Kuniko Igawa
Actor · 1923 – 2012 · Chiyoda, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Movies20
Movie7.7DramaFrom 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances.
MovieDramaMinoru delivered newspapers to earn money for high school, but when his mother came down with illness he decided to use this money for her doctor's bill and gave up going to high school. His friends heard about this, and they donated money to his mother. So, Minoru goes to high school and yet he delivers newspapers cheerfully whistling every morning. A memorable film debut by Sayuri Yoshinaga, a representative of the Japanese film industry.The film adaptation of "Newspaper Delivery" by Minoru Yoshida, who won the Minister of Education Award at the national small and Medium student essay competition.
Movie6.9RomanceDramaFive 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.
Movie7.7WarDramaIn a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.
Movie7.8DramaIn postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28. 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes, Noriko's family press her into accepting, but when her widowed childhood friend Kenkichi returns to the neighborhood, she finds her heart leading in another direction.
Movie6.6DramaA student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.
MovieDramaThe Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer section of modern Tokyo. Their troubles start when the father leaves with another woman, returns after he is rejected, and leaves again with the family's money.
Movie6.1WarDramaThe few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand the melancholy of saying goodbye.
Movie7.7DramaRomanceIn postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family's in difficult circumstances and needs her income to keep afloat.
Movie6.3ComedyMusicA rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.
Movie9.0DramaThe story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.
Movie6.9DramaAfter the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to move in with one of the former's children, each of whom is scarcely happy to accommodate.
Movie6.7DramaThe mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait.
MovieHiromasa Nomura World War II era film
Movie6.9DramaAfter surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.
Movie7.5DramaRomanceKinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's boyfriend. It is a story whose theme is warm human relationships in a town of customs and manners.
Movie7.1DramaHistoryRepresenting a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's democratized post-war legal system.
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A private detective chases a female pickpocket into a film studio and dashes through the sets. With special appearances by a star-studded cast.
Movie6.8DramaA wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.
MovieA story about a high school sophomore, Uzumi Keiko (Kyoko Kami), in a coastal Japanese city, Keiko’s coming-of-age story centers on her strained relationship with her mother and her entanglement in social misunderstandings at school. Her journey reflects postwar Japan’s evolving attitudes toward youth, gender, and family honor, as personal choices become public matters.