Akihiko Katayama — Actor (12)
The Bronze Devil (1954) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
青銅の魔人
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.
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1954) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
昨日と明日の間
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.
Unending Advance (1937) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
限りなき前進
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Isamu Kosugi / Hisako Takihana
other title: 限りなき前進
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.
The Lady of Musashino (1951) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
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.
Delinquent Girl (1949) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
不良少女
other title: La Mauvaise Fille / 不良少女
A melodramatic love story, a would-be apprenticeship between the titular bad girl and the optimistic scholar returning from the big city. It is presumed to be a lost film.
Dancing Girl (1951) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
舞姫
director: Mikio Naruse actor: Mieko Takamine / So Yamamura
other title: La Danseuse / La bailarina
The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the family.