Midori Komatsu
Oyuncu · 1891 – 1982 · Tokyo, Japan
Komatsu Midori was born in Tokyo in 1891. From the age of five she studied at the Bando dance school and in 1911 joined a female theater which had just been formed, the Nakasu Masagoza. In 1912 at the age of 21 she made her stage debut. In 1913 upon the invitation of Shochiku Gomei, she participated in the female theater group the Kyoto City Second Kyogoku Taishoza where she continued her activities until 1915, when she chose to take the path leading towards action pictures. In 1919 she negotiated with Kunikatsu films and the following year joined the company. She was aiming to be a real movie star. At Kunikatsu she appeared in Shoshurei, Minashi Go and Chishio no Naruto. After the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 she joined Shochiku Shimogamo. She concentrated mainly on period dramas such as Nichiren Komachi, Yoshii Masayuki and Kane no Naruhi (The Day the Bell Tolls). In 1925 she transferred to Nikkatsu Daishogun Studios and appeared in Nakayama Yasubei, and Rakka no Mai. From this time onward she came to be in demand for elderly roles and the roles of mothers. From the 1930s she built up a portfolio of supporting roles, and then taking a professional name in the Wakayagi school of dancing, she took on the responsibility of choreography for the Nikkatsu Period Drama Theater. In 1942 she transferred to Daiei. She then concentrated mainly on period dramas until her retirement in 1964. She died in 1982 at the age of 91.
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Film8.1Dram"Merhamet duygusu olmayan biri artık insan değil demektir" Orta Çağ Japonya'sında özgürlüklükçü politikaları yüzünden sürgüne gönderilen vali Taira, oğlu Zushio'ya böyle söyler. Zushio, annesi Tamaki ( muhteşem Kinuyo Tanaka) ve kız kardeşi Anju'yla beraber ailesinin topraklarından kaçar. Bir rahibenin ele verdiği Zushio ve Anju, zalim Sansho'nun (Eitaro Shindo) yönettiği çok büyük bir esir kampına gönderilirler. Anneleri de kaçırılarak uzakta ki bir adaya götürülüp Fuhuşa itilir. Böylece, sinema adına yapılmış en dokunaklı ve felsefi yolculuklardan biri başlar. Kenji Mizoguchi'nin ölümünden kısa bir süre önce çektiği bir dizi başyapıtın belki de doruk noktası olan Efendi Sansho, büyük ölçüde, ağır kamera hareketleriyle ilerleyen karmaşık biçimde tasarlanmış genel planlardan oluşan, yönetmenin imzası haline gelmiş bir görsel Uslubun mükemmeliyetini sergiler; Mizoguchi bu tarzı 1930'lardan itibaren geliştirmeye başlamıştır.
Film7.8DramRomantikHikaye 17. asırda Kyoto'da geçer. Zengin bir havai fişek üreticisi olan Ishun'un eşi Osan, kocasının en iyi işçilerinden olan Mohei ile birlikte olmaktan yargılanır. Çift şehirden kaçar, Ishun ise peşlerine adamlar salar * 17.yüzyıl japon geleneklerini ve geyşa sistemini, toplumda kadının yerini yasak bir aşk hikayesi ile sorgulayan ve eleştiren, siyah beyaz, sade anlatımlı bir film
FilmDramRomantikA period drama that depicts the romance between Otomi and Yosaburo.
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Film7.6DramFleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, must face the selfishness and ambition of several petty people.
Film7.3DramAfter living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, runs a brothel, which upsets Yukiko very much.
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Film6.5DramA traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
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Film6.2DramRomantikIn Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.
Film7.2DramRomantikShinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.
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Film6.9DramFantastikA story loosely based on the affair between Empress Kōken-Shōtoku and the monk Dōkyō, set during the Nara period (710–794 A.D.).
Film5.6KomediDramFascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that day on, he recklessly and forwardly pursues women, feeding his fascination and experience. As Yonosuke's salacious behavior brings much cause for shame to the family, his father eventually breaks relations with him. Expelled from the family, 19-year-old Yonosuke embarks on a pilgrimage of lust, traveling far and wide to acquaint himself with women of all walks.
FilmMitsuko, a maiko from Gion, met Haruki by chance and had a fun time with him, but is stunned when he discovers her secret. This is a love story that cheerfully portrays the life of a modern maiko.
Film9.0DramAdaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel whit the same name. It is perversely erotic relationship between a young salaryman and his teenage wife whom he 'adopted' at first as to 'train' her to be his idealistic modern woman.
Film7.0A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi (The Millionaire of a Night) and shot by Hiro Imai (Akado Suzunosuke (1957)). Starring Achako Hanabishi (Segedei Momoshiki Goten), Tamao Nakamura (Akado Suzunosuke (1957)), Seinen Hayashi (Nijunin no Kenka-jou) and Sumire Harukaze (Harukaze Sumire). Also Rumiko Komachi, Shunji Sakai, Yoshio Tabata and Mieko Suzuki.