Production

Kenzo Asada

Kenzo Asada was a Japanese film producer and actor.

Known For

Three Women of the NorthThree Women of the North · 1945
Three Women of the North
★ 10.01945
MovieWarDrama
The story of an airport and its air traffic control crew in a remote and northern Japanese town. Three of the air traffic controllers are female with one of them working with her dead fiancé's sister. The engaged man had gone to war and never returned.
Eight Hours of TerrorEight Hours of Terror · 1957
Eight Hours of Terror
★ 7.51957
MovieCrimeAction
A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.
A Tale of Sorrow and SadnessA Tale of Sorrow and Sadness · 1977
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
★ 5.61977
MovieDrama
A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a sports celebrity.
Woman GamblerWoman Gambler · 1965
Woman Gambler
★ 6.41965
MovieCrimeAction
Mourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During her mourning, she becomes addicted to gambling. One day, a man that resembles her deceased lover asks for help. He's being pursued by a dangerous gang of yakuza.
Those Who Make TomorrowThose Who Make Tomorrow · 1946
Those Who Make Tomorrow
★ 10.01946
MovieDrama
In postwar Japan, two sisters—a film studio script girl and a revue dancer—become swept up in the growing labor movement when workers around them strike for better conditions. As their conservative father opposes their activism, his own dismissal forces him to confront the realities of class struggle and join their fight for a fairer future. Now considered a lost film, Those Who Make Tomorrow was produced by Toho to promote unionization during Japan’s Allied Occupation.
Hell FestivalHell Festival · 1963
Hell Festival
1963
MovieActionDrama
A master rifleman challenges a family of yakuza who have stolen his favorite gun.
Town of ViolenceTown of Violence · 1950
Town of Violence
★ 6.51950
MovieDramaCrime
An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.
Snow TrailSnow Trail · 1947
Snow Trail
★ 7.11947
MovieDramaCrime
Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.

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