Acting

Yukiko Todoroki

Born September 11, 1917 · Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Died May 11, 1967 · aged 49

Yukiko Todoroki (轟夕起子 Todoroki Yukiko; September 11, 1917 – May 11, 1967) was a Japanese actress. Her real name was Tsuruko Nishiyama. She participated in the Takarazuka Revue. At Takarazuka, she was known not by her real name, but by the stage name Toruko (Turquoise or Turk). Her birthplace was Shinbori, Azabu-ku in Tokyo. Her two ex-husbands were film directors Masahiro Makino and Koji Shima. H…

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Sanshiro Sugata

Sanshiro Sugata · 1943

Sanshiro Sugata

A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshirō matures, he proves judo’s spirit against old-guard challengers—including a deadly duel—while falling for his vanquished opponent’s daughter. Based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo.

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two · 1945

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

MovieActionDrama

A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline against an American prizefighter and later facing vengeful karate brothers. As rival schools and public spectacle push him toward violence, he must reconcile strength with restraint and the true spirit of his art.

Ishimatsu of the Forest

Ishimatsu of the Forest · 1949

Ishimatsu of the Forest

MovieHistoryCrime

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

Burden of Love

Burden of Love · 1955

MovieComedyDrama

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after the other. - Nikkatsu

Debt of Honor

Debt of Honor · 1966

A hobo exposes the misdeeds of a new yakuza.

Horror of the Fifth Columnist

Horror of the Fifth Columnist · 1942

Horror of the Fifth Columnist

Hungry Soul, Part II

Hungry Soul, Part II · 1956

Hungry Soul, Part II

MovieDramaRomance

A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.

The Flower and the Sword

The Flower and the Sword · 1964

The Flower and the Sword

A dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji oversees the building of a bridge in Japan, a powerful gangster plans to stop the project. By any means necessary.

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Sanshiro Sugata

Sanshiro Sugata · 1943

Sanshiro Sugata

A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshirō matures, he proves judo’s spirit against old-guard challengers—including a deadly duel—while falling for his vanquished opponent’s daughter. Based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo.

Sayo Murai

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two · 1945

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

MovieActionDrama

A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline against an American prizefighter and later facing vengeful karate brothers. As rival schools and public spectacle push him toward violence, he must reconcile strength with restraint and the true spirit of his art.

Sayo

Ishimatsu of the Forest

Ishimatsu of the Forest · 1949

Ishimatsu of the Forest

MovieHistoryCrime

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

Ofuji

Burden of Love

Burden of Love · 1955

MovieComedyDrama

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after the other. - Nikkatsu

Ranko Araki

Debt of Honor

Debt of Honor · 1966

A hobo exposes the misdeeds of a new yakuza.

Okimi

Horror of the Fifth Columnist

Horror of the Fifth Columnist · 1942

Horror of the Fifth Columnist

Hungry Soul, Part II

Hungry Soul, Part II · 1956

Hungry Soul, Part II

MovieDramaRomance

A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.

Mayumi Ogouchi

The Flower and the Sword

The Flower and the Sword · 1964

The Flower and the Sword

A dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji oversees the building of a bridge in Japan, a powerful gangster plans to stop the project. By any means necessary.

A Slope in the Sun

A Slope in the Sun · 1958

A Slope in the Sun

MovieRomanceDrama

The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage of Shinji comes to light.

Midori Tashiro

Zoku bakurō ichidai

Zoku bakurō ichidai · 1952

Zoku bakurō ichidai

Tsukiyo no kasa

Tsukiyo no kasa · 1955

Tsukiyo no kasa

Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. If two people come together, they will talk about selling kimonos, if three people come together, they will discuss food shopping, and when four people come together, there will be laughter. Focusing on four housewives who gather at the edge of the well, it depicts the daily life of each household.

Unending Advance

Unending Advance · 1937

Unending Advance

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The surviving print, although incomplete, offers an essential glimpse into Uchida’s prewar period, when he was associated more with realist dramas than with the period films that dominated his work after the war.

The Maid's Kid

The Maid's Kid · 1955

In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akita to Tokyo to start working as a maid for her family. She grows close to their youngest son Katsumi, experiencing things that will change her view on life.

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District · 1956

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off into a nearby noodle shop, where he gets a job delivering noodles. Tsutue charms and runs off with one of her clients. Yoshigi, ignoring the attentions of a sweet co-worker, pursues Tsutue.

Otoku

Female Police Officer

Female Police Officer · 1947

Female Police Officer

A social drama about the first female police officer.

The Lady of Musashino

The Lady of Musashino · 1951

The Lady of Musashino

In post-war Japan, Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become close, but decide not to consummate their affair. He instead becomes involved with the flirtatious Tomiko, who is also conducting an affair with Michiko's husband. When Michiko finds that her husband has abandoned her, she decides to take her fate into her own hands.

Tomiko Ono

That Guy and I

That Guy and I · 1961

MovieRomanceComedy

Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, she meets his father Kokichi and his mother Motoko. Motoko is a famous hair dresser, who openly flaunts her lover. When Kokichi and Motoko fight, which they do a lot, he routinely threatens to leave but never quite does. A relationship develops between Saburo and Keiko, but Saburo is shaken when his mother tells Keiko the truth about Saburo's past and the secret of his birth.

Girl in the Glass

Girl in the Glass · 1960

Girl in the Glass

MovieDramaRomance

This film depicts the pure love between a girl raised by a strict father and a young man working in a small factory to support his family. The friendship that had blossomed between them eventually grew into love. Yet the purer it was, the more it seemed destined for a tragic conclusion...

Satoko Okinaka

The Makioka Sisters

The Makioka Sisters · 1959

The Makioka Sisters

Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient and reputable Makioka family of Osaka.

Lady Chatterley of Japan

Lady Chatterley of Japan · 1953

Lady Chatterley of Japan

Tomoko Takashima

Gate of Flesh

Gate of Flesh · 1948

A pickpocket falls in with a group of prostitutes who have one strict rule: none of them may ever sleep with a man without taking his money — falling in love is forbidden.

Hungry Soul

Hungry Soul · 1956

MovieDramaRomance

Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.

Mayumi Ogouchi

Dancing Sisters

Dancing Sisters · 1957

Dancing Sisters

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".

Fuyuko Taki

Victory Song

Victory Song · 1945

An anthology of thirteen patriotic stories about Japanese citizens contributing to the war effort.

Ritsuko

Yama no Kanata ni

Yama no Kanata ni · 1966

Yama no Kanata ni

Yojiro Ishizaka's original work was made into a drama co-starring Masahiko Tsugawa and Chieko Matsubara. Centered around Misako Inoue, who runs a dressmaking school with her mother together, and Kentaro Kamijima, a high school physical chemistry teacher. The drama depicts the love between the two, their youth, and their growth.