Yūjirō Ishihara — Actor (61)
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Dancing Sisters (1957) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
お転婆三人姉妹　踊る太陽
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Izumi Ashikawa / Ruriko Asaoka …
other title: お転婆三人姉妹　踊る太陽
It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".
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Wait for Tomorrow (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
あした晴れるか
director: Kō Nakahira actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Izumi Ashikawa …
other title: あした晴れるか
Kohei Misugi works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given his first opportunity to demonstrate his talent by the Sakura Film Company which offers him an assignment to "Cover Tokyo" with a camera. But he is disillusioned when he is told he must work together with Miharu, a good looking girl in the film company's publicity department. Then the fun begins.
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Love in Ginza (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
銀座の恋の物語
director: Koreyoshi Kurahara actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Ruriko Asaoka …
other title: 銀座の恋の物語
Hanjiro is a struggling painter that shares a tiny apartment in the back streets of Ginza with his jazz pianist friend who works at a bar. When he and his sweet heart, Hisako decide to get married, Hanjiro is faced with a tough decision. Needing to buy a ticket back home to tell his mother the good news, he compromises his creative principles for love and sells his portrait of Hisako. Hisako heads to the station to see him off, but gets hit by a car...
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Harbor Rats (1957) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
海の野郎ども
director: Kaneto Shindō actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Shōji Yasui …
other title: 海の野郎ども
A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were oppressed by arrogant captain and his officers. The crews caused an uprising. A manager of stevedore ordered his employee leader to suppress an uprising...
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Red Pier (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
赤い波止場
director: Toshio Masuda actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Mie Kitahara …
other title: 赤い波止場
Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.
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A Slope in the Sun (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
陽のあたる坂道
director: Tomotaka Tasaka actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Mie Kitahara …
other title: 陽のあたる坂道
The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage of Shinji comes to light.
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Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
ジャズ娘誕生
director: Masahisa Sunohara actor: Chiemi Eri / Yūjirō Ishihara …
other title: ジャズ娘誕生
Kawai Midori's father left the family a long time ago and since her mother passed away, she has taken care of her younger siblings by herself by working with a group of itinerant camellia oil peddlers. While she is In Izu selling camellia oil, she meets a young student, Katō Yutaka, who asks her to let him take her picture. The peddlers also meet a jazz band, and when Midori sings a song, teased by the band's star singer Nanjō Haruo, the band members are enraptured by her beautiful voice. She eventually joins the band and quickly becomes a popular jazz singer.
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The Day of Youth (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
青年の樹
director: Toshio Masuda actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Mie Kitahara …
other title: 青年の樹
At Tokyo Gakuen University, Takema, son of Tatsunosuke, chief of the Waku gang, is a freshman who wishes to prepare himself for a better life away from gang activities despite the wishes of his father who wants him to assist strengthen the gang against the Kawano group. Takema's classmate, Akiko, is the daughter of Eiko who operates a restaurant, and through her he obtains a lodging in the house of Shiu, a dancing mistress. The students enjoy their life, but most have their troubles. Sakamoto works as a laborer on the docks to help pay for his schooling, and Akiko worries over the relationship between her mother and Sakurai, a corrupt politician, suspected to be involved in graft over jet aircraft.
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I Hate But Love (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
憎いあンちくしょう
director: Koreyoshi Kurahara actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Ruriko Asaoka …
other title: Un type méprisable / 憎いあンちくしょう
A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his controlling manager, the woman he loves, follows, the two must reconcile while dodging reporters.
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A Man with Dragon Tattoos (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
花と竜
director: Toshio Masuda actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Ruriko Asaoka …
other title: 花と竜
In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, dreams are instilled into the lives of many across Japan. A vigorous young man with a look of fearless determination, sets foot on the northern part of Kyushu, an area where Yakuza thrived. His name is Kingoro Tamai (Yujiro Ishihara). With plans to travel the world, Kingoro worked diligently at a coal mine. His loyalty and hard work earned the respect of his peers, his courage won the heart of the beautiful Mon (Ruriko Asaoka), and his success evoked jealousy in his enemies.
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The Harbor of No Return (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
帰らざる波止場
director: Mio Ezaki actor: Ruriko Asaoka / Takashi Shimura …
other title: 帰らざる波止場
A jazz pianist named Shiro Tsuda returns from an overseas tour unwittingly carrying drugs that have been sewn into his jacket. When he stops by to see his girlfriend Kyoko, he walks in to find an unknown man attacking her. While struggling with the man, who is armed, Shiro accidentally shoots and kills her. The intruder knocks Shiro down and takes the drugs from Shiro's jacket. Shiro realizes that he was being used as a drag smuggler. He is sent to prison for three years for killing his girlfriiend. When he is released, he is determined to find out who set him up.
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In Tears (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
泣かせるぜ
director: Akinori Matsuo actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Ruriko Asaoka …
other title: 泣かせるぜ
Hiroshi is the second officer on board the Hakuromaru. Lead by his captain, he heads out to town to recruit new crew members for their next voyage. Hiroshi is baffled when his captain approaches the Daigo-Kuroshiomaru crew, a notorious group nicknamed "the hoodlums of the sea". Their offer is greeted with scoffs and quickly turned down.
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Man of a Stormy Era (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
昭和のいのち
director: Toshio Masuda actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Ruriko Asaoka …
other title: 昭和のいのち
The early years of the Showa period were turbulent times for Japan. The country suffered financial crisis and famine, women worked under intolerable employment conditions, and political corruption was a major issue. Out of fear that the great nation would soon fall, a group of young patriotic men gathered to lay out plans to assassinate the crooked politicians. One of these young terrorists was Shinsuke Kusaka. He receives orders to kill the Prime Minister.