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Edo Girl Detective
Japanese Movie - 1958
Oshichi, a famous girl detective, takes it upon herself to investigate the murder of a woman which occurs during an event for the festival of Asakusa Shrine. Her investigation leads her into danger as she runs afoul…
Paper Crane Palanquin
Japanese Movie - 1960
The death of a samurai in a palanquin leads girl detective Oshichi to take action to crush a plot to overthrow the Shogunate. (Source: Letterboxd)
Kitagawa Chizuru
Kitagawa Chizuru was a Japanese actress from Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. From 1937 to 1942, she appeared in the Shinko Kinema Kyoto historical dramas as a child. She joined Daiei Kyoto in 1946 after the war. In 1953, she became a freelancer and co-starred with Arashi Kanjuro in "Kurama Tengu". Later,…
Nakagawa Nobuo
Born in Kyoto, Nakagawa was early on influenced by proletarian literature and wrote amateur film reviews to the Kinema Junpō film magazine. He joined Makino Film Productions in 1929 as an assistant director and worked under Masahiro Makino. When that studio went bankrupt in 1932, he switched to Utaemon…
Takashima Tadao
Born in Kobe, Japan. Was an actor from 1952–2019. Married to Hanayo Sumi and father of Masahiro Takashima and Masanobu Takashima.
Amakusa Shiro
Amakusa Shirou was a TV actor and voice actor, born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan. Died of lung cancer at age 69.
Kanda Takashi
Kanda Takashi, born Kanda Sumitaka (神田澄孝) in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Kakashi Pro (かかしプロ), Amachi Proze (アマチプロゼ), and Kitagawa Office (北川事務所). He graduated from the Faculty of Letters, Department of French Literature,…
Sudo Ken
Sudo Ken, born Sudo Kenjiro (須藤健二郎) in Azabu, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was also known by the name Sudo Ken (須藤建). He graduated from Waseda Jitsugyo School (早稲田実業学校). Sudo began his acting career in 1934 with the Theatre Antime troupe (劇団テアトル・アンチーム).…
Kosugi Yoshio
Yoshio Kosugi was born on September 15, 1903 in Tochigi, Japan. He was an actor, known forKakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958) and Nihon no ichiban nagai hi (1967). He died on March 12, 1968. Source: IMDb
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi
Japanese Movie - 1962
Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug deal taking place at their theater. (Source: Letterboxd)
Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: Sannin Yoreba
Japanese Movie - 1964
In this movie of the popular trio, Misora Hibari, Eri Chiemi and Yukimura Izumi, are grown-up women with weel-established careers and are looking for husbands.
