Yoshiko Kayama

Acting

Yoshiko Kayama

Born January 1, 1944 · Tokyo, Japan (age 82)

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Known For

Three Faces of LoveThree Faces of Love · 1967
Three Faces of Love
★ 9.01967
MovieDrama
When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over the family ribbon business in this family drama. Only one daughter cares to carry on her father's work, but she is met with resistance from her stepmother. One sister cares nothing for the artisan tradition, while the other is an icy opportunist whose only love is for money. It is the daughter who cares the most for her father's work who wanders away in a symbolic journey of self discovery.
The Boss' WifeThe Boss' Wife · 1988
The Boss' Wife
★ 6.31988
MovieDramaCrime
The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.
Three Outlaw SamuraiThree Outlaw Samurai · 1964
Three Outlaw Samurai
★ 7.51964
MovieActionDrama
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.
Tora-san, His Tender LoveTora-san, His Tender Love · 1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love
★ 7.41970
MovieComedy
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
The River YokoboriThe River Yokobori · 1966
The River Yokobori
1966
MovieDrama
Taka, the daughter of Naniwa-ya, a longtime Osaka store owner, married Kichisaburo Kawashima-ya, the son of a kimono wholesaler. Her husband just tried to play with her like a sweet candy, but Taka fell in love with him. One day, the father-in-law suddenly dies, and the Kawashima-ya family fortune is rapidly changing. However, the depravity of Kichisaburo does not subside...
Samurai from SomewhereSamurai from Somewhere · 1964
Samurai from Somewhere
★ 6.51964
MovieActionAdventure
Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his retainers to think that he has gone mad with blood-lust. Never offering any explanation, he continues his seemingly unprovoked attacks until he is sent away from his domain.
By a Man's Face Shall You Know HimBy a Man's Face Shall You Know Him · 1966
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
★ 8.01966
MovieCrimeDrama
Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando) can stop them, as long as he gets rid of his silly peace-loving ideals.
Shichinin no keijiShichinin no keiji · 1963
Shichinin no keiji
1963
MovieCrimeDrama
Miyoko Sekiguchi, who works at a second-rate trading company, and car mechanic Koji Fukumoto are in love. The morning after Koji and Miyoko went out for a drive, the strangled corpse of a call girl is discovered in Toyamagahara. Chief Akagi, Detective Sergeant Sawada, and the other detectives begin to suspect Koji during their investigation. Koji insists he's innocent, but has no evidence to prove it. Even when detectives come to Miyoko's home and workplace and her coworkers begin to look down on her, Miyoko continues to trust and love Koji...

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Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's StorySummer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story · 2015
Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story
★ 5.02015
MovieDrama
Keisuke, 15-year-old junior-high school boy, has been forced to live as refugees with his family in temporary housing apart from a hometown as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake.In 2012, he belongs to a broadcasting club of his junior-high, to which he has to be admitted for the earthquake. He spends time with some fellows of a club. But all equipment to make their works of it has been washed away by the tsunami. He decides to give up his filmmaking in this summer, which will be the last time of his junior-high days to make a work.But one day a man who lives in a small village in Heilongjiang, China donates the equipment for filmmaking to Keisuke's school. Also Keisuke, his fellows and his teacher have been invited by him to shoot a film in China. And they are travelling to shoot around the boundless Chinese land.
The Tempō Outlaws of the MarshThe Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh · 1976
The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh
1976
MovieHistoryDrama
A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to farmers losing their land as a result of strict tax collection. The Tonegawa area of ​​Boso was a lawless area for a generation, as two major forces fought against each other: Sukegoro of Iioka, who wields power with his industrial capital behind him, and Shigezo of Sasakawa, a rising yakuza. Furthermore, the successive floods of the Tone River, which could be called fate, forced the farmers into even more poverty and despair. Meanwhile, farmers in Nabe Village continue to live a lethargic life, but agricultural reform is about to begin under the hands of Yugaku Ohara, a ronin who has settled in the village.