Known for Acting
Rie Yokoyama was born on April 9, 1948, in Japan. She is an actress. She is known for The Ecstasy of Angels (1972), The Scorpion Woman (1972), and Kaoyaku (1971).
Born
April 9, 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Filmography
27 films, 1 show
Nurses and Doctors
1992 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
A nurse is caring for a patient in a life and death situation whilst also dealing with her own emotional issues.
Lovers Lost
1982 · 2h 6m
country: Japan
A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student.
Distant Thunder
1981 · 2h 15m
country: Japan
A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is as doomed as his personal life where he tries to keep alive his romance with the eccentric Kaede and parents selected fiancee Ayako.
Ballad of Orin
1977 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
Expelled from her group for losing her virginity, blind travelling musician Orin endures a life of hardship, abuse, and poverty while wandering the countryside, finding brief companionship with an army deserter, and struggling against a society that marginalises her.
Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears
1977 · 2h 3m
country: Japan
First live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.
Hangyaku no Tabi
1976 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Hiroshi Kakurai is an assassin who was thinking of retiring. He travels to an island in the Seto Inland Sea and begins to live peacefully with Shinobu, a woman he has fallen in love with, but the intensity of his love for her begins to drive him towards destruction...
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.
Barefoot in Blue Jeans
1975
country: Japan
Coming-of-age comedy set in Yokosuka.
Someday, Somewhere
1975 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
Ken's older sister Yoko, who has raised Ken like a mother, decides to move to Brazil with an older man.
My Way
1974 · 2h 10m
country: Japan
Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy and indifference all along the way.
Red Paper Lantern
1974 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.
Himiko
1974 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
A reimagination of the myth of Himiko, focused on her divine role as a sun goddess's oracle and her forbidden love for her half-brother Takehiko, which threatens her power and the kingdom's stability.
Second Chance
1973 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
A man survives a double suicide attempt, while his girlfriend does not.
Order of the Salaryman
1973
country: Japan
A salaryman promoted against his will skips his first morning meeting and slips into a spiral of small rebellions—cafés, nightclubs, and a fleeting romance—while rejecting the rigid “medals” of corporate success. Torn between family and freedom, he plots a staged disappearance to reclaim a late-coming youth, in a bittersweet drama underscored by the haunting refrain of “Akita Ondo.”
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1973 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who is now wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is, in reality, manipulating the ownership of a now valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza swordsmen backing his play.
The Horrible Obsessions
1972 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Detective Kikuchi is sent to Okinawa to investigate why a girl jumped from a window after shooting heroin. There, he encounters the usual assortment of addicts, dealers, pimps and sleazy American GIs.
Journey Into Solitude
1972 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Bored with her school life, a 16-year-old student leaves home to take a trip along the Pacific Ocean. After meeting with a theatre group she falls sick and is rescued by a fisherman.
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
1972 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
Ecstasy of the Angels
1972 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
A militant revolutionary group is torn apart by betrayal as its members descend into paranoia and sexual decadence.
Kumo no Yuna
1971 · 1h 15m
country: Japan
Kaoyaku
1971 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
A detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal.
Women's Prison for Torture
1971 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Shocking scenes are revealed in the Nagasaki Women's prison.
The Gentle Japanese
1971 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
Secret Flower
1971 · 1h 10m
country: Japan
A woman who has just missed her suicide and a couple which has just left its political movement meet on a beach...
Zenigeba
1970 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Based on the comic by George Akiyama
The Fatal Raid
1969 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Kazama and three others defeated Yoshie Sangyo, but the Nishio group was disbanded due to public pressure, and the territory belonged to the Hirata group.
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
1969 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
In Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at a bookstore, and a kabuki actor intersect.