Etsuko Ichihara — Actor (34)
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule (1971) [Movie] TMDB
刑事物語 兄弟の掟
director: Shun Inagaki actor: Kunie Tanaka / Yūzō Kayama
other title: 刑事物語 兄弟の掟
Iwabuchi of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division cooperates with Kubo of the Foreign Affairs Division in re-investigating the case of a foreign drug addict's death at the request of Kubo.
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth (1972) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
木枯し紋次郎 関わりござんせん
other title: 木枯し紋次郎 関わりござんせん / Kogarashi Monjiro: None of My Business
Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Monjiro. The gambler and Monjiro's sister are pulled into a conspiracy to get to Monjiro, but do things go as planned?
I Shall Not Forget (1968) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
忘れるものか
other title: 忘れるものか
Hearing that his friend Yosuke Tsumura had died, Shiro Okabe returned to Kyoto. He felt that Yusuke's wife, Yusuke Tsumura's former love Yuko, knew something about Yosuke's death, but he was unable to find out what she knew. Okabe investigates Yosuke's death, but someone kills the people who provide clues one after another. Okabe follows Rumi, a woman at a bar who was close to Yosuke, to Mt. Hiei, and to his surprise learns that Yosuke is still alive.
The Fearless Avenger (1972) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
無宿人御子神の丈吉 川風に過去は流れた
director: Kazuo Ikehiro actor: Yoshio Harada / Atsuo Nakamura
other title: 無宿人御子神の丈吉 川風に過去は流れた
Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by yakuza. His life is spared by Boss Juzaburo, in order that the harmony of an important commemoration not be further disturbed. Though now even more of an outcast, Jokichi is asked by another Yakuza boss, Umezo, to guard Oyuki, the wayward daughter of Juzaburo. The tragic consequences of this assignment will lead him into a deadly trap and a final confrontation with Chogoro.
A Trap (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
霧の旗
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Chieko Baisho / Osamu Takizawa
other title: Drapeau dans la brume / 霧の旗
When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.
Snow Country (1957) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
雪国
director: Shirō Toyoda actor: Ryō Ikebe / Keiko Kishi
other title: Pays de la neige / 雪国
It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love. She's the foster daughter of a local family, almost engaged to the family's son Yukio, now dying of consumption. He's tended by his sister Yuko who's angry at Komako for abandoning her brother. Shimamura returns to Tokyo but promises he will be back soon. In anticipation of his return, Komako breaks with her patron and her family loses their home. Complications arise when Shimamura doesn't come back as promised. Then Komako discovers that he and Yuko knew each other in Tokyo. Can Komako escape destiny?
Escape from Japan (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
日本脱出
director: Yoshishige Yoshida actor: Yasushi Suzuki / Kyōsuke Machida
other title: Évasion du Japon / 日本脱出
As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery.
The Lovelorn Geisha (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
夜の流れ
director: Mikio Naruse / Yūzō Kawashima actor: Yōko Tsukasa / Isuzu Yamada
other title: Courant du soir / Corriente nocturna
A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself 'already dead'.
Miyoris Forest (2009) [Movie] IMDb Douban NeoDB
ミヨリの森
director: 山本二三 actor: 苍井优 / 斋藤千和
other title: 美由里之森 / ミヨリの森
After being deserted by her parents, 11-year old Miyori shuts her heart from the rest of the world and denies any form of human relationships. She was entrusted in the care of her grandmother who lives near a forest. Miyori will take a walk in the forest where she felt a strong sense of loneliness in the forest which seems to have nothing. However, she soon encounters unbelievable things...
Cyborg 009 and the Monster Wars (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
サイボーグ009 怪獣戦争
director: Yugo Serikawa actor: Hiroyuki Ôta / Kyōko Toriyama
other title: Cyborg 009 et la guerre contre le Monstre / Cyborg 009: En la guerra contra el monstruo
Cyborg 009 and his team are re-united to fight the latest menace from the Black Ghost. Before they can tackle their foe the team must overcome an army of monsters sent to stop them, including giant jellyfish, stingrays, plesiosaurs and treacherous cyborgs.
Tenguri, Boy of the Plains (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
草原の子テングリ
director: Yasuo Otsuka actor: Etsuko Ichihara / Yoshiko Ohta
other title: Tenguri, l'enfant des steppes / 草原の子テングリ
The story surrounds a boy and a cow who have always lived their lives together. One winter, a famine strikes their village. The villagers resolve to the cow, but the boy secretly helped the cow escape. A few years ago, the boy (now grown-up) and the cow meet again...
Unagi (1997) [Movie] Min reol
うなぎ
director: 今村昌平 actor: 役所广司 / 清水美沙
other title: 鳗鱼 / うなぎ
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
Japan's Don (1977) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData
やくざ戦争 日本の首領
director: 中岛贞夫 actor: 鹤田浩二 / 松方弘树
other title: 黑社会战争:日本的首领 / やくざ戦争 日本の首領
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
The Man Without a Map (1968) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
燃えつきた地図
director: Hiroshi Teshigahara actor: Shintarō Katsu / Etsuko Ichihara
other title: Le Plan déchiqueté / 燃えつきた地図
A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man for whom he is searching.
Where I Belong (2017) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
しゃぼん玉
director: 东伸儿 actor: 林遣都 / 市原悦子
other title: 肥皂泡 / しゃぼん玉
从小缺少家庭温暖的伊豆见翔人(林遣都 饰)内心充满憎恨与不满,他终日游走城市街头,将妇女和老人作为目标实施抢劫。在某次抢劫时他将人刺伤,随后逃到了位于宫崎县某个深山老林的椎叶村,并在一位好心的老婆婆(市原悦子 饰)暂时落脚养伤。他原本打算伤好后偷钱跑路,谁知村民们将其误认为老婆婆的孙子,于是热情地与之攀谈,并招呼翔人为即将到来的祭典做准备。在这一过程中,他自暴自弃的情绪得到些许缓解。不久后,离开村子长达十年之久的美知(藤井美菜 饰)。在与美知会面后,翔人才开始深切地意识到自己所犯下的罪行……
本片根据乃朝南获直木奖的同名畅销小说改编。
The Temple of the Golden Pavillion (1976) [Movie] WikiData NeoDB Douban IMDb
金閣寺
director: Yoichi Takabayashi actor: Toshio Shiba / Katsuhiko Yokomitsu
other title: 金閣寺 / Kinkakuji
The story takes place during the end of the Pacific War and the aftermath period and it focuses on Mizoguchi, who is the son of a Buddhist Priest. When his father dies, he’s sent to the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. Mizoguchi is physically unattractive and becomes, in some way, jealous of the beautiful Temple that he loves so much.