Machiko Kitagawa
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 08, 1932
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960-07-12
The Lovelorn Geisha
Overview: 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'.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-07-12
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Omatsuri hanjiro
1953-11-23
Omatsuri hanjiro
Overview: Every year, at the festival, familiar merchants such as Toraemon, a magic trick, Tokubei, a blowgun, Kaji, acrobatics, and Unsaibo, a ritual, gather toward the port town.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-11-23
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Escape Zone
1953-03-19
Escape Zone
Overview: Shiro Yabe, a young gangster who boarded the second class on the Tokaido Line after finishing a dangerous smuggling transaction in Kobe, is next to a beautiful woman with a sad face.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-03-19
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Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962-01-14
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-14
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Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
1959-08-23
Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
Overview: Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the newlywed life that started at the Isono family was a disaster. At the Isono family, where bonito and Wakame pranks and neighbors visit, it is difficult even to be alone.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-23
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続新入社員十番勝負 サラリーマン一刀流
1962-02-04
続新入社員十番勝負 サラリーマン一刀流
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-04
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Sound of the Mountain
1954-01-15
Sound of the Mountain
Overview: An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-01-15
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The Dangoro Party in the Sky
1962-04-15
The Dangoro Party in the Sky
Overview: The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater at the end of the year. The troupe "Kumo no Ue Dangoro" continues to tour from town to village. The small cast of the troupe includes its leader (Kenichi Enomoto), Norizo (Norihei Miki) and Taizo (Mutoshi Happa), who play female roles - they are all super actors, each of whom plays five roles. Dan Goro dreams of performing in a major theater and tries to put on a big show with a young man he meets in Shikoku named Sakai (Frankie Sakai), but...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-15
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The Witness Killed
1961-12-17
The Witness Killed
Overview: Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda
Genres: Action Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-17
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Ai no uzu shio
1962-05-22
Ai no uzu shio
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-22
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Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961-07-23
Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-23
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All is Well
1955-01-29
All is Well
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-29
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Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962-09-29
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-29
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Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962-12-16
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-16
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The H-Man
1958-06-24
The H-Man
Overview: Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-24
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Gale Winds! Tengu Karama
1956-06-08
Gale Winds! Tengu Karama
Overview: The 40th and final "Tengu Kurama" feature starring Kanjuro Arashi.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-06-08
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A Wife's Heart
1956-05-03
A Wife's Heart
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-05-03
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A Wanderer's Notebook
1962-09-29
A Wanderer's Notebook
Overview: 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 hand to mouth in Twenties Tokyo. Based on the life and career of Fumiko Hayashi, the novelist whose work Naruse adapted to the screen several times, A Wanderer’s Notebook traces her bitter struggle for literary recognition in the first half of the twentieth century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-29
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The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1957-04-02
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
Overview: Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-02
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The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
1956-12-26
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
Overview: Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-26
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The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958-10-21
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Overview: Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-21
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ホラ吹き太閤記
1964-10-31
ホラ吹き太閤記
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-31
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Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: Sannin yoreba
1964-05-16
Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: Sannin yoreba
Overview: Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer's investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug deal taking place at their theater.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-05-16
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Las Vegas Free-For-All
1967-04-28
Las Vegas Free-For-All
Overview: 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 seven Cats were the lovely Mie Hama and such Japanese musical artists as The Peanuts, The Johnnys, The Drifters, and Jackie Yoshikawa & the Blue Comets.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-04-28
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955-07-12
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Overview: 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 deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers. While Otsu waits, Akemi also seeks him, expressing her desires directly. Meanwhile, Takezo is observed by Sasaki Kojiro, a brilliant young fighter, confident he can dethrone Takezo. After leaving Kyoto in triumph, Takezo declares his love for Otsu, but in a way that dishonors her and shames him. Once again, he leaves alone.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-07-12
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The Maiden Courtesan
1956-01-22
The Maiden Courtesan
Overview: Period romantic drama.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-22
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960-01-15
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Overview: 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 mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-15
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Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu
1956-10-31
Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-31
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The Beauty Expert
1957-08-11
The Beauty Expert
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-08-11
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City of Love
1958-01-21
City of Love
Overview: 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.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-21
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Last of the Wild Ones
1954-06-08
Last of the Wild Ones
Overview: A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-06-08
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A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
1957-07-02
A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
Overview: An Ishiro Honda film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-02
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A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
1957-08-25
A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
Overview: An Ishiro Honda film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-08-25
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Chûshingura
1962-11-03
Chûshingura
Overview: After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-03
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Me and Me
1962-08-11
Me and Me
Overview: Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong vs. Godzilla.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-11
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The Black Fury
1954-11-30
The Black Fury
Overview: 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 of the criminal facts behind the explosion of a freighter in the harbor. He goes undercover with a band of drug smugglers, but his methods threaten to destroy him as well as his case.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-11-30
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はりきり社長
1956-07-13
はりきり社長
Overview: The third instalment in the Shacho Series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-13
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Zoku shachōtaiheiki
1959-03-15
Zoku shachōtaiheiki
Overview: 7th film in the President series and the first entry in color.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-03-15
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Oshidori kenkagasa
1957-05-22
Oshidori kenkagasa
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Genres: Action Drama Music History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-05-22
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Masura o hashutsu fukai
1956-02-05
Masura o hashutsu fukai
Overview: Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-05
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