In an isolated mountain resort, a woman gets involved in a love triangle between herself Read More »
Tag Archives: Isao Kimura
Black Lizard / Kuro tokage (1968) Kinji Fukasaku
Japanese sixties comedy featuring a cunning female jewel thief named Black Lizard who tries to kidnap Sanaye Read More »
Vacuum Zone / Shinkû chitai (1952) Satsuo Yamamoto, Takashi Kanda, Yoshi Katô, Isao Kimura
Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison Read More »
Yakuza of Seki / Seki no yatappe (1963) Kôsaku Yamashita, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Isao Kimura, Yukiyo Toake
A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. Read More »
Cruel Story of the Shogunate’s Downfall / Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari (1964) Tai Katô, Sumiko Fuji, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Isao Kimura
A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but as his determination impresses Read More »
Beautiful days / Uruwashiki saigetsu (1955) Masaki Kobayashi, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Isao Kimura
A romantic drama depicting the lives of two generations of a family who run a florist shop in Tokyo. Read More »
Hero of the Red Light District / Yôtô monogatari: hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin-giri (1960) Tomu Uchida, Chiezô Kataoka, Yaeko Mizutani, Isao Kimura
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness Read More »
Flame and Women (1967) Yoshishige Yoshida, Mariko Okada, Isao Kimura, Mayumi Ogawa
A sterile man arranges for his disapproving wife to receive artificial insemination Read More »
The Temple of the Wild Geese (1962) Yûzô Kawashima, Ayako Wakao, Masao Mishima, Isao Kimura, Drama, Romance
Kawashima excelled in portraying latent psychological anxieties and their incursion to associations. Read More »
Anzukko / Little Peach (1958) Mikio Naruse, Sô Yamamura, Kyôko Kagawa, Isao Kimura, Drama
Kyoko, the daughter of a successful novelist, marries an aspiring writer. Read More »