Tose got incredibly lucky to go from being the peasants’ daughter to the owner of a famous inn. Read More »
Tag Archives: Chikage Awashima
Kono ko wo nokoshite / Children of Nagasaki (1983)
In Nagasaki, Japan, on 09 August 1945, at 11:02 AM, 80.000 dead and thousand of persons wounded Read More »
Odoriko / Dancing Girl (1957) Hiroshi Shimizu
In the heart of Asakusa, Tokyo, a struggling couple—Yamano, a violinist, and Hanae, a revue dancer—lives in poverty. Read More »
Yellow Crow / Kiiroi karasu (1957) Heinosuke Gosho, Chikage Awashima, Yûnosuke Itô, Kinuyo Tanaka
A young boy has formed an idealized image of his father, who has yet to be repatriated from Russia. Read More »
What Is Your Name? Part III (1954) Kimi no na wa: Daisanbu
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. Read More »
What Is Your Name? Part II (1953) Kimi no na wa: Dainibu
Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge Read More »
What Is Your Name? / Kimi no na wa (1953) Hideo Ôba, Keiko Awaji, Chikage Awashima, Haruyo Ichikawa
Machiko and Haruki are not allowed to meet. When at last they find each other, Haruki has to part for Europe. Read More »
An Actor’s Revenge / Yukinojo Henge (1959) Masahiro Makino, Hashizo Okawa, Chikage Awashima, Keiko Okawa
Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo’s kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata Read More »
The Wayside Pebble / Robô no ishi (1964) Miyoji Ieki, Chikage Awashima, Shûichi Ikeda, Katsuo Nakamura
The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque Read More »
Early Summer AKA Bakushû (1951) Yasujirô Ozu, Setsuko Hara, Chishû Ryû, Chikage Awashima
In postwar Tokyo, this household is loving and serene: older parents, their 28-year-old daughter Noriko Read More »