Acting
Mayumi Ogawa
Born October 7, 1939 · Adachi, Tokyo, Japan
Died March 26, 2026 · aged 86
Mayumi Ogawa (小川眞由美) was a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 3rd Japan Academy Prize and at the 4th Hochi Film Award for Vengeance Is Mine and The Three Undelivered Letters.
Known For
Shin Godzilla · 2016Shin Godzilla
★ 7.22016
MovieActionScience Fiction
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.
Vengeance Is Mine · 1979Vengeance Is Mine
★ 7.51979
MovieCrimeDrama
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
Ryakudatsu ai · 1991Ryakudatsu ai
★ 4.51991
MovieThriller
The fear of the fiercely obsessive woman who deprives her best friend of her husband. An emotionally charged movie starring Hitomi Kuroki, Masato Furuoya, and Hisako Manda.
The Shadow Within · 1970The Shadow Within
★ 5.71970
MovieDramaThriller
When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him.
The Political Game · 1989The Political Game
★ 10.01989
Movie
This is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and scriptwriter. Noritaka Sakamoto was in charge of photography, and Kentaro Haneda was in charge of music direction. It depicts how an honest candidate aiming for a clean election campaign gradually collapses in the face of various realities. Kiyokawa, the mayor of Higurashi City, died at his lover's house. Yoshihiko announces that he will conduct a clean election campaign, but his sponsors and backers are reluctant.
The Go Masters · 1982The Go Masters
★ 6.61982
MovieDrama
Ten years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese rival meet in China to play a game of Go (loosely described as an Asian version of chess). It soon becomes evident that the Chinese master's son is the most talented player that the Japanese master has ever encountered, and he convinces the boy's father to let him bring the child back to Japan to train him as a professional Go player. Years pass, and as the young Chinese master grows to maturity in Japan, the Japanese invasion of China forces him to choose between his triumphant career and his loyalty to his native country. His decision is complicated by his marriage to the daughter of the Japanese master, with whom he has produced a child. His choice will profoundly alter the lives of two families. Their saga serves as a reflection of the tragic relations between their two great countries, and the possibility of reconciliation and healing.
Village of Eight Gravestones · 1977Village of Eight Gravestones
★ 7.01977
MovieThrillerHorror
The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo
Mother · 1963Mother
★ 6.81963
MovieDrama
A divorced woman enters a marriage arranged by her mother in exchange for money to save the life of her seriously ill son.
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Night Scandal · 1964Night Scandal
★ 8.01964
MovieDrama
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