Den Obinata — Actor (7)
Currents of Youth (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
青春の気流
director: Osamu Fushimizu actor: Setsuko Hara / Hisako Yamane
other title: 青春の気流
It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the latter man's daughter (Setsuko Hara) who is both beautiful and aggressive. Yet, he picks a woman who is less assertive as his bride.
The Dancing Girl of Izu (1933) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
恋の花咲く 伊豆の踊子
director: Heinosuke Gosho actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Den Obinata
other title: 恋の花咲く 伊豆の踊子
"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets there, including their youngest girl. The student finds the naïve girl attractive even though he eventually has to part with the family after spending memorable time together.
A Mother Should Be Loved (1934) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
母を恋はずや
other title: Una madre dovrebbe essere amata / L'Amour d'une mère
A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for always punishing him more severely than his stepsibling.
365 Nights (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
三百六十五夜
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Ken Uehara / Hisako Yamane
other title: 三百六十五夜
A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and decides to marry her. Only to discover that his father is is in debt and wants him to marry Ranko so that she may help his company by granting 1.5 million yen. Teruko decides to borrow money from a greedy bar owner who lends her money on certain conditions and photographs her without her consent. A love traingle forms between Koroku, Ranko, and Teruko. Things complicate when Koroku marries Teruko and Tsugawa threatens them for the money causing many twists and turns.
G-Men of Japan (1948) [Movie] TMDB
にっぽんGメン
other title: にっぽんGメン
The investigative unit of the Metropolitan Police Department organized a special investigative team to uncover a series of frequent gang robberies and car gangs... This is the first film in the Nippon G-Men series, of which four more films were later released.
The Age of Beginnings (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
かけ出し時代
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Susumu Fujita / Setsuko Hara
other title: かけ出し時代
A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets into trouble ending up at the police station slammer overnight. He has no material to write about and, with his assignment unfulfilled, faces a cross editor.