Michiko Kawa
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 20, 1932
Adult: No
Gender: Female
Popularity:
Known For:
A Woman's Life
Overview: A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-16
Popularity:
Yasugorō shusse
Overview:
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-15
Popularity:
Sir Galahad in Campus
Overview: The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-08
Popularity:
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-01
Popularity:
You Can Succeed, Too
Overview: A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-05-30
Popularity:
The President's Boss
Overview: A new third-class president wins an appointment thanks to his marriage with the former president's daughter.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-03
Popularity:
Yojimbo
Overview: A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-25
Popularity:
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
Popularity:
The Thin Line
Overview: Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In an effort to further relieve his tortured sense of guilt, he then confesses to Sugimoto. Neither his wife nor his friend can believe that he could have been involved.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-02-12
Popularity:
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
Popularity:
No Time for Tears
Overview: Coach Shimamura of the hapless Sparrows baseball team is pleased to obtain a hot new pitcher named Onishi. But when Onishi begins a romantic relationship with the coach's daughter Michiko, Shimamura becomes angry with the young man, lashing out at him when he disobeys instructions during a game. In turn, Michiko becomes angry with her father, who becomes increasingly depressed. When a tragedy strikes the family, Coach Shimamura begins losing control of his life, just when his family and his team need him most.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-05-10
Popularity:
裸足の青春
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-16
Popularity:
Varan
Overview: When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, who decides to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-14
Popularity:
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-14
Popularity:
Fort Graveyard
Overview: Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-09-18
Popularity:
Young Tree
Overview: A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-22
Popularity:
People of Tokyo, Goodbye
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-06-28
Popularity:
Echo Mountain
Overview: An Ishiro Honda film.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-22
Popularity:
Floating Clouds
Overview: A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-15
Popularity:
All About Marriage
Overview: Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-05-26
Popularity:
Different Sons
Overview: In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money, and romance. Their father's sudden unemployment later in life causes friction among the siblings of the Akagi family. Kensuke, a salaryman at a top company, refuses to support his parents while his brother, Shoji, determines to care for them despite only working as a taxi driver. The concern over money affects Noriko's own love life as she courts a wealthy salaryman to the chagrin of her mechanic boyfriend.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-11-12
Popularity: