Yūzō Kawashima — Director (30)
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Aces Wild (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
縞の背広の親分衆
director: Yūzō Kawashima actor: Hisaya Morishige / Frankie Sakai …
other title: 縞の背広の親分衆
Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descendant left behind in Osaka and a brother of the Otorigumi, returned from South America for the first time in 15 years. When he stepped on the soil of his native land, his first thought was to visit Otanuki Fudo, the guardian deity of the Otorigumi, but the Otorigumi had fallen and Otanuki Fudo was on the verge of eviction for the construction of an expressway. Keisuke and Joji put on the striped suits left to them by their late boss, and set out to rebuild the clan...
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Romance Express (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
特急にっぽん
director: Yūzō Kawashima actor: Frankie Sakai / Reiko Dan …
other title: 特急にっぽん
Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a straightforward but indecisive hero. The passengers also include the bubbly Dan Reiko, and Ozawa Eitaro as a dour company president. Based on the novel "Seven and a half hours", by Shishi Bunroku.
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Young Miss Executive (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
お嬢さん社長
director: Yūzō Kawashima actor: Hibari Misora / Takeshi Sakamoto …
other title: お嬢さん社長 / Ojōsan shachō
A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But Madoka wants to be a stage dancer, so she won't concentrate her office job. Madoka meets Akiyama, a stage director. Akiyama introduce her to his neighbors. In among poor but open minded people, Madoka has changed. Her new ambition is her company provide nice sweets for children. She decide to focus on the office job. But she doesn't know that company executives has conspiracy against her...
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Our Chief, Our Doctor (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
とんかつ大将
director: Yūzō Kawashima actor: Shūji Sano / Etsuko Miyama …
other title: とんかつ大将
It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him the nickname ‘the pork cutlet prince’ (‘Tonkatsu Taisho’, the film’s Japanese title) from the affectionate residents of the tenement in which he lives. When a local hospital, run by a female doctor, plans to expand, the future of the tenement is called into question.
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Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1954) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
昨日と明日の間
director: Yūzō Kawashima actor: Koji Tsuruta / Yumeji Tsukioka …
other title: 昨日と明日の間
A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his true nature and dream of shaping the world according to his own desires. Against all the odds, he manages to push through his business idea – the foundation of an airline. At the same time, his ex-girlfriend refuses to accept their separation and attempts to force her way back into his life by any means possible. He in turn feels attracted to a young woman, who turns out to be the wife of one of his airline investors and who has herself had a secret lover for several years.
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Woman Unveiled (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
女であること
director: Yūzō Kawashima actor: Setsuko Hara / Yoshiko Kuga …
other title: 女であること
A childless lawyer and his wife take in the quiet daughter of an imprisoned client, whose presence eventually creates romantic tension with the husband. The household dynamic is further disrupted by the arrival of a bold friend from Osaka and the wife's chance encounter with a former flame.
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Room for Let (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
貸間あり
director: Yūzō Kawashima actor: Frankie Sakai / Chikage Awashima …
other title: 貸間あり
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks four languages fluently, is an expert in cabbage rolls, and has written how-to books encompassing every aspect of human existence.