Acting

Eiken Shoji

Born July 6, 1923 · Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Died September 15, 2015 · aged 92

No biography available.

Known For

Cape AshizuriCape Ashizuri · 1954
Cape Ashizuri
9.01954
MovieDrama
Among Yoshimura’s complex and political works, this episodic film, set in the early 1930s, follows the life of a young left-wing student activist disenchanted by the increasingly hawkish state of Japanese society.
Children of HiroshimaChildren of Hiroshima · 1952
Children of Hiroshima
7.11952
MovieDramaWar
Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.
MiniatureMiniature · 1953
Miniature
7.81953
MovieDrama
Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.
The Sands of KurobeThe Sands of Kurobe · 1968
The Sands of Kurobe
7.01968
MovieDrama
Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only by cave-ins and flooding, but by strife between management and the workers's union. Adding to Kitagawa's stress is the knowledge that as his attention is pulled inexorably toward the tunnel construction, his youngest daughter is dying from leukemia.
Yume Camera 2Yume Camera 2 · 1987
Yume Camera 2
1987
MovieMystery
Second part of the Fujiko Fujio omnibus TV drama special production.
My WayMy Way · 1974
My Way
6.01974
MovieDrama
Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy and indifference all along the way.
That Guy and IThat Guy and I · 1961
That Guy and I
8.51961
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.
Wait for TomorrowWait for Tomorrow · 1960
Wait for Tomorrow
1960
MovieDramaComedy
Kohei Misugi works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given his first opportunity to demonstrate his talent by the Sakura Film Company which offers him an assignment to "Cover Tokyo" with a camera. But he is disillusioned when he is told he must work together with Miharu, a good looking girl in the film company's publicity department. Then the fun begins.

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