Keiko Utsumi

Not Forgotten (2000)

Three WWII veterans, reunited by family circumstances, quickly find their life savings threatened by a private corporation; they band together to fight back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Shinozaki
CAST:  Tatsuya Mihashi  •  Minoru Ōki  •  Tomio Aoki  •  Keiko Utsumi

Three WWII veterans, reunited by family circumstances, quickly find their life savings threatened by a private corporation; they band together to fight back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Shinozaki
CAST:  Tatsuya Mihashi  •  Minoru Ōki  •  Tomio Aoki  •  Keiko Utsumi

Something Like It (1981)

Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he gets to date the beautiful sex worker he meets that day, and a younger high school rakugo aficionado is also vying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Katsunobu Ito  •  Kumiko Akiyoshi  •  Isao Bitō  •  Masahiro Kobayashi

Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he gets to date the beautiful sex worker he meets that day, and a younger high school rakugo aficionado is also vying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Katsunobu Ito  •  Kumiko Akiyoshi  •  Isao Bitō  •  Masahiro Kobayashi

It Is a Long Walk (2000)

Screen icon Sayuri Yoshinaga stars in this historical melodrama about geishas in the southern city of Nagasaki set during the 1920s. Though she was sold to a geisha house at a young age, Aihara (Yoshinaga) has since become a master samisen player and woman of great ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukio Fukamachi
CAST:  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Tetsuya Watari  •  Reiko Takashima  •  Shiho Fujimura

Screen icon Sayuri Yoshinaga stars in this historical melodrama about geishas in the southern city of Nagasaki set during the 1920s. Though she was sold to a geisha house at a young age, Aihara (Yoshinaga) has since become a master samisen player and woman of great ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukio Fukamachi
CAST:  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Tetsuya Watari  •  Reiko Takashima  •  Shiho Fujimura

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DIRECTION:  Eiichirō Hasumi
CAST:  Hiroshi Fujioka  •  Arata Furuta  •  Yusuke Hirayama  •  Maki Horikita

Snowland Revisited (2002)

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Kunio Shibano was bankrupted. He visits a snowland spa area to commit suicide. But he meets Geisha Moeko, and she gives him power to face life one more time...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōichi Gotō
CAST:  Eiji Okuda  •  Yûko Fueki  •  Yoko Minamino  •  Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Kunio Shibano was bankrupted. He visits a snowland spa area to commit suicide. But he meets Geisha Moeko, and she gives him power to face life one more time...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōichi Gotō
CAST:  Eiji Okuda  •  Yûko Fueki  •  Yoko Minamino  •  Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Something Like, Something Like It (2016)

Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taiichi Sugiyama
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Denden  •  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Katsunobu Ito

Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taiichi Sugiyama
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Denden  •  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Katsunobu Ito

Tokyo Serendipity (2007)

Yui, a college student, moves in to her first own apartment, where she begins her new independent life in a big city. Soon after, the upstairs neighbor Takashi sparks her interest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akiko Ohku
CAST:  Yui Aragaki  •  Rinko Kikuchi  •  Noriko Eguchi  •  Ryuhei Matsuda

Yui, a college student, moves in to her first own apartment, where she begins her new independent life in a big city. Soon after, the upstairs neighbor Takashi sparks her interest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akiko Ohku
CAST:  Yui Aragaki  •  Rinko Kikuchi  •  Noriko Eguchi  •  Ryuhei Matsuda

The Skies of Haruo (1977)

1977 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tengo Yamada
CAST:  Rokusuke Ei  •  Orie Satō  •  Kin'ya Aikawa  •  Chisako Hara

1977 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tengo Yamada
CAST:  Rokusuke Ei  •  Orie Satō  •  Kin'ya Aikawa  •  Chisako Hara

Sensei (1989)

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DIRECTION:  Shingo Yamashiro
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Masahiko Tsugawa

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DIRECTION:  Shingo Yamashiro
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Masahiko Tsugawa

In Search of a Lost Writer: Wandering in the World of the Seventh Sense (1999)

A drama depicting the world of the female writer Midori Osaki in three parts: the dramatic creation of her masterpiece, "Wanderings in the Realm of the Seventh Sense," her unknown years spent in poor health and poverty, and the present-day world from which we see ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sachi Hamano
CAST:  Kayoko Shiraishi  •  Kazuko Yoshiyuki  •  Daijirô Harada  •  Junko Miyashita

A drama depicting the world of the female writer Midori Osaki in three parts: the dramatic creation of her masterpiece, "Wanderings in the Realm of the Seventh Sense," her unknown years spent in poor health and poverty, and the present-day world from which we see ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sachi Hamano
CAST:  Kayoko Shiraishi  •  Kazuko Yoshiyuki  •  Daijirô Harada  •  Junko Miyashita