Eiko Higashitani
Also Known As: 東谷暎子
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: January 31, 1934
Age: 91 years old
Gender: Female
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Tokyo Romance Way
Overview: 1959 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-02-11
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Striving to Live
Overview: Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in trouble because he had a bonus of 10,000 yen more.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-02-25
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Crazed Fruit
Overview: Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-12
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The Night is Mine
Overview: Four criminals break into the home of a jewelry merchant, Sanpodo, rob the diamonds, and escape. However, one of them receives a bullet during a skirmish between bandits, and the second is wounded by the police. To help their wounded comrades, criminals lock themselves in a city clinic...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-07-13
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Passport to Darkness
Overview: A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step ahead of the police as he dives into Tokyo's sin-city in search of the real killer in this dark and beautiful noir from master Seijun Suzuki.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-05-19
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Why Cry
Overview: Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Anko naze naku" by Takeo Fujishima.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-05-27
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The Motherless
Overview: Japanese drama film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-12-04
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Season of the Sun
Overview: The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often than not spend their nights getting into brawls. In particular, it focuses upon Tatsuya, a sullen young man, who falls in love with Eiko, a proud upper-class girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-05-17
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The Boy Who Came Back
Overview: Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-29
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Crossroad
Overview: Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt to perfect his crime, he drives to a remote quarry to bury his wife’s body, but along the way, he finds another dead body in the back of his car! Given no choice, Ise dumps both bodies. Meanwhile, Yoshie begins her search for her missing brother, Yoshihiko. After surprising twists and turns, Ise faces his fate.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-14
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Song of the Underworld
Overview: A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a Yoshida man, Fuyu, the Izu family sends Tsuruta, a senior member of the clan, to make a personal apology to Fuyu. Tsuruta discovers that the woman he is in love with is Fuyu's sister, Tatsuko. Tsuruta ends up gambling with a swindler, who is in fact Tatsuko's husband. (The general plot of the film was re-used for Seijun Suzuki's Kanto Wanderer).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-12
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Dancing Sisters
Overview: It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-03
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Seishun wo warera ni
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-28
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Shinkon Tenki-zu
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-01-03
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The juvenile
Overview: A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-10-18
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Ganpeki
Overview: 1953 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-22
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Shōjo to fūsen
Overview: 1958 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-04-22
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Musume wa kaku kōgi suru
Overview: 1952 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-06-25
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Densuke no senden kyō
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-17
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Birth of a Jazz Maiden
Overview: Kawai Midori's father left the family a long time ago and since her mother passed away, she has taken care of her younger siblings by herself by working with a group of itinerant camellia oil peddlers. While she is In Izu selling camellia oil, she meets a young student, Katō Yutaka, who asks her to let him take her picture. The peddlers also meet a jazz band, and when Midori sings a song, teased by the band's star singer Nanjō Haruo, the band members are enraptured by her beautiful voice. She eventually joins the band and quickly becomes a popular jazz singer.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-03
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