Yoshi Katō — Actor (110)
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World War III Breaks Out (1960) WikiData IMDb TMDB
第三次世界大戦　四十一時間の恐怖
director: Shigeaki Hidaka / William Ross actor: Tatsuo Umemiya / Yoshiko Mita …
other title: 第三次世界大戦　四十一時間の恐怖 / World War III: 48 Hours of Fear
The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is ultimately evacuated as the two superpowers invoke the 'nuclear option'.
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The Wanderers (1973) WikiData IMDb TMDB
股旅
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Ichirō Ogura / Isao Bitō …
other title: 股旅 / Errance
Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill their rice bowls. Though they use the servants' entrance, they still feel themselves bound by the samurai code of Bushido; and this tension leads to tragedy.
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The Eleventh Hour (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB
どたんば
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Takashi Shimura / Shinjirō Ehara …
other title: どたんば / The Eleventh Hour 1957
Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a figure of speech — (essentially “last minute” or “eleventh hour”) — that refers to a situation of peril. The film boasts a script co-written by Uchida and Akira Kurosawa’s frequent screenwriter, Shinobu Hashimoto, and stars Kurosawa’s frequent star Takashi Shimura.
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Hiroshima (1953)
ひろしま
director: Hideo Sekigawa actor: Isuzu Yamada / Eiji Okada …
other title: ひろしま / 广岛 …
Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its effects on various civilians, especially children, of that city.
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Points and Lines (1958) IMDb TMDB
点と線
director: Tsuneo Kobayashi actor: Hiroshi Minami / Isao Yamagata …
other title: 点と線
Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide.
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Moonlight Mask: The Monster Gorilla (1959) IMDb TMDB
月光仮面　怪獣コング
director: Satoru Ainoda actor: Fumitake Ōmura / Michiko Shirakawa …
other title: 月光仮面　怪獣コング
Fourth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
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Apostasy (1948)
破戒
director: Keisuke Kinoshita actor: Ryō Ikebe / Yōko Katsuragi …
other title: Serment rompu / Apostasía …
In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.
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Love and Crime (1969) WikiData IMDb TMDB
明治・大正・昭和　猟奇女犯罪史
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Teruo Yoshida / Rika Fujie …
other title: Amor e Crime / Déviances et passions …
A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras.
Discover 4 famous Japanese murderers: Takahashi Oden, the last woman beheaded in Japan, Sada Abe, a crazy lover, Kunihiko Kodaira, a rapist-killer and finally, the Toyokaku case, a woman who did everything to own a hotel.
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Hokusai (1953) WikiData IMDb TMDB
北斎
director: Hiroshi Teshigahara actor: Yoshi Katō
other title: 北斎
A documentary about the life and art of wood-block artist Katsushika Hokusai.
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The Glamorous Ghost (1964) IMDb TMDB
散歩する霊柩車
director: Hajime Sato actor: Kō Nishimura / Masumi Harukawa …
other title: 散歩する霊柩車
Based on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black humor. A jealous husband murders his adulterous wife, then embarks on a crusade to extort all the wealthy men whom she had affairs with.
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The Catch (1961)
飼育
director: Nagisa Ōshima actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Akiko Koyama …
other title: L'addomesticamento / Le Piège …
Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their 'catch'.
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The Barren Zone (1976)
不毛地帯
director: Satsuo Yamamoto actor: Tomo'o Nagai / Asao Uchida …
other title: The Corporation / 不毛地帯
Tadashi Iki returns to Japan from a Soviet gulag 11 years after being captured during the invasion of Manchuria. He is offered a position in the expansive Kinki Corporation, but rival corporations are competing for a government contract to produce fighter planes.
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Jigoku (1979) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
地獄
director: 神代辰巳 actor: 原田美枝子 / 岸田今日子 …
other title: The Inferno / 地狱 …
Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.
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The Great White Tower (1966)
白い巨塔
director: Satsuo Yamamoto actor: Jirō Tamiya / Eijirō Tōno …
other title: 白い巨塔
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
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Intentions of Murder (1964)
赤い殺意
director: 今村昌平 actor: 春川真澄 / Kō Nishimura …
other title: 赤色杀机 / 赤い殺意 …
The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.
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The River Fuefuki (1960) Douban NeoDB
director: 木下惠介 actor: 高峰秀子 / 田村高广 …
other title: 笛吹川 / Fuefukigawa
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Simple, poetic legend, developing through the life and fate of a poor farming family during the period of five generations. Set in the 16th century. Based on the novel by Shichiro Fukazawa.
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1960年，木下惠介导演了根据深泽七郎原作改编的《笛吹川》。
《笛吹川》是世界上第一部、恐怕也是最后一部使用奇怪摄影技术的影片。影片用黑白胶片拍摄完毕之后，仅对那些强调作品主题思想的镜头施彩着色。因此，它既不是彩色片，也不算黑白片。如果硬要把它归类的话，也许可以说它是部水彩影片，或者可以称作南画派电影。整个影片就象文人画一样，只有部分画面着有色彩……这种制片手法耗资甚巨，使松竹公司的资方颇为吃惊。嗣后，世界上任何影片都未使用此种手法。
这部影片在摄制过程中还使用了当时尚处于实验阶段的叠影镜头，有时在摄影机上套装一个乳白色的镜头，用以拍摄特写。这一点，当时的观众可能没有注意到。但它确实生动地体现了天才木下惠介的意图。
虽然《二十四只眼睛》、《女园》以及《欢乐悲伤几岁月》等影片也获得了社会上的好评，但它们都不是反映导演内心世界的作品。而只有《笛吹川》（原作者深泽七郎）才是一部彻底反映了木下惠介内心世界的影片；甚至可以说，这部影片就是木下惠介“人生观”的体现。
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The Castle of Sand (1974)
砂の器
director: Yoshitarō Nomura actor: Tetsuro Tamba / Gō Katō …
other title: Le Vase de sable / El castillo de arena …
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.