After his benefactor Shima falls ill, Hibiki (Shin Saburi) sets out to rebuild the hospital that Shima had run. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mieko Takamine
Wife AKA Tsuma (1953) Mikio Naruse, Mieko Takamine, Ken Uehara, Rentarô Mikuni
Tokyo. Mihoko and Toichi Nakagawa’s ten year marriage is crumbling out of inertia. Read More »
Once More AKA Ima hitotabi no (1947) Heinosuke Gosho, Mieko Takamine, Ichirô Ryûzaki, Haruo Tanaka
A romance with political overtones about the relationship of a sheltered bourgeois woman Read More »
Castle of Flames AKA Hono-o no shiro (1960) Tai Katô, Hashizô Ôkawa, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Mieko Takamine
In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed Read More »
Elegy of the North AKA Banka (1957) Heinosuke Gosho, Yoshiko Kuga, Masayuki Mori, Mieko Takamine
A young woman falls for a middle aged business man, but things get complicated when she also starts having feelings for his wife. Read More »
Queen Bee AKA Joôbachi (1978) Kon Ichikawa, Koji Ishizaka, Mieko Takamine, Keiko Kishi
Private detective Kindaichi investigates a series of murders in scenic rural Japan. Read More »
Points and Lines (1958) Tsuneo Kobayashi, Hiroshi Minami, Isao Yamagata, Mieko Takamine, Mystery
A senior detective is determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide. Read More »
Onna no sono / The Garden of Women (1954) Keisuke Kinoshita, Mieko Takamine, Hideko Takamine, Keiko Kishi, Drama
A student at a woman’s university takes a controversial action against the school’s old-fashioned doctrines. Read More »
Maihime / Dancing Girl (1951) Mikio Naruse, Sô Yamamura, Mieko Takamine, Mariko Okada, Drama
The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family / Todake no kyôdai (1941) Yasujirô Ozu, Mieko Takamine, Shin Saburi, Hideo Fujino, Drama
When the patriarch of the Toda family suddenly dies, his widow discovers that he has left her with nothing but debt and married children who are unwilling to support her–except for her most thoughtful son, just returned from China.
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