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Acting
Eiken Shoji
Born July 6, 1923 · Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Died September 15, 2015 · aged 92
No biography available.
Known For
Children of Hiroshima · 1952Children 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.
Jungle Block · 1960Jungle Block
★ 7.01960
MovieDramaCrime
A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted upon his sister, whose engagement was broken as a result.
Wait for Tomorrow · 1960Wait 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.
Sun and Stars · 1962Sun and Stars
1962
MovieDramaCrime
It's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down tale of brothers burning with masculine will and passion.
Cape Ashizuri · 1954Cape 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.
Acacia no Ame ga Yamu Toki · 1963Acacia no Ame ga Yamu Toki
1963
MovieDrama
Hideo Ishizaki, who was painting on the shore of the lake, saves a woman named Keiko.
The Long Death · 1964The Long Death
★ 9.01964
MovieMysteryDrama
On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employees and fled the scene with a large amount of money. In parallel with the investigation conducted by the Japanese police, journalists are also trying to find the culprit. Based on a true incident.
The Sands of Kurobe · 1968The 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.
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The Witness' Chair · 1965The Witness' Chair
★ 6.51965
MovieDrama
Murder case and trial.
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