Mitsuko Takao
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 22, 1915
Deathday: November 26, 1980
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Jinsei no uramichi
Overview: The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-10-11
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Eternal Heart
Overview: Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she has met through her work.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-04-29
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The Road I Travel with You
Overview: The otherwise promising young man Asaji (Heihachirô Ôkawa) and his younger brother Yuji (Hideo Saeki) face blighted lives because of society's disapproval of their illegitmacy and déclassé family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-09-11
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Enoken's Donguri Tonbei
Overview: Enoken plays a frog-oil-hawking conman whose claims to martial prowess land him in hot water with the local samurai gentry - but not before he falls in love with exactly the wrong girl. Another musical comedy period film quick on the heels of the earlier Kondo Isami.
Genres: Music Comedy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-01-31
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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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Crying to the Blue Sky
Overview: After losing their parents, Eiichi and his sister Kikue are taken in by their aunt and uncle. Kikue is sent to Tokyo to work as a servant. Left alone, Eiichi wants a model airplane that a friend at school has, but finds found solace in reading the model-making instructions in a magazine that his sister sent him. One day, Eiichi gets into a fight and falls into a river, contracting pneumonia. Presumed to be a lost film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-03-10
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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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Enoken's Kondo Isami
Overview: Enoken plays both Kondo Isami and his deadly enemy Sakamoto Ryoma in this comedic, song-filled vision of the Meiji Restoration.
Genres: Music Comedy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-10-11
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The Lone Journey
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-08-31
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The Dawning Sky
Overview: A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-05-26
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Reijin
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1930-04-26
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Yama no senroban
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1923-02-02
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