Known for Acting
Yoshio Kosugi (小杉 義男 Kosugi Yoshio, 15 September 1903 - 12 March 1968) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 120 films from 1924 to 1967.
Born
September 15, 1903
Died
March 12, 1968 (age 64)
Birthplace
Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Filmography
121 films
Japan's Longest Day
1967 · 2h 37m
country: Japan
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
Zoku izuko e
1967 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Sequel to "何処へ" (1966). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.
Rise Against the Sword
1966 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees the success Goemon has achieved, he attempts to recruit him to fight in a conflict between Asakura and another clan. Goemon refuses, and Lord Asakura sets out to destroy him.
Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.
Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan
1964 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
A comedy directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, based on an original idea by Koji Toita, co-written by Yasuo Tanami, who worked on "Hibari Chiemi Izumi Sannin Yoba" and Kajiro Yamamoto, who worked on "The Story of a Genius Swindler: Tanuki no Hanamichi." Photographed by Seiichi Endo of "Things That Live at the End of the Earth."
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
The Rabble
1964 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
1964 Japanese movie
Mothra vs. Godzilla
1964 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
Whirlwind
1964 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as
Samurai Pirate
1963 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter. Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels and a lustful wizard, he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch, a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial guards. He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation.
Operation Mad Dog
1963 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda
Young Swordsman
1963 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the law is unfair. His brother keeps his opinions about the law to himself. The swordsman vents his frustration by cutting off the thumbs of an enemy. The fighter is then banished. To live, he becomes a thief. To restore the family's lost honor, the other brother is forced to challenge the fighter to a duel.
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963 · 1h 36m
country: United States
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
While on a business trip to Kyushu, a paint company president competes with a rival firm for a key overseas client, only to face setbacks both in work and in the personal affairs of his team.
Attack Squadron
1963 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain momentum in the war is for the air force to gather its most brilliant pilots into an elite squadron and use the unit to pinpoint attacks on the Americans. Disrespected by the kamikaze pilots who think the "non-suicidal" pilots are afraid, the unit redeems itself by stunning victories. But success leads the military leaders to expect too much of the unit, and new orders portend disaster.
Chûshingura
1962 · 3h 27m
country: Japan
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Local Reporter
1962 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.
Tatsu
1962 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
Bandits on the Wind
1961 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie
The Youth and His Amulet
1961 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the boy's rescue in times of difficulty.
Blood on the Sea
1961 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.
Mothra
1961 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
Daredevil in the Castle
1961 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.
The Human Vapor
1960 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes on to rob banks to fund his dancer girlfriend's career, killing those who interfere. Now Tokyo's most wanted criminal, can authorities stop him?
Life of a Country Doctor
1960 · 1h 56m
country: Japan
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first time in Japan. Unfortunately for him, however, his wife's addiction to gambling is of such a magnitude that he is down to selling his underwear to make money. The image sticks and he becomes known as the 'underwear doctor.' On the other hand, his successful surgery's patient is so grateful he himself wants to become a physician.
University Bandits
1960 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a lodge during a blizzard. This ski action romp has the tempo of a musical, and Okamoto Kihachi's style is on full display. Tsuruta Koji makes a special appearance as a senior member of the mountain club.
The Gambling Samurai
1960 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.
Ginza Tomboy
1960 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
A rebellious heiress clashes with gangsters, dodges an arranged marriage, and unexpectedly falls for a principled lawyer as her father confronts past corruption and starts anew.
The Last Gunfight
1960 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.
Saga of the Vagabonds
1959 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting and befriending Taro, Rokuro decides to return the money to Taro. But Taro's unscrupulous brother Jiro falsely accuse Taro of the theft, and Taro reactively joins the outlaw band and encourages them to steal from the nobles and give to the poor.
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
1959 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · 3h 24m
country: Japan
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts and moves with his newlywed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
The Hidden Fortress
1958 · 2h 19m
country: Japan
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
All About Marriage
1958 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.
The Rickshaw Man
1958 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
Holiday in Tokyo
1958 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes of having a quiet vacation without being noticed. But she is spotted and the press has a field-day with the returning celebrity. Her hopes of rest shattered, she agrees to put on a large-scale fashion show.
The Mysterians
1957 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.
A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
1957 · 1h 2m
country: Japan
An Ishiro Honda film.
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957 · 1h 3m
country: United States
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by modern man after it raided a skiers shelter following an avalanche, killing all inside. This is an adaptation of the Japanese film "Jūjin Yuki Otoko" (1955) with added American-made footage, narration, and music.
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them.
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
1957 · 1h 7m
country: Japan
The fifth film in the Toho Diamond series, following "The Hateful Thing." Based on the true story of "Zoo Story" by author Fukuda Saburo. During the Tokyo air raids of World War II, Zen-san, an elephant keeper at Ueno Zoo, is faced with the heartbreaking task of euthanizing Tonki, a beloved elephant, due to food shortages and wartime pressures. Unable to carry out the order, Zen-san secretly feeds Tonki, but the elephant is ultimately shot by the military police. The film poignantly captures Zen-san’s despair and the devastation of war, as he reflects on his powerlessness amid the chaos.
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1957 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin
Ujō
1957 · 1h 57m
country: Japan
Jirochō gaiden: Haikagura no Santarō
1957 · 53m
country: Japan
A Man in the Storm
1957 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert.
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
1956 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
Love on Rainbow Island
1956
country: Japan
Japanese counterpart to Romeo and Juliet
Jacks and Jills
1956 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
Rebels on the High Sea
1956 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
A film by Hiroshi Inagaki.
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956 · 1h 43m
country: Hong Kong
Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.
The Maiden Courtesan
1956 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Period romantic drama.
Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
1955 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Miai Ryokou
1955 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A chance ride in a car leads to an unforgettable relationship. A misunderstanding leads to more misunderstanding... Love and thrills in this coming-of-age romance film.
We Never Let You Go
1955 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
So Young, So Bright
1955 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
Two high school girls, Ruri and Yumi, go to Kyoto on a school trip, here they get acquainted with Hinagiku, there are many adventures ahead of the three of them. A musical starring 3 Japanese pop music and TV stars.
The Lone Journey
1955 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at sento (public baths) too. The handwritten text on the bottom here announces the film will play at Hassen for 3 days.
Beast Man Snow Man
1955 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.
Muttsuri Umon's Detective Stories: The Demon Mask Mansion
1955 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
1955 Japanese movie
Lovetide
1955 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
An Ishiro Honda film.
Madame Butterfly
1954 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
Japanese-Italian adaptation of Puccini's opera.
The Surf
1954 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo.
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
Seven Samurai
1954 · 3h 27m
country: Japan
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
1954 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.
Her Captive Gamblers
1953 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Their Father's Wife
1953 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
Yasugorō shusse
1953 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
An Edoite Judge
1953 · 1h 21m
country: Japan
Period film about a feudal era judge living in Edo
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
Jirocho the gambler hits the road.
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
1952 Japanese movie
恐妻時代
1952
country: Japan
Swift Current
1952 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
The film follows a young civil engineer, played by Toshiro Mifune, who is assigned to the Tase Dam construction site in what is now Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture, and the human relationships involved in building the dam. A masterpiece by director Senkichi Taniguchi, who has worked on numerous films starring Mifune.
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.
Forty-Eight Man
1952 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki
Sword for Hire
1952 · 2h 15m
country: Japan
Soldiers Hayate and Yaheiji secretly escape from their besieged castle. Hayate has left behind his lover, Kano. On his way, Hayate is wounded and cared for by O’Ryo, who falls in love with him. But when Hayate accidentally kills her caretaker, he flees, with O’Ryo in pursuit. Subsequently, Hayate's comrade Yaheiji falls in love with Oryo. Kano, the lover left behind by Hayate, believes him dead, and becomes involved with another soldier, Jurota. When Jurota defects to the opposing army, he takes Kano with him. A double set of love triangles has developed, wherein each man and each woman loves one and is loved by another. Finally only combat and self-sacrifice can untangle the weave.
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952 · 59m
country: Japan
A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.
The Skin of the South
1952 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one end, they must contend with the local villagers who balk at the prospect of relocation; on the other, they face the ambitions of the headstrong lumber baron, whose actions will only further destabilize the land. Their pleas for reason ignored, the scientists can do little but observe as nature runs its inevitable course.
The Life of a Horse Trader
1951 · 1h 53m
country: Japan
The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and a husband he is frequently drawn to taverns.
Sasaki Kojiro
1951 · 2h 20m
country: Japan
Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as Sasaki Kojiro, who rises from humble beginnings to national fame, and a young Toshiro Mifune appears as the legendary master swordsman Miyamoto Musashi for the first time and essentially sets the standard for future portrayals.This masterpiece is based on the original story as written by noted author Murakami Genzo and is far superior to any other versions. Following Kojiro from his earliest days through his fateful meeting with Musashi, this movie is filled with exciting and dramatic moments culminating in the best version of the final duel ever seen on film.
Swords and Brocade
1951 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.
Ginza Cosmetics
1951 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
A few days in the life of a quiet geisha, single mother of a smart young boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza. A woman devoted to others' needs, she'll end by taking part herself in one of the many disguises of Ginza.
The White Orchid
1951 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
Elegy
1951 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Wataru Naohiko who has the prosecutor general as his father became a young composer and its symphony "saint" invoked the world echoed. But his disciple Uchiyama and his best friend prosecutor Daisuke Toki accused his music as a sesame of pause-only technique, not a truly heart-hungry art.
Tokyo Gate
1950 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Based on a serialized newspaper novel by Taijiro Tamura. People living in the darkness of the city, Tachikawa Maki publishes the Ginza Minpo, a small newspaper that exposes the muggers and gangsters prevalent in the Ginza area.
Female Sanshiro
1950 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Four Seasons of Women
1950 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda
Jakoman and Tetsu
1949 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu, decides to overthrow Jakoman and his cohorts.
Jigoku no fue
Jigoku no fue
1949 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
While conducting a crackdown on contraband cigarettes at Ueno Station, inspector Tetsuro Shibuya came across an envelope addressed to Misa Makihara inside an unattended backpack filled with loose tobacco. Misa was ostensibly an employee of Yamagishi Shokai, a real estate firm, but in reality she was the mistress of Yuzo Yamagishi, a cigarette bootlegger. Yamagishi’s contraband cigarettes were made from loose tobacco sourced from Misa’s uncle, Kisaku, in Ibaraki.
Kirare no Senta
1949 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
1948 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Snow Trail
1947 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.
Life Is like a Somersault
1946 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
After learning that he has accidentally killed a man in a fight, Unokichi must look after the man's pregnant widow.
I Believe I Am Being Followed
I Believe I Am Being Followed
1945 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
Follows the Japanese lieutenant of the invading 228th Infantry Regiment Toichi Wakabayashi, who died in the Battle of Hong Kong.
Sanshiro Sugata
1943 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshirō matures, he proves judo’s spirit against old-guard challengers—including a deadly duel—while falling for his vanquished opponent’s daughter. Based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo.
The Opium War
The Opium War
1943 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
The Opium War is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino. "Ahen senso" in Japan refers to the First Opium War. The story of the film concerns this war.
Kantaro of Ina
1943 · 1h 6m
country: Japan
War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.
Onna keizu
Onna keizu
1942 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.
Sky of Hope
1942 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy in 1942.
Musashibo Benkei
1942 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei with Hideko Takamine portraying Minamoto no Yoshitsune (who is, of course, a man). The film climaxes in the famous encounter/fight btw Benkei and Yoshitsune at the Gojo Bridge.
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941 · 2h
country: Japan
This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the main supply wagons and the supply troops to transport materiel to the Uesugi army. To this are added episodes involving an itinerant woman.
Story of Leadership
1941 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
In this semi-documentary, an older locomotive driver is tasked with training younger ones and is currently training two in particular. The old man is finding the task overwhelming as it is hard work with practical lessons and classroom components. His wife has died, but he has three daughters with the oldest taking care of her younger siblings.
Horse
1941 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the government orders it auctioned and sold to the army. Ine struggles to prevent the sale.
The Sisters' Agreement
1940 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
A family comprised of a father, mother and three sisters lives in a posh area. The father is a doctor who has to join the army and work at war. The four remaining women have to take care of themselves. The eldest sister is calm and lady-like. The middle sister (played by Hara Setsuko), in contrast, is active and contemporary. She aspires to be a physician too. The story is based on Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
Zoku Hebihimesama
1940 · 2h 8m
country: Japan
Hideko the Cheerleader
1940 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them.
Song of the White Orchid
Song of the White Orchid
1939 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region of Manchuria, and the first film in the Kazuo Hasegawa/Shirley Yamaguchi (Ri Koran) “Continental Trilogy.” Handsome Hasegawa (representing Japan) runs up against an impertinent Yamaguchi (representing the continent); not surprisingly, in the course of the film the woman comes around and realizes the benevolent intentions of the Japanese. In Song of the White Orchid Yamaguchi leaves Hasegawa, who plays an expatriate working for the railway, because of a misunderstanding. She joins a communist guerilla group plotting to blow up the Manchurian railway. Learning of the subterfuge that led to the misunderstanding, she renews her faith in Hasegawa—and by extension Japan—and tries to undermine the plot.
Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
1939 · 1h 14m
country: Japan
A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster) Mori no Ishimatsu, whose proverbial stupidity Enoken takes to farcical extremes.
Iron Brothers
Iron Brothers
1939 · 1h
country: Japan
It's been a long time since the war. Since we haven't been at war with America yet, there is a line in the movie that asks, "How do you say "dried fish" in English?" Brothers who work at a factory that handles iron in Tokyo. After losing his parents, his older brother (Takada Minoru) sends his younger brother (Ito Kaoru) to night school, and the brothers help each other survive. The older brother wants his younger brother to study and attend a higher school (university?). A mysterious woman (Sachiko Chiba) moves into the apartment where the two live. The landlady of the apartment is busy gossiping about her and who she is.
Shanghai Landing Party
1939 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a documentary mode. In the film story, Japan's marine regiment protects Japanese residents and Chinese refugees-women and young children-from rampant street fighting, Shanhai Rikusentai unsparingly uses its first eight minutes for an official-mannered self-justification of the war. From the viewpoint of explaining Japan's military operation,the narration refers to the city s spatial division in sync with maps on screen.
The Giant
1938 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be found by a monk. The criminal decides to turn a new leaf based on their conversation and goes on to become a town's mayor. He hears news of a mistaken arrest and identity. The revelation of truth is the start of a series of miseries.
Subterranean Heat
1938 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Karayuki-san
1937 · 59m
country: Unknown
"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute who returns to Japan from Singapore with her mixed-race son." - Alexander Jacoby (Oxford Brookes University)
Hikoroku Laughs a lot
1936 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
Hikoroku Laughs a lot
Brother and Sister
1936 · 1h
country: Japan
Ino tries to control Mon’s every move, but she becomes a fallen woman, having an affair with a student, Obata whereas her sister San remains a “good girl.” The mother is very supportive of her daughters, but, the father, Akaza, who is the stonecutter foreman on the damn, lacks control of his family.
Man of the House
1936 · 1h 13m
country: Japan
This film is based on a real Meiji era performer -- and tells of Tochuken's partnership with his wife (played by Chikako Hosokawa) who played shamisen for his songs/recitations), his affair with a geisha (Sachiko Chiba), and the deterioration of his partnership and marriage.
Tokai no kaii 7-ji 03-bu
1935 · 55m
country: Japan
Miyamoto Tokunosuke works at a Detective Agency in the heart of Tokyo. When his lover Ranko tells him that she's pregnant, he begins to worry. His company hasn't paid his backsalary and he doesn't know how he will pay for the new baby. His friend Suihei tells him about a job at a bar, but on his way there, Tokunosuke meets a mysterious man who sells him a newspaper...for tomorrow!
Drifting
1935 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.
Child of the Streets
1924 · 55m
country: Japan
An educational film depicting the rehabilitation of a delinquent boy.