Dekao Yokoo
Actor · 1899 – 1956 · Saga Prefecture, Japan
Movies22
Movie6.7DramaHistoryA fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.
Movie6.0
Movie6.5AdventureComedyTwo American G.I.s visiting Tokyo find themselves mixed up with espionage, a pretty flight attendant, a mad scientist, geisha girls, and a goofy magician-hypnotist and his white rabbits.
Geisha Girl
1952 · 2 votes
Movie5.1CrimeDramaA Communist spy ring in Japan is hard at work trying to sabotage the American war effort during the Korean War, using kidnapping, murder and a disturbed former kamikaze pilot. A U.S. secret agent, posing as a reporter, is dispatched to Tokyo to put a stop to these nefarious activities.
Tokyo File 212
1951 · 7 votes
MovieComedyMaruya Ginzo, an antiques enthusiast and a wealthy man, buys an uninhabited island called Namazu-jima, mistaking it for Numazu-jima tea bowls. He is not a man to just give up, so he sets about building an entertainment district there, but the island is inhabited by five castaways, including Kinpachi Mimura. The Ginzo gang try to entangle Kinpachi and drive them out, and the slapstick drama is caused by the island's inhabitants.
Movie6.6DramaComedyA playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his new home, too.
Movie10.0Drama
Movie5.9ComedyAfter the plans of a group of college students to cheat on their final exams goes awry, they're left to reassess their lives and educations and get back on track.
Movie10.0Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa
Movie10.0MusicDramaIn 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams.
Movie9.0ComedyLost film. Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journalist, 'young miss'. They decide to team up with her to investigate a secret club for wealthy voyeurs. Considered to be a lost film.
MovieDramaJapanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year.
MovieDramaA modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.
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Comedy by Kiyohiko Ushihara. Once a full-length feature film, now only 14 minutes remain.
Movie10.0FantasyComedy
MovieBased on the comic by Machiko Hasegawa
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Japanese silent film from 1930.
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Movie7.0- MovieDrama
Japanese jidaigeki from 1927. The titular character's nickname may suggest agility, stealth, or other outstanding skills.
MovieMusicDrama
Movie7.0DramaScience FictionToho's production of the classic Japanese fairytale.