Known for Directing
Mitsuo Wakasugi was born in 1922 in Ooita, Kyushu, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Rashomon (1950), Kimi ni sasageshi inochi nariseba (1953) and Ai: L'amour (1954).
Born
October 28, 1922
Died
December 18, 2008 (age 86)
Filmography
29 films, 1 show


Star Ranch
1987 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
This fairy tale depicts the heartwarming connection between a young man who has lost his memory and the gypsies.


Autumn Interlude
1976 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
The story began in the early summer of 1942 when 'Tatsurou' met 'Setsuko' at Karuizawa. Its love at first sight but sadly 'Setsuko' was pledged to marry a stranger by her parent. She ran away from her hometown and arrived at Tokyo in search of her love one. War erupted then and Tatsurou was summoned to service. As be set foot on a snow-capped mountain before his imminent departure, they promised to each other to press on until they meet again. But, soon she was fallen very ill to TB


Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
1972 · 1h 51m
country: Japan


I Love The Sun
1966 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
A coming-of-age drama based on a novel by Kei Moriyama.


七人の刑事 終着駅の女
1965 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Third film of the 7 detectives series


The Kawakaze Guys
1963 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
a modest family struck by hardship after a tragic event. The film explores the sacrifices of a brother and sister as they struggle with economic pressures and the trials of adolescence, while holding onto hope through family bonds and determination.


A Modern Samurai Village
1963 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Tajima Yumi, in grade school, is overjoyed when her father says they are moving to an apartment in a big city. But the beautiful home she had imagined is in a slum area called Samurai Village, a little settlement, where people live from hand to mouth. To make things worse, a group of vagrants descends on the already crowded ragpickers' village. The sight depresses and saddens little Yumi, but when her father gives up drinking, it makes up for everything in her eyes, and when he runs past liquor shops to avoid temptation, Yumi's laughter rings out merrily again. A unique social drama depicting the growth of a new generation that confronts the world of adults full of vanity in the image of a girl living in poverty.


何もかも狂ってやがる
1962 · 1h 16m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie


Mahiru no yūkai
1961 · 1h 6m
country: Japan
A suspense drama directed by Mitsuo Wakasugi. Students, gangsters and other young people who couldn't make money were gathering and negotiating at a coffee shop about this. They were told that if you kidnap a child from a rich family, search for him/her, their family would give you about 50,000 yen if you could send the child back.A woman named Motoko disappeared in the midst of evil, but no one noticed it. Shortly after, Kaneda and Chii appeared in a quiet residential area and took a girl about five years old from the Ohara family....


Otona to kodomo no ainoko dai
1961 · 1h 9m
country: Japan


The Diary of a Police Officer: The Slammer Is Full
1961 · 1h 6m
country: Japan
A small provincial town surrounded by mountains and fields in northeastern Japan. Here a group of eight policemen solve a series of unusual cases, ranging from extortion, to drunken fathers, to corruption and even the persecution of a man who claims to be an alien. This entertaining film shows these cops with a human heart with humor.
小父さんありがとう
小父さんありがとう
1961 · 47m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie


Girl in the Glass
1960 · 1h 5m
country: Japan
This film depicts the pure love between a girl raised by a strict father and a young man working in a small factory to support his family. The friendship that had blossomed between them eventually grew into love. Yet the purer it was, the more it seemed destined for a tragic conclusion...


Teenage Wolf
1960 · 54m
country: Japan
In the bustle of the city, on the corners of neon streets, the eyes of a wild beast are fixed on a young girl! A gloomy portrait of youth, in which distorted energy explodes! A unique social drama that acutely depicts the psychological conflict bubbling in the chest of detectives who are chasing a gang of scoundrels who prey on innocent girls. Adapted from the novel "Kegareta Hankachi".


Kikenna onna
1959 · 55m
country: Japan
Based on the Seichō Matsumoto's story The Woman Who Took the Local Paper.


Shadow of Intimidation
1959 · 1h 1m
country: Japan
Four henchmen kill Ryu, the head of a group of dollar buyers, on a dark construction site. They divide 1.2 million yen from Ryu's bag into 4 parts and disperse. However, one by one, the henchmen die. The last survivor, Sima Kyuhei, gets a call and is informed that Ryu is alive. He is told that if he does not return the money, he will be killed, and he goes to the meeting place...


Love with an Alien
1958 · 1h 40m
country: Hong Kong
A romantic melodrama about a handsome Korean composer who falls for a Hong Kong singer


The Lady of Mystery
1957
country: Hong Kong
Spies, Military Documents and Traitors.


Ishigassen
1955
country: Japan
Across the Inagawa River that runs through the center of the village, the children of the two villages scrambled for a swimming pool, and each time a stone battle took place. Takemaru, the only son of the priesthood of Tada Shrine, was weak and was always forced to carry stones. However, neither swimming nor stone-throwing was a secret to his sick mother, Kouko... Seishi Matsumaru, Ryuichi Yoshida, and Ado Matsuyama were adapted from "Tenmangu" and "Ishigassen", directed by Mitsuo Wakasugi of "Waran Hayashi", and photographed by Hanjiro Nakazawa of "The Last Women".
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
1952 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Japanese film.