Isao Yamagata — Actor (90)
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A Fishmonger's Tour (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
一心太助 男一匹道中記
director: Tadashi Sawashima actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Ryūnosuke Tsukigata …
other title: 一心太助 男一匹道中記
The supply of sea bream to the fish market has decreased, and the price has increased to a whopping 1 ryo, and unable to face his customers openly anymore, Tasuke closes the shop and goes on a trip to celebrate the first wedding anniversary with his wife Onaka. Staying at the inn, Tasuke sees that dishes from magnificent sea bream are served here, which is very cheap. Tasuke goes to a fishing village and finds out here that a rich merchant is stopping the shipment of fish...
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Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
若さま侍捕物帖 黒い椿
director: Tadashi Sawashima actor: Hashizo Ōkawa / Satomi Oka …
other title: 若さま侍捕物帖 黒い椿
Escaping the hustle and bustle of Edo, the Young Lord came to Oshima Island in Izu to take a vacation. Unexpectedly, the island's boss, Amimoto, was brutally murdered with a harpoon. As usual, the Young Lord sets out to solve the case. However, most of the islanders have a grudge against Amimoto, and there are so many suspects that he is at his wits' end this time. Set against the beautiful sea of Izu and the majestic Mt. Mihara, the Young Lord's brilliant deductions and his secret sword Ichimonjo-Kakureshi cut through the mystery!
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Noble Tasuke (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
江戸の名物男　一心太助
director: Tadashi Sawashima actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Ryūnosuke Tsukigata …
other title: 江戸の名物男　一心太助
The story opens in October of 1624 when the newly appointed Shogun Iemitsu visits the famed Kan-ei temple. On his way the procession is disrupted when a small child runs into the street, a crime punishable by execution. One man steps forward to save her life by putting his on the line. Brave and compassionate Isshin Tasuke has come into the limelight as a hero of legendary proportions. His uncanny resemblance to Shogun Iemitsu will lead to many adventures that formed on of the great series in Japanese cinema. With his intelligence and personality, Tasuke seeks to intervene in the struggle between opposing factions in the Shogun's Ruling Council.
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Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
一心太助 天下の一大事
director: Tadashi Sawashima actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Hitomi Nakahara …
other title: 一心太助 天下の一大事
Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is ready to commit suicide. Tasuke learns that Kokichi's fiancee, Otoyo, was a chambermaid whom Kawakatsu abducted in order to make her his concubine and Tasuke feels compelled to right this wrong. Meanwhile Kawakatsu is dealing in black-market lumber and receiving kick-backs but unbeknownst to him he is under investigation by Lord Izu, one of the Shogun Elders. Will Tasuke be able to rescue Otoyo from the clutches of Lord Kawakatsu and can Lord Izu put an end to his money hungry evildoings.
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An Osaka Story (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
大阪物語
director: Kōzaburō Yoshimura actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Shintarō Katsu …
other title: Uma história sobre Osaka / Une histoire d'Osaka …
A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.
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Three Loves (1954) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
三つの愛
director: Masaki Kobayashi actor: Isuzu Yamada / Keiko Kishi …
other title: Trois amours / 三つの愛 …
In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds' cry and befriends another boy who works in a brewery. Heita also finds solace in the village pastor Yasugi and his teacher Michiko, but they too have problems of their own.
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Our Happiness Alone (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
二十一歳の父
director: Noboru Nakamura actor: Homare Suguro / Kei Yamamoto …
other title: 二十一歳の父
Mototsugu is the younger son of Akira Sakawa, a director of an advertising agency whose mother, Nobuko, is ill with cancer of the liver. His elder brother, Ichiro, works at the Bank of Japan whose wife, Masuko, is from a very high-class family. Mototsugu becomes disgusted with such strait-laced living and leaves home to marry Yoshiko, a blind masseuse, and they live in a small apartment near a pinball parlor where he works.
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A Fishwife's Tale (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
魚河岸の女石松
director: Eiichi Kudō actor: Hibari Misora / Hitomi Nakahara …
other title: 魚河岸の女石松
Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological father who has fallen victim to an evil plot orchestrated by those who would take over his successful business.
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In Search of Mother (1962) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
瞼の母
director: Tai Katō actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Hiroki Matsukata …
other title: 瞼の母
Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in Edo (Tokyo), he travels there, intent on finding her and leaving the swordsman's life behind. But a team of rival gangsters is hot on his heels.