Mitsuko Kusabue — Actor (48)
cover
Whirlwind (1964) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
士魂魔道 大龍巻
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Akihiko Hirata …
other title: Tourbillon / 士魂魔道 大龍巻
Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as
cover
Abacus and Sword (2010) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
武士の家計簿
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: Masato Sakai / Yukie Nakama …
other title: Bushi no Kakeibo / 武士の家計簿
Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting. He is also a gifted mathematician and uses the abacus with extreme skills. Naoyuki works under the declining Kaga domain. Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates.
cover
Dendera (2011) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
デンデラ
director: Daisuke Tengan actor: Ruriko Asaoka / Mitsuko Baisho …
other title: デンデラ
Fifty elderly women are abandoned to die on a snow covered mountain, but instead wor together to build their own village named "Dendera." Some of the women wants to live their remaining days in peace, but others seek revenge against the villagers and their own families who left them to die.
cover
The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai (1986) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
玄海つれづれ節
director: Masanobu Deme actor: Sayuri Yoshinaga / Aki Yashiro …
other title: 玄海つれづれ節
A young woman's life is turned upside down when her husband suddenly disappears, leaving behind numerous debts and his illegitimate child. Desperate to track down her missing husband, she travels to Kyushu in hopes of finding clues to his whereabouts and in the process discovers disturbing secrets about the man she loves.
cover
Bonchi (1960) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
ぼんち
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Ayako Wakao …
other title: ぼんち
Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business, he stands by helplessly as his wife is thrown out of the house for producing a son. Driven to a life of dissipation - his mistresses also fail to produce daughters - in the end he is just too tired to care.
cover
Queen Bee (1978) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
女王蜂
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Koji Ishizaka / Keiko Kishi …
other title: 女王蜂
To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating back several generations must be sorted out once and for all.
cover
What the Snow Brings (2005) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
雪に願うこと
director: Kichitaro Negishi actor: Yūsuke Iseya / Koichi Sato …
other title: 雪に願うこと
Following a tip, Manabu Yazaki loses his last money betting on the older "banba" horse "Unryu" (jockied by Makie, a legendary jockey's daughter) in a draft-horse race held in his childhood home of Obihiro on the island of Hokkaido.
cover
The Big Boss (1959) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
暗黒街の顔役
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Koji Tsuruta / Seizaburō Kawazu …
other title: 暗黒街の顔役 / Ombres dans la nuit
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.