Shizuko Takizawa
Actor · b. 1902 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Movies17
Movie7.1DramaA geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto feels obliged to help her lover when he asks to stay with her after going bankrupt and leaving his wife. However, her younger sister opposes this, thinking that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them.
Movie6.7DramaAyako becomes the mistress of her boss in order to pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.
Movie5.4DramaWhen a civil war threatens to break out, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. During the long journey, the socially inferior women prove to be morally superior to their betters.
MovieA boatman's relationships with his mother and fiancee are disrupted when he is conscripted to fight in China.
Movie6.4DramaHistoryA samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.
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Directed by Mansaku Itami.
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Once a wealthy local land owner, Toranosuke has long since fallen on hard times. Social ostracism befalls those who neglect communal duties and Toranosuke's life goes down hill by being exiled from the village. The story evolves around brother and sister Umakichi and Oroku left alone by their father.
Movie6.8ActionAdventureMatsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy, Toshio, and is hired by the boy's parents.
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Movie7.0DramaHistoryJesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.
Movie8.0Drama
Movie7.5DramaIn Tokyo, Osen is the servant girl of an unscrupulous antiques dealer, Kumazawa, who takes in the penniless Sokichi Hata. Kumazawa mistreats Sokichi and Osen, while swindling some Buddhist monks out of their temple treasures. When Kumazawa is arrested, Osen agrees to help Sokichi finance his dream of going to medical school. They live in a humble room, and eventually the only way Osen can find enough money for them is to prostitute herself during the day, without Sokichi knowing. (Will Gilbert)
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This film tells the story of a ronin's search for his parents, but primarily is a group portrait of life in a Tokugawa-era tenement. Considered a lost film.
Movie7.0WarDramaSecond part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.
Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon
宮本武蔵 第一部 草分の人々 第二部 栄達の門
1940 · 1 votes
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Martial Arts Encyclopedia
Movie6.0DramaOkichi, a woman trapped in a criminal scheme by two con men, finds her life of deception threatened when she unexpectedly falls in love with the son of a wealthy merchant.
Movie7.01945 Japanese movie