Ichirō Sugai — Actor (49)
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Ditch (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
どぶ
director: Kaneto Shindō actor: Nobuko Otowa / Jūkichi Uno …
other title: La zanja / どぶ …
Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who has run away from a geisha house.
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Code Between Brothers: All New (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
新兄弟仁義
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Saburo Kitajima / Kenji Imai …
other title: 新兄弟仁義
When the boss of the Nakano Family decides to retire and makes a loyal follower the new boss instead of his own son, it causes strife in the family. Sides are taken and lines are drawn. Meanwhile, a rival family with a land dispute with the Nakano starts pulling strings behind the scenes...
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Flame of My Love (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
わが恋は燃えぬ
director: Kenji Mizoguchi actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Mitsuko Mito …
other title: Il mio amore brucia / Flamme de mon amour …
In 1880s Japan, women's struggle for equality rages on. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, just as the party is being disbanded by the government.
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A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
浦島太郎の後裔
director: Mikio Naruse actor: Susumu Fujita / Hideko Takamine …
other title: Les Descendants de Taro Urashima / 浦島太郎の後裔
Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party.
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The Angry Street (1950) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
怒りの街
director: Mikio Naruse actor: Jūkichi Uno / Yasumi Hara …
other title: La Rue en colère / 怒りの街
University students Sudo and Mori make money by picking up rich girls in dance clubs and conning them into giving them cash. Mori is the brains of the operation, and Sudo is the suave dancer who picks up the girls. Sudo becomes gradually involved with three different girls and is drawn into the gangster milieu, which he seems unable to resist even though he is responsible for his mother, grandmother, and sister Masako. In this world of bad boys and girls, Masako is the pillar of strength and moral virtue who finally enables Mori to straighten out.
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The Eagle of the Pacific (1953) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
太平洋の鷲
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Denjirō Ōkōchi / Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi …
other title: Operazione kamikaze / Eagle Of The Pacific …
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.
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Victory Is Ours (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
港の乾杯　勝利をわが手に
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Kō Mishima / Keiko Amaji …
other title: 港の乾杯　勝利をわが手に / Victory Is Mine
A sailor tries to help his younger brother, a horse-racing jockey, escape from the yakuza after double crossing them in a fixing scam. Seijun Suzuki's directorial debut.
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Satan's Town (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
悪魔の街
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Seizaburō Kawazu / Ichirō Sugai …
other title: 悪魔の街
A yakuza boss and his right-hand, Hawasaki, escape from prison. the film concentrates on their relationship, emphasizing loyalty and thier eventual betrayal, enroute they get involved in money trafficking, a cop killing and horse racing scams before the inevitable tragic ending. A patch-work production.