Shizue Natsukawa — Actor (15)
Night Drum (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
夜の鼓
director: Tadashi Imai actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Ineko Arima
other title: Les Tambours de la nuit / 夜の鼓
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.
No Time for Tears (1955) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
男ありて
other title: 男ありて / Otoko arite
Coach Shimamura of the hapless Sparrows baseball team is pleased to obtain a hot new pitcher named Onishi. But when Onishi begins a romantic relationship with the coach's daughter Michiko, Shimamura becomes angry with the young man, lashing out at him when he disobeys instructions during a game. In turn, Michiko becomes angry with her father, who becomes increasingly depressed. When a tragedy strikes the family, Coach Shimamura begins losing control of his life, just when his family and his team need him most.
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler (1971) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
女渡世人
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Sumiko Fuji / Koji Tsuruta
other title: 女渡世人
Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling skills, teams up with the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji and comes into conflict with gamblers plotting to take over a rustic hot-spring town. Handling a gun and sword as skillfully as a man, Fuji Junko portrays an appealing personality that differs from Oryu in the Red Peony Gambler series. Tsuruta Koji stars as the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji that tops the list of an impressive all-star cast that includes Endo Tatsuo, Kogure Michiyo, Ashiya Gannosuke, Kitamura Eizo, and many others. This film is an authentic yakuza movie that conveys the true "Matatabi" (wandering gambler) feeling.
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
水戸黄門 助さん格さん大暴れ
other title: Zu, guerreros de la montaña mágica / 水戸黄門 助さん格さん大暴れ
The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun's uncle, Lord Mito Komon. Portrayed by a pair of up and coming stars, Sasaki Sukesaburo (Matsukata), the son of a widower and Atsumi Kakunoshin (Kitaoji), whose mother is a widow find themselves constantly in trouble and are forced to become two of the most powerful fighters in all Japan. The stories about Mito Komon and his travels througout Japan are many, but this is one that had yet to be told. The struggles of Suke-san and Kaku-san faced in order to join the Elder in his quest to fight against injustice and corruption during the samurai era.
In Search of Mother (1962) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
瞼の母
other title: 瞼の母
Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in Edo (Tokyo), he travels there, intent on finding her and leaving the swordsman's life behind. But a team of rival gangsters is hot on his heels.
Koi no rantō (1951) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
恋の蘭燈
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Ryō Ikebe / Hisaya Morishige
other title: 恋の蘭燈
"My mother is Japanese, a drifting diva of Tokyo" After the death of her father Reika goes to Japan to visit her mother, but can't find her, so she starts performing at a cabaret in Yokohama. Her mother, already settled, found about Reika's whereabouts, but won't acknowledge her daughter for fear of loosing her current status.
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.
Yakuza of Seki (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
関の弥太っぺ
other title: 関の弥太っぺ
A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. While traveling, he rescues a young girl, Osayo, whose father entrusts her to him with his dying wish. To honor his promise to Osayo's deceased father, Yatappe brings her to safety, and from a distance keeps a watchful eye on her well being.
Maria of the Ant Village (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
蟻の街のマリア
director: Heinosuke Gosho actor: Kakuko Chino / Kōji Nanbara
other title: 蟻の街のマリア
Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her services. However, Ant Village is not just an ordinary vagrants' community but a fine autonomous organization, and as the municipal authorities have long been demanding that the people of Ant Village leave the site, Satoko is utilized to publicize the Village and win public sympathy. While being utilized in this manner, Satoko is nevertheless glad to be able to help the people of Ant Village, especially the children, and when the summer vacation comes she decides to take the children on an excursion to Hakone. To raise funds for this purpose she becomes a rag-picker herself.
Love Letter (1953) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
恋文
director: Kinuyo Tanaka actor: Masayuki Mori / Yoshiko Kuga
other title: Liebesbriefe / Lettre d'amour
Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.