Yukiko Inoue

The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)

A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhiko Hasegawa
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kenji Sawada  •  Kimiko Ikegami  •  Kazuo Kitamura

A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhiko Hasegawa
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kenji Sawada  •  Kimiko Ikegami  •  Kazuo Kitamura

The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman (1931)

Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasujirō Ozu
CAST:  Tokihiko Okada  •  Tatsuo Saitō  •  Yukiko Inoue  •  Sôtarô Okada

Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasujirō Ozu
CAST:  Tokihiko Okada  •  Tatsuo Saitō  •  Yukiko Inoue  •  Sôtarô Okada

Street Without End (1934)

Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some intrigued movie talent scouts, ends up taking a suffocatingly domestic turn after a wealthy businessman accidentally hits ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Setsuko Shinobu  •  Akio Isono  •  Hikaru Yamanouchi  •  Nobuko Wakaba

Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some intrigued movie talent scouts, ends up taking a suffocatingly domestic turn after a wealthy businessman accidentally hits ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Naruse
CAST:  Setsuko Shinobu  •  Akio Isono  •  Hikaru Yamanouchi  •  Nobuko Wakaba

Canary (2004)

Two children, each abandoned by their families, come together in the wake of the Sarin gas attack in Tokyo. Based on the true events of the deadly gas attacks perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiko Shiota
CAST:  Hoshi Ishida  •  Mitsuki Tanimura  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Miyako Koda

Two children, each abandoned by their families, come together in the wake of the Sarin gas attack in Tokyo. Based on the true events of the deadly gas attacks perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiko Shiota
CAST:  Hoshi Ishida  •  Mitsuki Tanimura  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Miyako Koda

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine (1931)

A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his new home, too.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Heinosuke Gosho
CAST:  Kinuyo Tanaka  •  Atsushi Watanabe  •  Mitsuko Ichimura  •  Satoko Date

A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his new home, too.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Heinosuke Gosho
CAST:  Kinuyo Tanaka  •  Atsushi Watanabe  •  Mitsuko Ichimura  •  Satoko Date

Japanese Girls at the Harbor (1933)

Set in the port city of Yokohama, two girls, Sunako and Dora who attend a Christian school, pledge to be friends. But when a youth named Henry appears on his motorcycle and offers to take Sunako for a ride, we know that this friendship won't last and that the lives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Shimizu
CAST:  Michiko Oikawa  •  Yukiko Inoue  •  Ureo Egawa  •  Ranko Sawa

Set in the port city of Yokohama, two girls, Sunako and Dora who attend a Christian school, pledge to be friends. But when a youth named Henry appears on his motorcycle and offers to take Sunako for a ride, we know that this friendship won't last and that the lives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Shimizu
CAST:  Michiko Oikawa  •  Yukiko Inoue  •  Ureo Egawa  •  Ranko Sawa

Spring Comes from the Ladies (1932)

A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasujirō Ozu
CAST:  Jiro Shirota  •  Tatsuo Saitō  •  Takeshi Sakamoto  •  Yukiko Inoue

A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasujirō Ozu
CAST:  Jiro Shirota  •  Tatsuo Saitō  •  Takeshi Sakamoto  •  Yukiko Inoue

Yotamono to kaisuiyoku (1933)

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DIRECTION:  Hiromasa Nomura
CAST:  Akio Isono  •  Kōji Mitsui  •  Shozaburo Abe  •  Yukiko Inoue

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DIRECTION:  Hiromasa Nomura
CAST:  Akio Isono  •  Kōji Mitsui  •  Shozaburo Abe  •  Yukiko Inoue