Acting Kyōko Anzai Born September 27, 1934 · Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan Died December 28, 2002 · aged 68 Kyōko Anzai was a Japanese stage and screen actress and dancer. ↗ Share Known For‹Love Letter · 1953Love Letter★ 6.91953MovieRomanceDramaFive years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.▶+Battle in Outer Space · 1959Battle in Outer Space★ 5.91959MovieScience FictionActionIn 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and prepare a rocket ship armada for a counter-attack, a true battle in outer space. . . The film is a sequel of sorts to Toho's THE MYSTERIANS in the reprise of the Etsuko Shiraishi character of that film as its heroine. It was edited to 74 minutes for its American release.▶+Mariko's Autobiography: Flowing Constellation · 1959Mariko's Autobiography: Flowing Constellation1959Movie▶+The Wicked Boy · 1956The Wicked Boy1956MovieActionCrime▶+This Greedy Old Skin · 1960This Greedy Old Skin★ 10.01960MovieDramaA kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers, including her own son, who makes a meagre living stripping taxicabs.▶+Violent Ishimatsu · 1959Violent Ishimatsu1959Movie▶+Chikuhō no kodomotachi · 1960Chikuhō no kodomotachi1960MovieDramaA drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.▶+Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: The Night Before His Daughter's Wedding Day · 1958Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: The Night Before His Daughter's Wedding Day1958Movie▶+› FilmographySortPopularNewestTop ratedLove Letter · 1953Love Letter★ 6.91953MovieRomanceDramaFive years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.▶+Battle in Outer Space · 1959Battle in Outer Space★ 5.91959MovieScience FictionActionIn 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and prepare a rocket ship armada for a counter-attack, a true battle in outer space. . . The film is a sequel of sorts to Toho's THE MYSTERIANS in the reprise of the Etsuko Shiraishi character of that film as its heroine. It was edited to 74 minutes for its American release.▶+Etsuko ShiraishiMariko's Autobiography: Flowing Constellation · 1959Mariko's Autobiography: Flowing Constellation1959Movie▶+The Wicked Boy · 1956The Wicked Boy1956MovieActionCrime▶+This Greedy Old Skin · 1960This Greedy Old Skin★ 10.01960MovieDramaA kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers, including her own son, who makes a meagre living stripping taxicabs.▶+OtakaViolent Ishimatsu · 1959Violent Ishimatsu1959Movie▶+Chikuhō no kodomotachi · 1960Chikuhō no kodomotachi1960MovieDramaA drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.▶+Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: The Night Before His Daughter's Wedding Day · 1958Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: The Night Before His Daughter's Wedding Day1958Movie▶+Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: There are Five Men and Seven Women in the Family · 1958Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: There are Five Men and Seven Women in the Family1958Movie▶+Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion · 1957Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion1957MovieDrama1957 Japanese movie.▶+Vampire Moth · 1956Vampire Moth★ 4.71956MovieHorrorMysteryAfter a successful fashion designer receives a disturbing package, a series of bizarre murders begins to claim the models around her. As rumours of a grotesque, fanged killer spread, detective Kōsuke Kindaichi investigates the secrets connecting the victims, their employer and a mysterious figure from the past.▶+Sugino YumikoJiyūgaoka fujin · 1960Jiyūgaoka fujin★ 10.01960Movie1960 Japanese movie▶+The Valley Between Love and Death · 1954The Valley Between Love and Death★ 8.01954MovieDramaA great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.▶+Nonki saiban · 1955Nonki saiban1955MovieComedyMusicA spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty, the crime of a terrifying wife, the crime of taking the wrong course, the crime of seducing, and the crime of killing with laughter.▶+Big Edo's 1,000 Ryo Festival · 1958Big Edo's 1,000 Ryo Festival1958Movie▶+Night Holds a Truth · 1957Night Holds a Truth★ 7.01957MovieDramaAt a long-established katsuobushi wholesaler in Nihonbashi, the second-generation president leaves operations to the capable young manager raised within the family. The manager and the president’s daughter bicker constantly, masking unresolved feelings. When a dispute involving the president’s mistress surfaces, the incident strains both the household and the business.▶+Fantasy of Youth · 1955Fantasy of Youth1955MovieComedyRomanceAdaptation of the novel by Bunroku Shishi.▶+Elephant from "Zoo Story" · 1957Elephant from "Zoo Story"1957MovieDramaThe fifth film in the Toho Diamond series, following "The Hateful Thing." Based on the true story of "Zoo Story" by author Fukuda Saburo. During the Tokyo air raids of World War II, Zen-san, an elephant keeper at Ueno Zoo, is faced with the heartbreaking task of euthanizing Tonki, a beloved elephant, due to food shortages and wartime pressures. Unable to carry out the order, Zen-san secretly feeds Tonki, but the elephant is ultimately shot by the military police. The film poignantly captures Zen-san’s despair and the devastation of war, as he reflects on his powerlessness amid the chaos.▶+Miyazawa SenseiSazae's Engagement Trip · 1958Sazae's Engagement Trip1958MovieComedyDramaAn adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in TohoScope.▶+EtsukoFunny Fellows · 1956Funny Fellows1956MovieComedy▶+Road to Hawaii · 1954Road to Hawaii★ 8.01954MovieRomanceA 1954 film.▶+AnnaSazae-san's Newlywed Family · 1959Sazae-san's Newlywed Family1959MovieComedyFamilySazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the newlywed life that started at the Isono family was a disaster. At the Isono family, where bonito and Wakame pranks and neighbors visit, it is difficult even to be alone.▶+EtsukoAngkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness · 1958Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness★ 10.01958MovieDramaRomanceA Japanese artist (Ikebe), who had won the favor of the Cambodian royal family when he rescued their daughter during World War II, returns and falls for the now-grown princess, though neither realizes the other's identity.▶+Princess KorratWomen in Prison · 1956Women in Prison★ 4.01956MovieDramaCrimeThe woman prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There is an employee who is divorced after her husband had an affair. She loves the jailed criminals and almost sees them as family. One day at a workshop someone faints while working hard to make money because she has a poor boyfriend. Another inmate is knocked up Another is a mother and has her child with her.▶+Yoshiko Taki, prisoner