So Yamamura — Actor (52)
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When It Rains, It Pours (1957) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
土砂降り
director: Noboru Nakamura actor: Keiji Sada / Mariko Okada …
other title: 土砂降り
Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When her eldest daughter loses her fiancé due to the fact her mother is a mistress, her despair drives her to become a cabaret hostess.
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The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
足にさわった女
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Fubuki Koshiji / Ryō Ikebe …
other title: 足にさわった女
A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where she is going to hold a memorial service for her father. Of course, the detective falls in love with his prey.
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Ghost Story of Youth (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
青春怪談
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Izumi Ashikawa / Mie Kitahara …
other title: 青春怪談
A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a ballerina, and Shinichi, a thorough rationalist and childhood friend. A woman named Tomi Funakoshi appears in front of the two, who are thinking of getting married someday.
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Till We Meet Again (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
あした来る人
director: Yūzō Kawashima actor: Yumeji Tsukioka / Tatsuya Mihashi …
other title: あした来る人
Jiro Sone sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with her husband Kappei, who is more attracted to mountain climbing and another girl. When Yachiyo’s father is introduced to Jiro, all of their lives become intertwined...
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The Lady of Musashino (1951) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
武蔵野夫人
director: Kenji Mizoguchi actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Yukiko Todoroki …
other title: La signora Musashino / La Dame de Musashino …
In post-war Japan, Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become close, but decide not to consummate their affair. He instead becomes involved with the flirtatious Tomiko, who is also conducting an affair with Michiko's husband. When Michiko finds that her husband has abandoned her, she decides to take her fate into her own hands.
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Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
楊貴妃
director: Kenji Mizoguchi actor: Machiko Kyō / Masayuki Mori …
other title: L'imperatrice Yang-Kwei-Fei / A Imperatriz Yang Kwei Fei …
In 8th-century China, the Emperor grieves the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their court influence. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen, whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets.
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Dancing Girl (1951) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
舞姫
director: Mikio Naruse actor: Mieko Takamine / So Yamamura …
other title: La Danseuse / La bailarina …
The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the family.
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Little Peach (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
杏っ子
director: Mikio Naruse actor: Kyōko Kagawa / So Yamamura …
other title: Anzukko / 杏っ子
Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until she marries a beginning writer named Ryokichi. Their life quickly sinks into despair.