was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 150 films between 1935 and 1973 under the direction of filmmakers like

Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese filmmaker who directed roughly 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), '' Ugetsu'' (1953), and ' ...

Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese filmmaker. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in the 1930s. The most pr ...

and

Kaneto Shindō was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer, who directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include '' Children of Hiroshima'', '' The Naked Island'', '' Onibaba'', '' Kuroneko'' a ...

Selected filmography

* ''Wakadanna haru ranman'' (1935) – Girl student * ''Sendō kawaiya'' (1935) * ''

Mr. Thank You is a 1936 Japanese comedy-drama film written and directed by Hiroshi Shimizu (director), Hiroshi Shimizu. It is based on a short story by Nobel Prize for Literature, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Yasunari Kawabata, and noted for its portrayal of ...

'' (1936) * ''Hanayome karuta'' (1937) – Emako * ''Kōjō no tsuki'' (1937) – Keiko * ''Okusama ni shirasu bekarazu'' (1937) – Ohatsu * ''Koi mo wasurete'' (1937) – Woman at hotel * ''Suigō jōka – Kojō no reikon'' (1937) – Machiko * ''Hanagata senshu'' (1937) – Girl at hiking * ''Shingun no uta'' (1937) * ''Haha to ko'' (1938) * ''Aizen katsura'' (1938) – Kimura's Wife / Kimura's child * ''Minamikaze'' (1939) – Keiko Kita * ''Imōto no haregi'' (1939) – Kiyoko Sudō * ''Zoku aizen katsura'' (1939) – Kimura's wife / Kimura's child * ''Shin josei mondo'' (1939) * ''Kuwa no mi wa akai'' (1939) * ''Aizen katsura – Kanketsu-hen'' (1939) – Kimura's wife / Kimura's child * ''Danryũ'' Part 1 and 2 (1939) – Gin Ishiwata * ''Aizen tsubaki'' (1940) * ''Kinuyo no hatsukoi'' (1940) – Onobu * ''Hana wa itsuwarazu'' (1941) – Sumiko * ''Sakura no kuni'' (1941) * ''Soshu no yoru'' (1941) * '' There Was a Father'' (1942) – Fumiko Hirata * (1942) * ''Minami no kaze mizue no maki'' (1942) * ''Hana saku minato'' (1943) – O-haru * ''Hiwa Normanton jiken: Kamen no butō'' (1943) – Chie, Jun'nosuke's sister * ''Kaigun'' (1943) * ''Fuchinkan gekichin'' (1944) * ''Suihei-san'' (1944) * ''Kanko no machi'' (1944) * ''Gekiryu'' (1944) * ''Kimi koso tsugi no arawashi da'' (1944) * ''Omitsu no endan'' (1946) – Omitsu * ''Jōen'' (1947) * ''Onnadake no yoru'' (1947) * ''

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'' (1948) – Toshiko * ''Ōshō'' (1948) – Koharu * ''Korosu ga gotoku'' (1948) * ''

Flame of My Love ''My Love Has Been Burning'' is a 1949 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It is loosely based on the life of feminist Hideko Fukuda. Plot After meeting with Meiji era feminist and Liberal Party member Toshiko Kishida, ...

'' (1949) – Chiyo * ''Watashi no na wa jofu'' (1949) * ''Senka no hate'' (1950) * ''Ai to nikushimi no kanata e'' (1951) * ''Joshu Garasu'' (1951) * ''Meigetsu somato'' (1951) * ''

Hibari no komoriuta is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Koji Shima. The movie is based on ''Lisa and Lottie'' (), a 1949 novel by Erich Kästner later adapted as the 1961 film '' The Parent Trap''. Cast * Hibari Misora () * So Yamamura () * M ...

'' (1951) * ''

The Tale of Genji is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman, poet, and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu around the peak of the Heian period, in the early 11th century. It is one of history's first novels, the first by a woman to have wo ...

'' (1951) – Aoi no ue * ''

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'' (1952) – Tokie Kijima * ''

Dedication of the Great Buddha is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Shinobu Araki as Ryōben * Kōtarō Bandō * Kazuo Hasegawa as Kunihito Tateto * Sumiko Hidaka as Morime Ōmiya * Tatsuya Ishigu ...

'' (1952) – Sakuyako Tachibana * (1952) – Asako Shimamura * ''Ushiwakamaru'' (1952) – Tokiwa * (1952) * (1952) * ''

Ugetsu ''Ugetsu'' (雨月物語, ''Ugetsu Monogatari'', lit. "Rain-moon tales") is a 1953 Japanese period fantasy film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō. It is based on the stories "The House in the Thicket" and "Th ...

'' (1953) – Ohama * ''Yokubo'' (1953) – Sakie Kajiwara * ''Tange Sazen'' (1953) – Ofuji * ''Zoku Tange Sazen'' (1953) – Ofuji * ''Konjiki yasha'' (1954) – Akagashi * ''

An Inn at Osaka is a 1954 Japanese drama and shōshimin-eiga film directed by Heinosuke Gosho. It is based on the novel of the same name by Takitarō Minakami and was produced by Gosho's own production company Studio Eight. Film historians regard ''An Inn at ...

'' (1954) * '' Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto'' (1954) – Oko, Matahachi's wife * ''Shiode Kushima Binan Kenpo'' (1954) * ''Shinsengumi Oni Taicho'' (1954) * ''Onikiri wakasama'' (1955) * ''Wataridori itsu kaeru'' (1955) – Chiyoko * '' Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple'' (1955) – Oko, Akemi's mother * ''Mune yori mune ni'' (1955) – Yuko Uemura * ''Shin shokoku mongatari: Otena no tō – Zempen'' (1955) – Yũzomeni * ''Shin shokoku mongatari: Otena no tō – Kōhen'' (1956) – Yũzomeni * ''Gogo 8 ji 13 pun'' (1956) – Mitsue Kashimura * ''

I Will Buy You is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. Plot Kishimoto is a talent scout for the Toyo Flowers baseball club, one of three competitors who try to buy new promising hitter Kurita for their team. While Kurita's shadowy benefac ...

'' (1956) - Ryuko * ''The Treasure of Gen. Yamashita'' (1956) * ''Akuma no kao'' (1957) – Hama Kojima * ''Morishige no Boku wa biyōshi'' (1957) – Chiyono * ''Kuroi kafun'' (1958) – Okin * '' Sorrow is Only for Women'' (1958) – Harue * ''Ukiyo buro'' (1958) – O-riku * ''Hana no yukyo-den'' (1958) * ''Mayonaka no kao'' (1958) * ''Haru o matsu hitobito'' (1959) * ''

Ballad of the Cart is a 1959 Japanese drama film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto. It was written by Yoshikata Yoda, based on a novel by activist Tomoe Yamashiro. Plot In Hiroshima Prefecture during the Meiji era, simple housemaid Seki accepts the proposal of Moichi ...

'' (1959) – Natsuno * ''Hashi'' (1959) – Okiku * ''Bōfũken'' (1959) – Shizue Tashiro * ''Ningen no kabe'' (1959) * ''

The Wandering Princess is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Kinuyo Tanaka, based on the memoir of Hiro Saga. It was Tanaka's first film in colour and CinemaScope format. Cast * Machiko Kyō as Ryuko (Hiro Saga) * Eiji Funakoshi as Futetsu (Pujie) * Yomei Ryu as ...

'' (1960) – Izumi * ''Arashi o yobu gakudan'' (1960) – Yukie Maki * ''Koi ni inochi o'' (1961) – Teruyo Fuji * ''Shin Genji monogatari'' (1961) * ''Tsuma ari ko ari tomo arite'' (1961) – Takiyo Sugawa * (1962) * ''Onnakeizu'' (1962) – Mrs. Kono * ''Yatchaba no onna'' (1962) * ''Gan'' (1966) – Osan * ''Ohana han'' Part 1 and 2 (1966) – Teru Asao * ''Daraku suru onna'' (1967) – Makiko * ''Gekiryu'' (1967) – Chito Asuka * ''Rikugun chōhō 33'' (1968) – Tamiko Yamamoto * '' Men and War'' (1970–73) – Otaki

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* * 1919 births 1981 deaths Japanese film actresses Actors from Fukushima Prefecture 20th-century Japanese actresses {{Japan-film-actor-stub