Ichikawa Umagorou Ichizaka Tenmatsuki: Ukikusa Nikki

A Story of Floating Weeds

7.2

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all. (Source: Letterboxd)

Floating Weeds

7.4

A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Komajuro Arashi, the aging master of the troupe, goes to visit his old flame Oyoshi and their son Kiyoshi, even though Kiyoshi believes…

Sugawara Kenji

Sugawara Kenji was a Japanese actor, known for his work in movies, television and Shinpa plays. During his lifetime, he was a permanent director of the Japan Actors Association and a director of the Actors House Actor Training Center. (Source: wikipedia)

Shimada Ton

Shimada Atsushi was a Japanese actor. On November 7, 1965, he killed himself and his 4 years old son. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ozawa Shoichi

Ozawa Shoichi, born in Tokyo, was a Japanese actor, radio host, haiku poet, singer and prominent researcher and expert on Japanese folk art. He also founded the Shabondama-za theater company. Ozawa, who graduated from Waseda University, began acting after college, beginning with his debut stage role…

Akutagawa Yasushi

Akutagawa Yasushi was a Japanese composer and conductor. He graduated from Tokyo Academy of Music in 1949 and studied composition with Hashimoto Kunihiko, Shimofusa Kanichi and Ifukube Akira at the Tokyo Music School. He was one of the members of Sannin no kai (The Three) along with Dan Ikuma and Mayuzumi…

Hanazawa Tokue

Hanazawa Tokue was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. nHe made his film debut in 1937. He was also a painter and even held his own solo exhibition. Hanazawa Tokue was a member of the Japanese Communist Party for more than 50 years. He died from prostate cancer on March 7, 2001, at the age of 89.…

Ukigusa no yado

6.0

A young gangster wanna-be is framed for a murder and sent to prison.

Wakao Ayako

Wakao Ayako is a Japaneses actress. She has appeared in over 100 films and won a handful of Best Actress awards. During the 50s and 60s, she starred alongside Daiei’s most famous actors in many of the studios biggest movies, including 20 films from maverick director Yasuzo MASUMURA. Her most prestigious…

Nakao Toshitaro

Nakao Toshitaro was a Japanese cinematographer.

Kimuro Ikuko

Saito Takanobu

Suzuki Seijun

Seijun Suzuki was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility. He made 40 predominately B-movies for the Nikkatsu Company between 1956 and 1967, working most prolifically…