Mitsuko Kusabue — Actor (48)
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Sugata Sanshiro (1977)
姿三四郎 IMDb TMDB
Kihachi Okamoto actor: Tomokazu Miura / Kumiko Akiyoshi …
other title: 姿三四郎
The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself.
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The Phoenix (1978)
火の鳥 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kon Ichikawa actor: Jun Fubuki / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: Hi no Tori / 火の鳥 …
This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life.
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The Lovelorn Geisha (1960)
夜の流れ WikiData IMDb TMDB
Mikio Naruse / Yūzō Kawashima actor: Yōko Tsukasa / Isuzu Yamada …
other title: Courant du soir / Corriente nocturna …
A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself 'already dead'.
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The House of Hanging (1979)
病院坂の首縊りの家 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kon Ichikawa actor: Koji Ishizaka / Yoshiko Sakuma …
other title: 病院坂の首縊りの家 / La Maison du pendu
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.
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Samurai Pirate (1963)
大盗賊 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Senkichi Taniguchi actor: Toshirō Mifune / Mie Hama …
other title: Der Löwe des gelben Meeres / Le Défi des géants …
An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter. Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels and a lustful wizard, he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch, a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial guards. He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation.
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The Thin Line (1966)
女の中にいる他人 WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Mikio Naruse actor: Keiju Kobayashi / Michiyo Aratama …
other title: Lo straniero dentro una donna / L'Étranger à l'intérieur d'une femme …
Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In an effort to further relieve his tortured sense of guilt, he then confesses to Sugimoto. Neither his wife nor his friend can believe that he could have been involved.
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奥林匹克的赎金 (2013)
オリンピックの身代金 ～1964年・夏～ Douban NeoDB
藤田明二 actor: 竹野内丰 / 松山研一 …
昭和39年 东京奥运会开幕在即。当全国上下如火如荼准备这场盛事的时候，一桩桩精心策划的犯罪悄然进行。距离开幕还有四十多天的时候，接连两起爆炸事件在东京发生。嫌犯假托之前甚嚣尘上的爆弹狂魔草加次郎之名，声言要破坏奥运会的举行。赌上日本国民和警察的尊严，警视厅搜查一课刑警落合昌夫（竹野内丰 饰）与后辈岩村杰（斋藤工 饰）合作展开调查。他们发现两起案件均针对着东奥最高警备总部的幕僚长须贺修一郎（岸部一德 饰）而来，因此怀疑是与父亲断绝了关系的花花公子须贺忠所为。谁知调查刚刚有所进展，上层却下达了让二人退出搜查的命令。执拗的落合持续追逐真凶，真相则慢慢浮出水面…… 本片根据奥田英朗的同名原作改编。
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A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)
放浪記
Mikio Naruse actor: Hideko Takamine / Akira Takarada …
other title: Hourou-ki / Chronique de mon vagabondage …
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughter living from hand to mouth in Twenties Tokyo. Based on the life and career of Fumiko Hayashi, the novelist whose work Naruse adapted to the screen several times, A Wanderer’s Notebook traces her bitter struggle for literary recognition in the first half of the twentieth century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.
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The Devil's Bouncing Ball Song (1977)
悪魔の手毬唄 IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
市川昆 actor: 石坂浩二 / 岸惠子 …
other title: 恶魔拍球之歌 / 悪魔の手毬唄 …
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. Kindaichi must find out about the past in order to reveal who the murderer is.
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The Inugami Family (1976)
犬神家の一族 IMDb
Kon Ichikawa actor: Koji Ishizaka / Yoko Shimada …
other title: 犬神家の一族 / The Inugamis …
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.
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The Clan of Dog-God Household (1976)
犬神家の一族 TMDB Douban NeoDB
市川昆 actor: 石坂浩二 / 岛田阳子 …
other title: 犬神家族 / 犬神家の一族 …
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.
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Aimitagai (2024)
アイミタガイ IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Shogo Kusano actor: Mutsuo Yoshioka / Mitsuko Kusabue …
other title: アイミタガイ
Azusa and Kanami have been best friends since high school. After Kanami dies in an unexpected accident, Azusa despairs yet finds comfort in sending text messages to Kanami’s cellphone. Kanami’s parents wonder about Azusa’s identity, and upon visiting the orphanage that their dead daughter cared about, are moved by her good deeds.
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And Then (1985)
それから
Yoshimitsu Morita actor: Yūsaku Matsuda / Miwako Fujitani …
other title: それから / Sorekara
Daisuke is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is 30 years old and devotes his attention to music and literature; his family is wealthy and can support his interests. When his friend Hiraoka returns with his wife Michiyo, problems arise.
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0.5 mm (2014)
0.5ミリ
Momoko Ando actor: Sakura Ando / Junkichi Orimoto …
other title: 0.5mm / 0.5ミリ …
Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family for an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him, which led her to lose her job. Now, she has nowhere to go. Sawa finds elderly people in trouble and gets involved in their lives. Meeting them, Sawa's own wounds start to heal.
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Yearning (1964)
乱れる
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Mikio Naruse actor: Yumi Shirakawa / Hideko Takamine …
other title: Tormento / Midareru - Sehnsucht …
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.
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90 Years Old – So What? (2024)
九十歳。何がめでたい
Tetsu Maeda actor: Mitsuko Kusabue / Toshiaki Karasawa …
other title: 九十歳。何がめでたい / 90 Years Old - So What?
Aiko Satō, who has won many literary awards, retired from her life as a writer and had no guests. She spent a gloomy time, but then a middle-aged editor named Tachibana came with a commission for a story. The story begins with a series of essays that are initially unpleasant, writing out her anger towards society. Aiko's life will undergo significant changes by the time she is 90 years old.
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They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019)
ある船頭の話 IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
小田切让 actor: Akira Emoto / Nijiro Murakami …
other title: They Say Nothing Stays The Same / ある船頭の話 …
Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides rowing a boat for the villagers all day long, he barely communicates with anyone except Genzo, a young neighbour. Upstream, a large bridge is being constructed. Everyone is excited, but Toichi has mixed feelings about it. One day, Toichi meets a mysterious girl. Having no family and no place to go, Toichi lets her stay with him, but this encounter starts to bring about changes to Toichi's life.