was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1936 and 1975. He is most closely associated with the work of

Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who directed about one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956. His most acclaimed works include '' The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums'' (1939), '' The Life of Oharu'' (1952), '' Uge ...

, with whom he made twelve films.

Selected filmography

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Sisters of the Gion or ''Sisters of Gion'' is a 1936 black and white Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi about two geisha sisters living in Kyoto's Gion district. It forms a diptych with Mizoguchi's '' Osaka Elegy'' which shares much of the same cast an ...

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Aru yo no Tonosama is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Cast *Kazuo Hasegawa * Isuzu Yamada *Hideko Takamine * Chōko Iida * Mitsuko Yoshikawa *Ichiro Sugai * Tetsu Nakamura *Takashi Shimura * Eitarō Shindō *Susumu Fujita *Denjirō Ōkōchi Aw ...

'' (1946) * ''

Drunken Angel is a 1948 Japanese ''yakuza'' film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is notable for being the first of sixteen film collaborations between director Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune. Plot Sanada (Takashi Shimura) is an alcoholic doctor (the titu ...

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Battle of Roses }) is a 1950 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on a novel by Fumio Niwa. Cast * Kuniko Miyake *Setsuko Wakayama *Yōko Katsuragi was a Japanese actress active from 1948 to 1963. She appeared mostly in films of the Shoch ...

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Miss Oyu is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It is based on the 1932 novella ''The Reed Cutter'' (''Ashikari'') by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. Plot In 19th century Japan, Shinnosuke is paid a visit by Shizu and her sist ...

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The Life of Oharu is a 1952 Japanese historical fiction film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi from a screenplay by Yoshikata Yoda. It stars Kinuyo Tanaka as Oharu, a one-time concubine of a ''daimyō'' (and mother of a later ''daimyō'') who struggles to escape the s ...

'' (1952) * ''

Life of a Woman is a 1953 Japanese drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional term ...

'' (1953) * ''

A Geisha is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, centred on the geisha milieu in post-war Gion, Kyoto. It is based on a novel by Matsutarō Kawaguchi. Plot Eiko is in the search of the okiya (geisha house) run by the geisha Miyoharu. ...

'' (1953) * ''

Sansho the Bailiff is a 1954 Japanese period film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Based on a 1915 short story of the same name by Mori Ōgai (usually translated as "Sanshō the Steward" in English), which in turn was based on a folktale, it follows two aristocratic ...

'' (1954) * ''

The Princess Sen is a color 1954 Japanese film directed by Keigo Kimura. Cast See also * Senhime (May 26, 1597 – March 11,February 6 in the old calendar 1666), or Lady Sen, was the eldest daughter of the ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Hidetada and later the w ...

'' (1954) * ''

The Crucified Lovers is a 1954 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It was adapted from Monzaemon Chikamatsu's 1715 bunraku play ''Daikyōji Mukashi Goyomi''. The film was presented at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, Plot Mohei is an apprentice to Ishun, th ...

'' (1954) * ''

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji is a 1955 Japanese jidaigeki and drama film directed by Tomu Uchida. Plot The samurai Sakawa Kojūrō is on the road to Edo with his two servants Genta and Genpachi. Kojūrō is a kindly master, but his character totally changes when he consum ...

'' (1955) * ''

Princess Yang Kwei-Fei is a 1955 Japanese historical film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It was a co-production between Daiei Film and Shaw & Sons, Hong Kong (later Shaw Brothers). It is one of Mizoguchi's two colour films, the other being '' Tales of the Taira Clan'', ...

'' (1955) * ''

Tōjūrō no Koi is a 1955 black and white Japanese film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is based on the novel '' Tōjūrō no Koi'' (藤十郎の恋) written by Kan Kikuchi. Cast Note The book had been previously adapted into another movie called ''Tōjūrō n ...

'' (1955) * ''

Street of Shame is a 1956 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It is the personal tales of several Japanese women of different backgrounds who work together in a brothel. It was Mizoguchi's last film. The film is based on the novel '' Sus ...

'' (1956) * '' Akō Rōshi'' (1961) * '' Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director'' (1975)

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