is a Japanese actress who appeared in more than 60 films between 1952 and 1960.

Biography

Born in

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, Kitahara gave her screen debut in

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's 1952 '' Carmen's Pure Love''. In 1954, she moved from the

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film studios to

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. She is best known for co-starring in a series of films with

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, starting with ''

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'' in 1956. They married in 1960 and she retired from acting, assuming her married name, Makiko Ishihara .

Selected filmography

* ''

A Hole of My Own Making is a 1955 Japanese drama film directed by Tomu Uchida. It is based on a novel by Tatsuzō Ishikawa. Plot Amidst endless construction and aircraft noise, a family whose father died slowly disintegrates. While daughter Tamiko struggles with her s ...

'' (1955) * ''

Midori haruka ni is a 1955 color Japanese film directed by Umetsugu Inoue. Cast * Ruriko Asaoka ( 浅丘ルリ子) * Frankie Sakai ( フランキー堺) * Mie Kitahara (北原三枝) * Minoru Takada (高田稔) * ( 内海突破) * (市川俊幸) * Ayuko Fuj ...

'' (1955) * ''

The Moon Has Risen is a 1955 Japanese romantic comedy film and the second film directed by Kinuyo Tanaka. Plot Setsuko and her older sister Ayako live in their father's house in Nara. Ayako's aunt, who is worried about Ayako's marriage prospects as she grows olde ...

'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1956) * ''

Ryūri no Kishi is a 1956 Japanese Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō. It is based on the novel of the same name by Yōko Ōta. Cast * Mie Kitahara as Chiho Teraoka * Nobuko Otowa as Hagiyo, Chiho's mother * Rentarō ...

'' (1956) * ''

'' (1956) * '' This Day's Life'' (1957) * '' I Am Waiting'' (1957) * ''

Man Who Causes a Storm , or ''A Storming Drummer'', or ''The Stormy Man'', is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Umetsugu Inoue. The film is one of the most famous films for Yujiro Ishihara, who plays the main role of Kokubun Eiji, an unknown drummer. Cast * Yu ...

'' (1957) * ''

A Slope in the Sun aka ''A Slope in the Sun'' is a 1958 black-and-white Japanese film drama directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.日活アクションの華麗な世界：1954-1971 第四章言語のユートピア-裕次郎の青春ドラマの意味 2「一緒にいるた ...

'' (1958) * '' Fūsoku 40 metres'' (1958) * '' Subarashiki dansei'' (1958)

References

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* 1933 births Living people Japanese film actresses Actresses from Tokyo People from Meguro 20th-century Japanese actresses {{Japan-film-actor-stub