
Birthday:
06-07-1918
Deathday:
11-21-2007 (89 years)
Birthplace:
Gunma Prefecture, Japan
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Pomegranate Time
Producer
event1967
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Comedy-drama about university tennis players.
Beast Alley
Producer
event1965 star_border 7
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"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return." Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
Beyond the Hills
Producer
event1960
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Story of young love in the hills.
The End of Summer
Producer
event1961 star_border 7.5
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The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
Our Failures
Producer
event1962
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Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures.
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
Producer
event1969
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A timid salaryman is the subject of this black comedy.
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
Producer
event1951
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In a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was overwhelmed to make a presentation for the summer festival, but because of lack of funds, she works part-time at the spectacle of a tour, a haunted house Especially. The ghost was a struggle amongst the people, it was a great success in filling the crowd, but in the circus hut next to it, Kenji who was supposed to have disappeared was pitiful.
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Producer
event1963 star_border 6.1
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A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.
The Beast Shall Die
Producer
event1974 star_border 6
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Kunihiko Date (Hiroshi Fujioka), a young criminal genius, puts a perfect crime plan into action to take revenge on the men who once drove his father to ruin.
A Dangerous Hero
Producer
event1957
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A film by Hideo Suzuki.
Two in the Shadow
Producer
event1967 star_border 7.7
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A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.
A Wife's Heart
Producer
event1956 star_border 6.8
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Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked for a loan.
The Thin Line
Producer
event1966 star_border 7.3
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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.
The School of Flesh
Producer
event1965 star_border 2
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A love story about a former noblewoman who greedily enjoys love after breaking up with her unhappy marriage after the war, in pursuit of a wild and pure Japanese man. Three gorgeous 39-year-old single women who are in the same situation get excited about each other’s love affairs. Adapted from Yukio Mishima's novel, with the same title. It's also related to the movie "L'École de la Chair" from 1998, which also is an adaptation of the book and Japanese movie.
Ayako
Producer
event1962
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An ambitious young woman uses her sex appeal to solve financial problems in her family, including a brother in debt to the yakuza, and a father who stole money from his firm to repay his son's debt.
A Woman's Life
Executive Producer
event1963 star_border 7.1
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A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
Woman of Design
Executive Producer
event1962 star_border 6.5
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Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.
Green Light to Joy
Executive Producer
event1967
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Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college.
Mr. Pu
Producer
event1953 star_border 6.5
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A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.
Once a Rainy Day
Executive Producer
event1966
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Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.
Aoi sanmyaku
Producer
event1975
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Remake of 1949 film
The Blue Beast
Executive Producer
event1960
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Tatsuya Nakadai plays a scheming low-level executive who plays labor against management and uses anyone he can to further his career in this moral drama. When things get too hot, he bails and goes to work for a prominent politician (Koreya Senda). Soon he has impregnated the daughter (Yoko Tsukasa) of his boss, but he figures marriage will solve his current problems. His happiness is short-lived when he is stalked by a union radical he once double-crossed who now seeks vengeance.
Little Adventurer
Executive Producer
event1973 star_border 8
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Mickey, a smart student from England, is on his trip to Japan for vacation. He meets with a Chinese girl Lin Fang on the way. They each have the same model of camera. But they have their cameras exchanged without their knowing it prior to their departure.
Stairs of Evil
Producer
event1965 star_border 5
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Iwao, , Kumagai, and Konishi broke into the safe containing the wages of the employees of Ato Industries and obtained a fortune large enough to live a life of leisure. They celebrated with Iwao’s woman, Rumiko. However, it was too early to celebrate. They decided not to use the money for six months to avoid suspicion and stored it in a safe. But one day, Konishi asked for his share of the money in advance, even if it meant receiving a smaller portion, igniting the dark flame of desire among Iwao and the others.
Born in Sin
Executive Producer
event1962
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A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.
The Beast Shall Die
Producer
event1959 star_border 5.6
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A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man.
Price of Beauty
Executive Producer
event1957
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Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity".
Someday I'll Know
Producer
event1959
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A modern love story involving different affairs.
Bright Young Maidens
Producer
event1958
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In order to get Kanako (Izumi Yukimura) married, her mother places a rental listing in the student medical school newsletter and attempts to find a suitable lodger who will catch the eye of her daughter.
Hakuchô no uta nanka kikoenai
Producer
event1972 star_border 8
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Young man and woman experience changes in their worldview and question the meaning of life after meeting a dying grandfather.
City of Love
Executive Producer
event1958
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Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the bar hostess.
Attack at Daylight
Executive Producer
event1970 star_border 5
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A truck driver is reunited with friends from his youth in a seedy bar and gets drawn into a web of crime.
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
Producer
event1967 star_border 5
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An inspirational teacher is the focus of this Japanese drama. After his friend kills himself, Natsuki takes a teaching job on an isolated island. His new students, the children of ignorant fishermen, can see no value in education; therefore, they have no desire to learn. Natsuki then introduces the children to volleyball. The kids are immediately fired up by the game. After winning the island tourney, they go on to win the national championship. Suddenly learning has taken on a whole new dimension. Meanwhile Natsuki gets married. Unfortunately for his wife, he refuses to leave the island.
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