Yoshikata Yoda — Playwright (34)
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Tough Guy (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
悪名
director: Tokuzō Tanaka actor: Shintarō Katsu / Jirō Tamiya …
other title: 悪名
Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. When Kotoito, the geisha Asakichi is in love with, is kidnapped by a rival clan and sold to a a house of pleasure, Asakichi and Sada set out to rescue her.
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Sisters of the Gion (1936) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
祇園の姉妹
director: Kenji Mizoguchi actor: Isuzu Yamada / Yōko Umemura …
other title: Le sorelle di Gion / As Irmãs de Gion …
A geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto feels obliged to help her lover when he asks to stay with her after going bankrupt and leaving his wife. However, her younger sister opposes this, thinking that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them.
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The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
女優須磨子の恋
director: Kenji Mizoguchi actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / So Yamamura …
other title: L'Amour de l'actrice Sumako / El amor de la actriz Sumako …
Stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family to be with her, while trying to keep his Art Theatre solvent.
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The Mad Fox (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
恋や恋なすな恋
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Hashizo Ōkawa / Michiko Saga …
other title: La renarde folle / 恋や恋なすな恋 …
A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes romantically involved with his dead lover's twin sister, but more complications arise thanks to a chance encounter with a clan of shape-shifters.
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Sound in the Mist (1956) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb
霧の音
director: 清水宏 actor: Ken Uehara / 木暮实千代 …
other title: 霧の音 / O Som do Nevoeiro …
In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night, Kazuhiko's wife Kazuyo comes to see them and confronts the professor about his extramarital affair, and Tsuruko, an inevitable witness to the confrontation, leaves the professor the following morning. Over the next decade, whenever he visits the mountain cabin every autumn equinox, the memory of Tsuruko will forever haunt Kazuhiko...