Machiko Kitagawa
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
(1955)
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks ... (more)
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks ... (more)
The H-Man (1958)
Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime. (more)
Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime. (more)
The Lovelorn Geisha (1960)
A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself "already dead." (more)
A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself "already dead." (more)
A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughter living from ... (more)
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughter living from ... (more)
47 Ronin (1962)
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The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged ... (more)
The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged ... (more)
A Wife's Heart (1956)
Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked for a loan. (more)
Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked for a loan. (more)
Sound of the Mountain
(1954)
An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman. (more)
An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman. (more)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
(1960)
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding ... (more)
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding ... (more)
The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958)
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin. (more)
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin. (more)
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) (1957)
Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin (more)
Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin (more)
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) (1956)
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin. (more)
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin. (more)
Last of the Wild Ones (1954)
A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power. (more)
A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power. (more)
Period romantic drama. (more)
An Ishiro Honda film. (more)
A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister (1957)
An Ishiro Honda film. (more)
An Ishiro Honda film. (more)
City of Love (1958)
Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the bar hostess. (more)
Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the bar hostess. (more)
Las Vegas Free-For-All (1967)
The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of their most popular movies, featured scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. Appearing with the ... (more)
The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of their most popular movies, featured scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. Appearing with the ... (more)
The Black Fury (1954)
A narcotics investigator for the harbor police, Eiichi Tsuda, is driven by thoughts of vengeance for the overdose death of his brother and the subsequent decline and death of their mother. Tsuda acts viciously and with disdain for legal niceties in his exploration ... (more)
A narcotics investigator for the harbor police, Eiichi Tsuda, is driven by thoughts of vengeance for the overdose death of his brother and the subsequent decline and death of their mother. Tsuda acts viciously and with disdain for legal niceties in his exploration ... (more)