Based on actual events, taken from a woman doctor’s story of life in a remote leper colony. Read More »
Tag Archives: Ichirô Sugai
Story of a Beloved Wife AKA Aisai monogatari (1951) Kaneto Shindô, Nobuko Otowa, Jûkichi Uno, Ichirô Sugai
Shindo’s directorial debut is the fictionalized account of the death of his first wife. Read More »
The Naked Woman and the Gun AKA Rajo to kenjû (1957) Seijun Suzuki, Michitarô Mizushima, Mari Shiraki, Ichirô Sugai
A Tokyo newspaper reporter goes after the Japanese king of cocaine trafficking Read More »
Satan’s Town AKA Akuma no machi (1956) Seijun Suzuki, Seizaburô Kawazu, Ichirô Sugai, Azusa Yumi
A notorious murderer Oba escapes from jail. Hayasaki, the Oba’s right hand Read More »
The Water Magician AKA Taki no shiraito (1933) Kenji Mizoguchi, Takuaki Seiryô, Tokihiko Okada, Ichirô Sugai, Bontarô Miake
Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. Read More »
The Life of Oharu AKA Saikaku Ichidai Onna (1952) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai
A fifty-year-old prostitute, no longer able to attract men, looks back on her sad life. Read More »
Mother Never Dies AKA Haha wa Shinazu (1942) Mikio Naruse, Takako Irie, Yukiko Todoroki, Ichirô Sugai
The story begins in 1929 with Sugai (Sugai Ichiro) losing his job in the stock- market crash. Read More »
The Most Beautiful AKA Ichiban utsukushiku (1944) Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Shimura, Sôji Kiyokawa, Ichirô Sugai
During World War II, the management of a war industry of optical instruments for weapons requests Read More »
Cat Girls Gamblers AKA Toba no mesu neko (1965) Hiroshi Noguchi, Yumiko Nogawa, Hideaki Nitani, Ichirô Sugai
After seeing her father being murdered over a game of dice, Yukiko decides to take revenge. Read More »