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Noriyuki Itaya

Born April 16, 1926 · Tokyo

Died November 6, 1984 · aged 58

No biography available.

Known For

Darkness at NoonDarkness at Noon · 1956
Darkness at Noon
6.91956
MovieCrimeDrama
Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.
The Little Flying Fish Gets SickThe Little Flying Fish Gets Sick · 1982
The Little Flying Fish Gets Sick
1982
MovieAnimationHistory
The peaceful passage of daily life in the Pacific Ocean is upended in a flash on March 1, 1954, with the first American nuclear test at Bikini Atoll. The far-reaching fallout forever changes the lives of the ocean’s cheerful inhabitants.
The Cola GameThe Cola Game · 1959
The Cola Game
1959
MovieDrama
Explicit drama about a young woman who becomes involved with a group of college students who play "spin-the-bottle" and the women must make love or strip. The woman, Junko, becomes involved with Makoto, leader of the gang, becomes pregnant, has an abortion, then gets involved with an architect.
Okaachan gomen neOkaachan gomen ne · 1986
Okaachan gomen ne
1986
MovieAnimation
Stop motion animation based on the Katsumoto Saotome book
Sudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazuSudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazu · 1981
Sudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazu
4.01981
MovieDrama
Here is a school that has never expelled a single student, believing in its children even after betrayal and betrayal after betrayal! Yoji (Yoichi Sase), the son of a doctor in Suwa, and Nobuko (Mayuki Kirihara), the daughter of a weaver in Kyoto, are transferred to the class of Omura (Chiemi Eri), a PE teacher at Shinonoi Asahi High School, a private school for troubled children. The school principal (Hiroyuki Nagato) says that the school's policy of "not letting anyone drop out of school" must be upheld, and Omura struggles to do everything in his power to respond. Based on a true story by Shigeta Wakabayashi, an education critic, the film depicts the relationship between a student abandoned by his parents and a teacher who sincerely deals with them.
Okori-jizōOkori-jizō · 1983
Okori-jizō
1983
MovieAnimation
Hiro-chan, a girl celebrating her sixth birthday, visits her neighborhood Laughing Jizo statue. At that moment, on August 6, 1945, the atomic bomb detonates over the city of Hiroshima

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Sudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazuSudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazu · 1981
Sudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazu
4.01981
MovieDrama
Here is a school that has never expelled a single student, believing in its children even after betrayal and betrayal after betrayal! Yoji (Yoichi Sase), the son of a doctor in Suwa, and Nobuko (Mayuki Kirihara), the daughter of a weaver in Kyoto, are transferred to the class of Omura (Chiemi Eri), a PE teacher at Shinonoi Asahi High School, a private school for troubled children. The school principal (Hiroyuki Nagato) says that the school's policy of "not letting anyone drop out of school" must be upheld, and Omura struggles to do everything in his power to respond. Based on a true story by Shigeta Wakabayashi, an education critic, the film depicts the relationship between a student abandoned by his parents and a teacher who sincerely deals with them.

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