Fumie Kashiyama

Tora-san, the Intellectual (1975)

Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago. When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to study, he falls for Toraya's new tenant instead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada
CAST:  Kiyoshi Atsumi  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Gin Maeda  •  Masami Shimojō

Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago. When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to study, he falls for Toraya's new tenant instead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada
CAST:  Kiyoshi Atsumi  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Gin Maeda  •  Masami Shimojō

The Diary of Anne Frank (1995)

This is the true story of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during WW2. Anne's father realizes on time the danger the Jews face and hides his family (his wife Edith and his two daughters Margo (16) and Anne (13), along with four more people, in "the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akinori Nagaoka
CAST:  Reina Takahashi  •  Gō Katō  •  Seiko Tano  •  Jiro Sakagami

This is the true story of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during WW2. Anne's father realizes on time the danger the Jews face and hides his family (his wife Edith and his two daughters Margo (16) and Anne (13), along with four more people, in "the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akinori Nagaoka
CAST:  Reina Takahashi  •  Gō Katō  •  Seiko Tano  •  Jiro Sakagami

This Is Noriko (1981)

Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers took the sedative thalidomide during pregnancy. Tsuji has stunted flipper-like arms amputated at the behest of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zenzō Matsuyama
CAST:  Noriko Tsuji  •  Misako Watanabe  •  Fumie Kashiyama  •  Hajime Izu

Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers took the sedative thalidomide during pregnancy. Tsuji has stunted flipper-like arms amputated at the behest of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zenzō Matsuyama
CAST:  Noriko Tsuji  •  Misako Watanabe  •  Fumie Kashiyama  •  Hajime Izu

Mio on the Shore (2019)

Mio is 20 years old. Having lost her parents early, she and her grandmother run a traditional inn in Nagano. However, her grandmother gets sick. Mio moves to Tokyo and lives with her father’s best friend, Kyosuke. He runs a public bath. She begins to work at the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryutaro Nakagawa
CAST:  Honoka Matsumoto  •  Daichi Watanabe  •  Eri Tokunaga  •  Kaito Yoshimura

Mio is 20 years old. Having lost her parents early, she and her grandmother run a traditional inn in Nagano. However, her grandmother gets sick. Mio moves to Tokyo and lives with her father’s best friend, Kyosuke. He runs a public bath. She begins to work at the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryutaro Nakagawa
CAST:  Honoka Matsumoto  •  Daichi Watanabe  •  Eri Tokunaga  •  Kaito Yoshimura

There Was a War When I Was a Child (1981)

An award-winning Japanese film about a child's experiences during the Second World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadaro Saito
CAST:  Meiko Kaji  •  Fumie Kashiyama  •  Hiromi Kurita  •  Yutaka Hayashi

An award-winning Japanese film about a child's experiences during the Second World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadaro Saito
CAST:  Meiko Kaji  •  Fumie Kashiyama  •  Hiromi Kurita  •  Yutaka Hayashi

Departing Osaka Station at 0:00 (2006)

This film is about a train departing Osaka Station at midnight to an unknown destination. The people on this train all have some difficulties in their lives, and they end up on this train. Hanoko is suicidal, Yuka has caught her boyfriend with another woman, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Harada
CAST:  Atsuko Sakurai  •  Hanako Takigawa  •  Tokunaga Hideaki  •  Shiro Taihei

This film is about a train departing Osaka Station at midnight to an unknown destination. The people on this train all have some difficulties in their lives, and they end up on this train. Hanoko is suicidal, Yuka has caught her boyfriend with another woman, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Harada
CAST:  Atsuko Sakurai  •  Hanako Takigawa  •  Tokunaga Hideaki  •  Shiro Taihei

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DIRECTION:  Mitsuo Wakasugi
CAST:  Chizuko Kobayashi  •  Kyoko Tsuda  •  Tomoe Hiiro  •  Ai Sasaki

Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1975)

The story of a beautiful mermaid who gave up a kingdom for her beloved prince.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoharu Katsumata  •  Tim Reid
CAST:  Fumie Kashiyama  •  Mariko Miyagi  •  Tarō Shigaki  •  Ichiro Nagai

The story of a beautiful mermaid who gave up a kingdom for her beloved prince.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoharu Katsumata  •  Tim Reid
CAST:  Fumie Kashiyama  •  Mariko Miyagi  •  Tarō Shigaki  •  Ichiro Nagai

Anne no Nikki: Anne Frank Monogatari (1979)

Amsterdam, June 12, 1942. Anne celebrates her 13th birthday and begins her diary, which she calls Kitty. Hiding for two years from the German threat, the young girl writes about her idealistic views on the world, her ambitions, her fears and her first love, Peter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Okabe
CAST:  Mariko Fuji  •  Miyuki Ueda  •  Noriko Nakamura  •  Tōru Abe

Amsterdam, June 12, 1942. Anne celebrates her 13th birthday and begins her diary, which she calls Kitty. Hiding for two years from the German threat, the young girl writes about her idealistic views on the world, her ambitions, her fears and her first love, Peter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Okabe
CAST:  Mariko Fuji  •  Miyuki Ueda  •  Noriko Nakamura  •  Tōru Abe