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Motosada Nishikame
Japanese screenwriter.
Known For
The Last Embrace · 1953The Last Embrace
★ 10.01953
MovieRomanceDrama
Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subsequently fall in love. But when Shinkichi dies in an avalanche, Yukiko leaves the mountains in despair and takes a job in a bar where she becomes deeply involved in the personal lives of several of the patrons. One day she thinks she sees Shinkichi alive, but it turns out to be a gangster named Hayakawa, a man on the run who bears an astonishing resemblance to Yukiko's lost love. Against her better judgment, she is drawn to help Hayakawa, though clearly danger follows him.
The Big Boss · 1959The Big Boss
★ 6.51959
MovieCrime
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.
The Angry Street · 1950The Angry Street
★ 6.71950
MovieCrimeDrama
University students Sudo and Mori make money by picking up rich girls in dance clubs and conning them into giving them cash. Mori is the brains of the operation, and Sudo is the suave dancer who picks up the girls. Sudo becomes gradually involved with three different girls and is drawn into the gangster milieu, which he seems unable to resist even though he is responsible for his mother, grandmother, and sister Masako. In this world of bad boys and girls, Masako is the pillar of strength and moral virtue who finally enables Mori to straighten out.
The Last Challenge · 1961The Last Challenge
★ 9.01961
Movie
1961 Japanese movie
Swift Current · 1952Swift Current
★ 7.01952
MovieDramaAction
The film follows a young civil engineer, played by Toshiro Mifune, who is assigned to the Tase Dam construction site in what is now Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture, and the human relationships involved in building the dam. A masterpiece by director Senkichi Taniguchi, who has worked on numerous films starring Mifune.
White Beast · 1950White Beast
★ 5.61950
MovieDrama
Keiko Yukawa is a former prostitute and the newest inmate at White Lily, a female rehabilitation facility.
Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai · 1951Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai
1951
MovieDramaMystery
Based on a novella in the Kyosuke Kozu series. The story depicts the meeting between Kyosuke Kozu and Kenzo Matsushita, as well as student dorm life and social customs in the 1930s, and the social climate following the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Lady From Hell · 1949Lady From Hell
★ 9.01949
MovieDrama
Three and a half years after Japan was bombed, the tax authorities organized the T-Men. Nango is in love with a girl called Mibu, and the two are against the T-Men organization. Mibu whats to kill all of the T-Men one-by-one.
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