Eiko Takamatsu
Also Known As: 高松栄子
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: July 02, 1893
Deathday: October 04, 1957
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Mr. Thank You
Overview: In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-02-27
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Hotaru no hikari
Overview: Approaching their graduation ceremony, Saegusa, Sanae, and their classmates go on an overnight trip to Hakone with their teacher Ms. Kawahara, who will soon leave school. They thank her doing so and go on their respective paths, ending soon their student life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-04-14
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The Only Son
Overview: A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo to visit her son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-09-15
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Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Overview: An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-05-20
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Carmen Comes Home
Overview: A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-03-21
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A Hen in the Wind
Overview: Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for treatment but has no way of paying. She resorts to prostitution. One month later her husband returns from WWII to find his desperate wife, who tells him the truth. Together they must deal with the consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-09-17
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Sincere Heart
Overview: A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-01-29
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The Village Bride
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-01-27
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Riku no ôja
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-11-10
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Morning for the Osone Family
Overview: A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-02-21
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The Thick-Walled Room
Overview: A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-31
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Utsukushiki Rinjin
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-05-23
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Kid Commotion
Overview: Kodakara Sodo (The Treasure That Is Children) is a 1935 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Torajiro Saito. This is a rare example of a silent Japanese slapstick film that has survived to this day.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-03-23
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Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-01-16
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Fighting Friends
Overview: Two friends accidentally run into a young, homeless woman, so they take her in.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-07-05
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Wedding Ring
Overview: A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-07-01
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The Dawn of Judo
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-09-28
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Introspection Tower
Overview: A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is often short on water, and one day, the well runs dry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-01-30
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Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
Overview: Mariko studies at a missionary school in Shinshu. She drops out of school and joins her father on a circus tour when she discovers that her father, Ryutaro, whom she always thought was an agricultural and forestry engineer, was a circus clown. Over time, Mariko's singing attracted the attention of the public.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-07-15
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Okoto and Sasuke
Overview: A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki Junichiro.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-06-15
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So Goes My Love
Overview: Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako earns from working in a café. Shigeo is not happy with the situation and neither is his family who do not approve of Minako. Especially his uncle tries to convince him to leave Minako, even using his influence behind the scenes. Things start to change when Shigeo's sister pays the young couple a visit, being the first member of Shigeo's family to actually get to know Minako in person.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-04-01
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Sono yoru no tsuma
Overview: Hiroo Ikeda movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-04-18
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Our Planes Fly South
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-09-10
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Pure Love
Overview: Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1930-02-14
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A Certain Woman
Overview: Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew, who eventually becomes a merchant marine. When Oshige meets her old love ten years later, she is able to forgive him and even thank him for the path her life has taken.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-10-29
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Love and Power
Overview: Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1930-08-29
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The Dancing Girl of Izu
Overview: "The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets there, including their youngest girl. The student finds the naïve girl attractive even though he eventually has to part with the family after spending memorable time together.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-02-01
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The Groom Talks in His Sleep
Overview: A newlywed couple faces tension when the wife, after her husband leaves for work, becomes completely unmotivated to handle household chores and goes back to sleep. Her neglect of daily duties starts to strain their marriage, and the couple is on the brink of divorce. However, a close friend of the husband, determined to save their relationship, introduces a hypnotist to uncover something.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-01-13
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Phoenix
Overview: A Japanese war widow recalls her love affair with her deceased husband.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-12-11
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Family Diary
Overview: Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’ families, and all is well. Then the disagreements start...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-09-29
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Parent
Overview: A Japanese short film, the earliest extant film of the great director Hiroshi Shimizu.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-08-01
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Him, Her, and the Boys
Overview: A Japanese film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-05-30
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Island Girl
Overview: Japanese silent film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-03-15
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The Ball at the Anjo House
Overview: After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the family holds one last ball before leaving.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-09-27
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Farewell to Dream
Overview: A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his four siblings in cramped living conditions. His beloved younger sister is given to a wealthy, childless uncle; his best friend moves away; the girl he fell in love with from afar is with someone else: little by little, Yoichi loses all the people that are important to him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-04-17
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Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
Overview: Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Yagibashis and the far less prosperous Sone family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-02-11
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Nobuko
Overview: A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-04-09
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Carmen's Innocent Love
Overview: Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-11-13
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Boyhood
Overview: When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-05-12
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An Actor's Revenge
Overview: An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-06-27
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Dreams of Youth
Overview: Lost silent film
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-04-29
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Spring Thunder
Overview: Eiko is an innocent young lady born into a wealthy family with nothing to offer. She was good at singing, and lived her life playing around with her cronies, organizing music concerts and so on. However, things change when her father's business fails and she was suddenly thrown out into the world without any foundation. Eiko has no one to support her after she loses her social status, and her only tutor, Shinnosuke (Natsukawa Daijiro) was the only one who was sincere. Eiko is a stickler for using everything she can get her hands on, and she quickly moves into Shinnosuke's house.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-04-13
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Temptation
Overview: A young lawyer falls in love with the daughter of his former professor, whom he's hired to tutor his children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-04-01
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Weeds with flowers
Overview: Weed with Flowers
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-06-15
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Love
Overview: Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the life of his son. The sister Machiko is the essential link that will allow everyone to apologize to each other and achieve reconciliation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-11-09
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Morishige, where are you going?
Overview: A man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets married... A man's life, full of joy and sorrow, is vividly depicted to the tune of "Moonlit Desert" in this humanistic drama full of pathos, starring Hisaya Morishige.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-06-14
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