Mitsuko Yoshikawa — Actor (22)
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Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit (1968)
怪猫　呪いの沼 IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Yoshihiro Ishikawa actor: Ryōhei Uchida / Kōtarō Satomi …
other title: Pântano Amaldiçoado / 怪猫　呪いの沼 …
Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.
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Heavenly Dragon (1960)
天竜母恋い笠 IMDb TMDB
Eiichi Kudō actor: Hibari Misora / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: 天竜母恋い笠
From the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special as this exciting movie stars the great Misora Hibari in one of her most memorable performances as she plays Shintaro and Oharu, a brother and sister, the children of a lumber dealer who had been murdered by the evil boss Kumagoro who plots to take over Shintaro's family business with the help of a corrupt deputy who has fooled the family into believing that he is on their side.
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A Hero of Tokyo (1935)
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Hiroshi Shimizu actor: Mitsugu Fujii / Mitsuko Yoshikawa …
other title: Un héros de Tokyo / 東京の英雄 …
The story focuses on the widower Nemoto, ostensibly a businessman, who has one son, Kanichi, the hero of the title. Nemoto remarries; his new wife is a widow with a son and daughter of her own. However, Nemoto’s business turns out to be out a shady scam, and he disappears, leaving his wife to raise the three children alone. In order to support the family, she is obliged to become a bar hostess. She conceals this shameful employment from the children, but the truth comes out years later, after her daughter is rejected by her husband’s family when they investigate her background.
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Detective Duel (1958)
ひばりの花形探偵合戦 IMDb TMDB
Yasushi Sasaki actor: Hibari Misora / Ken Takakura …
other title: ひばりの花形探偵合戦
A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating the missing person's case from a wealthy family.
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A Fishwife's Tale (1961)
魚河岸の女石松 IMDb TMDB
Eiichi Kudō actor: Hibari Misora / Hitomi Nakahara …
other title: 魚河岸の女石松
Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological father who has fallen victim to an evil plot orchestrated by those who would take over his successful business.
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Lakeside Figure (1961)
湖畔の人 IMDb TMDB
Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Koji Tsuruta / Yoshiko Sakuma …
other title: 湖畔の人
A story of Minako who struggles finding love and peace in life. When Minako’s hope for ultimate happiness, marriage to her beloved fiancé, comes to a sudden halt, Minako finds herself in search of new love which in turn leads her into a complicated love triangle.
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Dash to the Sun (1966)
太陽に突っ走れ TMDB
Ryuichi Takamori actor: Sonny Chiba / Yukiyo Toake …
other title: 太陽に突っ走れ
A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo with a big dream of becoming a composer, and despite the unfamiliar city life, sticks to his original intentions with the gentle encouragement of his young wife, and takes the music world by storm.