Nogawa Yumiko

Nogawa Yumiko is a Japanese actress born in Kyoto, Japan. She has starred in several movies, notably "Gate of Flesh" (1964), a Japanese erotic film, part of a trilogy of films she made with director Seijun Suzuki. Including "Story of a Prostitute" (1965) and "Carmen from Kawachi" (1966). These films…

Yanase Shiro

Yanase Shiro was a Japanese actor.

Ashikawa Izumi

Ashikawa Izumi was a Japanese actress. In 1953, Ashikawa was scouted by director Yuzo Kawashima and joined the Shochiku studio. She made her film debut with Tokyomadamu to Osakafujin directed by Yuzo Kawashima. In 1955, she moved to the Nikkatsu studio and gained popularity. She married actor Fuji Tatsuya…

Hanaoka Kikuko

Hanaoka Kikuko was a Japanese actress born Takigawa Ikuyo (瀧川幾代) in Teramachi, Shizuoka, Japan. After marriage, she was legally known as Matsuzaki Ikuyo (松崎幾代). She was recognized for her work as a comedic actress at Shochiku Kamata Studio in the late 1920s and as a supporting actress…

Abe Sumiko

Yamada Hakuto

Yamada Hakuto is a Japanese child actor.

Katsura Kokinji

Kumai Kei

Masumoto Shoichiro

Shiomi Yo

Shiomi Yo, born Katasayama Kisaburo (片山喜三郎) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Previously known as Shiomi Shigeru (汐見蓊), he pursued a career in theater after leaving Keio University’s Faculty of Economics in 1917. In 1920, Shiomi co-founded the New Theater Group Kenkyiza with Ishikawa…

Tora-san 30: The Expert

7.5

Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu, he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburo, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all…

Tora-san 14: Lullaby

7.5

During his travels Tora-san meets a troubled father with a baby. He shares a drink with the man who then abandons the baby into Tora-san's care. At his hometown in Shibamata, Tokyo, the family is worried about who…

Tora-san 8: Love Call

7.5

Tora-san is on the road again after a short return to his home at Shibamata and a squabble with his uncle and aunt. In the course of his travel, he attends the funeral mass of her sister’s mother-in-law and is inspired…

Tora-san 5: Runaway

7.5

Tora, an eccentric and resourceful tramp, is always cheerful. Although he is an orphan, he decides to go back home after a long absence. He thus sees again his sister Sakura Suwa, who has bloomed into a pretty young…

Tora-san 10: Dream Come True

7.5

Tora-san comes back to his old home in Shibamata. His university professor Mr Okakura suddenly arrives at his home which makes Tora-san so angry that he plans to leave home. However, his old friend Chiyo comes to visit…

Tora-san 19: Meets His Lordship

7.6

Tora-san meets the direct descendant of Lord Muneyasu, Hisamune Toda and tries his best to fulfil his Lordship's wish. The Lord's son has been dead for years and since then he has been living in seclusion. Long ago,…

Tora-san 2: Cherished Mother

7.7

Tora-san returns home because his sisters, Sakura, has given birth to a son. He reunions with professor Tsubouchi who taught him English when he was a student, but it is actually Natsuko, the beautiful daughter of…

Tora-san 20: Plays Cupid

7.5

Tora-san plays at matchmaker, trying to arrange a romance between Ryosuke and Sachiko. His advice proves disastrous and Tora-san instead falls in love with Ryosuke's sister.

Tora-san 9: Dear Old Home

7.4

Tora-san meets three women on vacation when he travels to Fukui. One of the women meets him at his home, and he believes she has fallen in love with him, unaware that she hopes to marry a potter in the countryside.

Tora-san 7: The Good Samaritan

7.7

Tora-san returns to his hometown and is reconciled with his mother Kiku, who has left him behind since he was born. He then starts his life as a wanderer again and meets Hanako, an innocent but unintelligent girl who…