Akihiko Katayama — Actor (12)

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The Bronze Devil (1954)
青銅の魔人 IMDb TMDB
other title: 青銅の魔人
A steel-clad fiend terrorizes Tokyo, raiding clock shops. Detective Kogoro Akechi uncovers a map hidden in a prized clock, leading to a uranium deposit. He deduces the fiend is his nemesis, the Fiend with Twenty Faces.

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Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1954)
昨日と明日の間 IMDb TMDB
other title: 昨日と明日の間
A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his true nature and dream of shaping the world according to his own desires. Against all the odds, he manages to push through his business idea – the foundation of an airline. At the same time, his ex-girlfriend refuses to accept their separation and attempts to force her way back into his life by any means possible. He in turn feels attracted to a young woman, who turns out to be the wife of one of his airline investors and who has herself had a secret lover for several years.

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Unending Advance (1937)
限りなき前進 WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
other title: 限りなき前進 / Kagirinaki Zenshin …
One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The surviving print, although incomplete, offers an essential glimpse into Uchida’s prewar period, when he was associated more with realist dramas than with the period films that dominated his work after the war.

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The Lady of Musashino (1951)
武蔵野夫人
other title: La signora Musashino / La Dame de Musashino …
In post-war Japan, Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become close, but decide not to consummate their affair. He instead becomes involved with the flirtatious Tomiko, who is also conducting an affair with Michiko's husband. When Michiko finds that her husband has abandoned her, she decides to take her fate into her own hands.