Fusako Maki
Also Known As: 槙芙佐子, 槇芙佐子
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: Not available
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Gender: Female
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Dancing with a Mask
Overview: Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-10-28
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The Performers
Overview: Seijuro Fujihana, head master of the Fujihana dance school, is a proud and lonely artist. And because of his character, his group lacks the prosperity of others. He wishes his daughter Kasumi, gifted like himself, to take over and develop the Fujihana, but she wishes to marry Hiroshi, head of a jazz band which her father opposes. Kisaburo, Seijuro's No.1 disciple, wants to marry Kasumi and take over the Fujihana with the backing of the chairman of the supporters' association.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-01-15
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Enraptured
Overview: A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a student of classical literature, but also a classical theatre student in the hope that the latter will marry Senya..
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-18
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The Masseurs and a Woman
Overview: A pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The Masseurs and a Woman is made up of crisscrossing miniature studies of love and family at a remote resort in the mountains. With delicate and surprising humor, Hiroshi Shimizu paints a timeless portrait of loneliness and the human need to connect.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-07-07
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Sunny house
Overview: On the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded by barracks and tin pens. Mitsu's husband died in the war, and she was left alone with four children and works as a day laborer. The eldest daughter Haruko, who is already nineteen years old, works in a clothing store, the second daughter Natsuko works in a restaurant, a schoolboy Akio is studying carpentry, and even the youngest Fuyuko helps her mother by working as a nanny in a neighboring house. Nearby lives a widowed electrician Tokuji Yamada with two boys - Norio and Tatsuo. He has a widowed daughter, Sakiko, who, along with a small child, ran away from home, as she is going through hard times. At Haruko's suggestion, Mitsu and Tokuji get married, and it would seem that happiness smiles on their new family, but it turned out to be short-lived…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-02-17
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Women at War
Overview: Naomi Tazawa (Hiroko Kawasaki), who works at Isetan Department Store, was told by an executive at a film company (Ken Uehara), that he was going to make a film about her. She was scouted to become an actress, but she held strong. Around that time, her adoptive father dies, and at the time of his death, she learns that her real father was a man of high rank.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-02-01
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The Flower is not False
Overview: Hana wa itsuwarazu (1941) is the second directorial work by Shochiku's Oba Hideo. Oba had previously worked as an assistant director to Shimizu Hiroshi and penned films for Shimazu Yasujiro. In this early effort, he is not stylistically very far from either, but then again all Shochiku directors resemble each other to a point. The film is an everyday romance for younger audiences, full of clean, ideal human beings.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-04-17
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Ai to kanashimi to
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-29
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Twilight of Tokyo
Overview: A romance that follows the men in the life of Kyoko a Travel Agent working for New Japan Travel Service.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-04-02
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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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The Inheritance
Overview: A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown, so a bevy of lawyers and associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-16
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Women of the Night
Overview: In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-05-26
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Street of Violence
Overview: An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-02-26
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Port of Flowers
Overview: The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’ plan backfires when they come down with severe cases of conscience. Keisuke Kinoshita’s directorial debut is a breezy, warmhearted, and often very funny crowd-pleaser that’s a testament to the filmmaker’s faith in people.
Genres: War Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-07-29
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Pale Flower
Overview: A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.
Genres: Crime Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-03-01
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Miniature
Overview: Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-01
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Warm Current
Overview: Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's daughter, the administrative director, a doctor, and a nurse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-12-01
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Daini no shuppatsu
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-11-09
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A Star Athlete
Overview: During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman who may be a prostitute.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-05-01
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Yurusareta ichiya
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-12-24
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Haru no Wakakusa
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-01-27
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Waiting Woman
Overview: Waiting woman
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-06-13
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Wakai hito-tachi
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-11-08
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