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Directing
Masamitsu Igayama
Born August 25, 1905 · Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Died October 29, 2001 · aged 96
No biography available.
Known For
Yu no machi jōwa · 1951Yu no machi jōwa
1951
MovieRomance
A tragic love story set in a hot-spring town.
Platform at Night · 1948Platform at Night
1948
Movie
A realistic film that sharply portrays a cross-section of postwar society.
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû · 1960Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
1960
MovieCrimeDrama
Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san · 1961Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
1961
MovieComedy
Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor. Sado Masasaburo, the founder of Sado Masa, one of the oldest lumber merchants in Kiba, has recently become very old and ill, and his tomboyish daughter Nobuko, a native of Edo, cannot stand the methods of Tadayoshi, who has risen to prominence through unscrupulous business practices. In a thrilling period drama in which Hibari plays a chic and stubborn lumberyard girl who, together with her partner Takakura Ken, punishes an evil lumber merchant. A thrilling youth drama that combines familiar songs with the stubbornness and love of Hibari and Takakura.
Kenji to onnakanshu · 1949Kenji to onnakanshu
1949
Movie
Deep down, a dark shadow always lingered in the heart of Ushio, a young prosecutor who had made a name for himself by cracking down on organized crime. In the bribery case involving his old college friend Ayao, he had sought a two-year prison sentence in accordance with the law. Ayao took his own life, and his family was torn apart by the world’s persecution.