Chieko Baisho — Actor (42)
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Lost in the Wilderness (1986)
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Junya Satō actor: Toshiyuki Nishida / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Verschollen im Schnee / 植村直己物語 …
The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of Mt Everest in 1970, Uemura also accomplished several "firsts". He was the first man to reach the North Pole solo, climb Denali solo, and float down the Amazon river solo. In the film, Uemura returns to Tokyo after a stint in Siorapaluk in Northern Greenland. In Tokyo, he reconnects with an old friend and, over coffee, shares his life story - from his days as a college dropout to his successful expedition to the top of Everest.
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Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)
キネマの天地
Yoji Yamada actor: Kiichi Nakai / Narimi Arimori …
other title: Prise finale / キネマの天地 …
Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. After the studio's top leading lady is embroiled in a scandal, Koharu is suddenly thrust into the limelight when she replaces her in a film and gains instant fame and fortune. But the going is not always easy, and she soon seeks help from unexpected quarters.
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Plan 75 (2022)
PLAN 75
Chie Hayakawa actor: Chieko Baisho / Hayato Isomura …
other title: PLAN 75
In a Japan of the near future, the government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.
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Zatoichi: The Last (2010)
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Junji Sakamoto actor: Shingo Katori / Satomi Ishihara …
other title: 座頭市 THE LAST / Zatôichi : The Last
A blind master swordsman attempts to lead a quiet life with his wife but he is provoked back into battle.
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The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
幸福の黄色いハンカチ IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Yoji Yamada actor: Ken Takakura / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Les mouchoirs jaunes du bonheur / El pañuelo amarillo de la felicidad …
A convict, newly released from prison for murder, joins two strangers on a road trip through Hokkaido to visit his ex-wife, whom he hasn't seen in four years, knowing that if she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
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Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984)
男はつらいよ　夜霧にむせぶ寅次郎 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Marions-les / 男はつらいよ　夜霧にむせぶ寅次郎
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san refuses to drink with him, afraid that the acquaintance, now settled and married, will again become attracted to Tora-san's wandering existence. Tora-san becomes attracted to a female barber, but must break off their relationship so that she too can live a secure life. She instead gets into an abusive relationship with a motorcyclist.
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It's Tough Being a Man (1969)
男はつらいよ
Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: C'est dur d'être un homme / Tora-san. It's Tough Being a Man …
Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting and ruining Sakura's chance to marry someone, as well as just being a real pain to those around him. There is a sentimental side to him also, and the best way to describe him is that he grows on you.
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Samurai from Nowhere (1964)
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Seiichirô Uchikawa actor: Isamu Nagato / Shima Iwashita …
other title: 道場破り / Dojo Challengers, Samurai from Nowhere
Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan's chief counselor who married the low-ranking Ihei to avoid becoming the clan lord's mistress. Into the mix comes Oba Gunjuro (Tetsurō Tamba), a mysterious ronin who will do anything for money. This leads to a fitting climax as the forces of hate and love converge while the couple attempt to break through the border!
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Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (1982)
男はつらいよ 寅次郎あじさいの恋 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: L'indécis / 男はつらいよ 寅次郎あじさいの恋 …
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression on the old man's maid, who apparently falls in love with Tora-san.
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Stage-Struck Tora-san (1978)
男はつらいよ 寅次郎わが道をゆく WikiData IMDb TMDB
Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Tora san entre en scène / 男はつらいよ 寅次郎わが道をゆく …
Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san.
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The Hidden Blade (2004)
隠し剣 鬼の爪
Yoji Yamada actor: Masatoshi Nagase / Takako Matsu …
other title: La Servante et le Samouraï / La espada oculta …
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.
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Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980)
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Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Un drôle de père / 男はつらいよ 寅次郎かもめ歌 …
After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam.
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Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978)
男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Elle court, elle court la rumeur / 男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎 …
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.
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A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)
遙かなる山の呼び声
Yoji Yamada actor: Ken Takakura / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Llanto de Primavera / 遙かなる山の呼び声 …
The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.
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The Little House (2014)
小さいおうち
Yoji Yamada actor: Takako Matsu / Haru Kuroki …
other title: The little house / La Maison au toit rouge …
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.