Kikuko Hanaoka
Actor · 1910 – 1984 · Shizuoka, Japan
Kikuko Hanaoka (September 11, 1910 – June 12, 1984, birth name: Ikuyo Takigawa) was a Japanese actress. She was known as a comedy actress of Shochiku Kamata Studio in the late 1920s. After the war, she acted in Shin-Toho films as a supporting actress.
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Movie7.8RomanceDramaIn late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that the praise he receives is only due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully joins him.
Movie6.5HorrorThis horror tale adapts the Japanese legend about a man who faces the consequences of betraying his wife in order to acquire wealth and power.
Movie8.0Drama33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating from a girls' school in Hokuriku, she immediately moved to Tokyo to meet and marry Ogata. After neatly writing Ogata's manuscript, he would buy dorayaki as a gratuity and devour it.
Movie6.5DramaA few days in the life of a quiet geisha, single mother of a smart young boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza. A woman devoted to others' needs, she'll end by taking part herself in one of the many disguises of Ginza.
MovieComedyMusicA 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.
Movie6.5MysteryHorrorTanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He recommend Kinbei to offer it to his lord. Kinbei hesitates at first, since he knows the board has a mysterious legend surrounding it; it's believed that for every game played on the board, one death is required.
MovieScammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.
MovieComedyThe fourth "Tenamonya" feature. Adapted from the popular television comedy, Fujita stars in this film based on historical events.
Movie6.8RomanceDramaFive 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.
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Set in a bustling 1950s parlor, a beautiful counter clerk falls for a wealthy businessman’s son, only to have their romance derailed by a ruthless loan shark and a mounting family debt. As the parlor faces ruin, the narrative weaves through slapstick antics, musical numbers by Enka legends, and surreal interviews with real-life cultural figures. A chaotic "blueprint" for the Pachinko subgenre, this musical dramedy captures the obsession and desperation of the silver balls.
Movie5.0ComedyMusicA fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.
Movie5.0DramaActionBased on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This heartfelt story concerns a wandering gambler from Banba by the name of Chutaro. Set during the Tenpo Period, Chutaro runs afoul of Boss Sukegoro of Iioka. Pursued by vengeance seeking swordsmen, Chutaro displays his phenomenal martial art skills. Abandoned as a child, he seeks to find his long lost mother, while at the same time fighting off numerous attacks by Iioka’s men.
Movie6.3ComedyDramaA small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.
MovieDramaRomanceA omnibus movie consisting of the three parts: "Kechinbo", "Yowak" and "Kōshoku".
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Movie7.0An early film by Kon Ichikawa
MovieHorrorHistoryIn the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighboring lord Anzai Kagesuren. As the castle nears collapse, Anzai demands a seed from Yoshimi’s lineage, specifically from his wife, Fushihime. Outraged but facing annihilation, Yoshimi gives Fushihime a string of eight ancestral beads and urges her to escape to loyal retainer Inuda Kobungo. Instead, she goes alone to Anzai, followed by her dog, Hachibo. In a twist, Hachibo attacks and kills Anzai, allowing Fushihime to escape. She later reveals that the beads protected her and predicts that eight warriors bearing these beads will someday defend the Satomi family before passing away. Yoshimi finds one of the beads in Inuzuka Nobuno’s armor and convinces her to serve him. Meanwhile, Baka Daiki, plotting to overthrow Satomi, imprisons Inukawa Shosuke, who tries to intervene, under the watch of vassal Aminen Saomojiro.
Movie6.7DramaRomance"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets there, including their youngest girl. The student finds the naïve girl attractive even though he eventually has to part with the family after spending memorable time together.
Movie8.0Music東京シンデレラ娘
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Movie6.0RomanceDramaA poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.
Movie6.5DramaComedyWhen a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.
Movie8.0WarThe last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.
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