Acting

Masaru Kodaka

Born November 3, 1928 · Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan (age 97)

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Known For

MotherMother · 1952
Mother
★ 7.01952
MovieDrama
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese WarEmperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War · 1957
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
★ 8.01957
MovieHistoryWar
Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
新遊侠伝 遊侠往来新遊侠伝 遊侠往来 · 1951
新遊侠伝 遊侠往来
1951
Movie
Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujinChakkari fujin to ukkari fujin · 1952
Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin
1952
MovieComedy
The Chakkari and Ukkarai families live in a modest residential neighborhood on the outskirts of Tokyo. Both husbands are ordinary office workers at the same company. Mrs. Chakkari, Satoko, is incredibly shrewd, while Mrs. Ukkarai, Sachiko, is incredibly absent-minded. As a result, a series of hilarious and tragicomic situations unfolds.
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's TattooCasebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo · 1958
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
1958
Movie
The fifth volume of the Ningyo Sana Torimonocho series. Based on the original work by Seishi Yokomizo, the film was adapted by Mitsuo Kaneda (The Nude Model Murder Case), directed by Tatsuo Yamada, who worked on The Golden Bugyo, and shot by Kikuzo Kawasaki. Keiko Hibino, Shigeru Amachi, Tomisaburo Wakayama
Submarine Ro Hasn't SurfacedSubmarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced · 1954
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
1954
MovieWar
Japanese war film.
新遊侠伝新遊侠伝 · 1951
新遊侠伝
1951
Movie
Five SistersFive Sisters · 1954
Five Sisters
★ 8.01954
MovieDrama
The story of five sisters.

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Black LineBlack Line · 1960
Black Line
★ 5.01960
MovieCrime
Freelance reporter “Scoop” Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black Line, when he is framed for the murder of a young woman. Forced to clear his own name, the handsome journalist sinks deeper into the Black Line’s rotten swamp of drugs, prostitution, and murder and finds unexpected help in Maya, a steamy female gambler familiar with the neon-lit streets, shadowy alleyways, and seedy nightclubs he must navigate. The closest film in the Line series to classic American film noir, Ishii’s Black Line is a pulpy assortment of crime film conventions including the starkly expressionistic black and white cinematography by Jûgyô Yoshida, a jazzy music score by Michiaki Watanabe, and a sleazy screenplay by Ishii and Ichirô Miyagawa.

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The Military Policeman and the Dismembered BeautyThe Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty · 1957
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
★ 8.01957
MovieHorrorMystery
The year is 1937, and it has been six months since the Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. The rotted corpse of a young woman is found at the bottom of a well, but her face and limbs are gone. The military police begin an investigation and search fervently for the person responsible, but they can't even determine the victim's identity, much less find any clues. However, the incident is made public when newspapers give wide coverage to the story, so Staff Sergeant Kosaka is dispatched from Tokyo to solve the case. Eventually, General Tsunekichi is taken into custody by local infantrymen because of the testimony of another unit, but the spirit of the dead woman appears before Staff Sergeant Kosaka, who continues to investigate on his own...

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