comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiro Omi
CAST:  Akemi Misawa  •  Sanshiro Katsu  •  Tōru Yuri  •  Toshiaki Minami

Sazae-san Sequel (1957)

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Aoyagi
CAST:  Chiemi Eri  •  Tomoko Matsushima  •  Kamatari Fujiwara  •  Setsuko Wakayama

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Aoyagi
CAST:  Chiemi Eri  •  Tomoko Matsushima  •  Kamatari Fujiwara  •  Setsuko Wakayama

Teenage Sazae (1957)

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

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Aoyagi
CAST:  Chiemi Eri  •  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Kyoko Aoyama

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

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Aoyagi
CAST:  Chiemi Eri  •  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Kyoko Aoyama

An Urban Affair (1961)

Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real estate around the expanding Yurigaoka apartments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Hisamatsu
CAST:  Hisaya Morishige  •  Frankie Sakai  •  Junzaburō Ban  •  Mitsuko Mori

Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real estate around the expanding Yurigaoka apartments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Hisamatsu
CAST:  Hisaya Morishige  •  Frankie Sakai  •  Junzaburō Ban  •  Mitsuko Mori