
A student at a woman’s university takes a controversial action against the school’s old-fashioned doctrines. Read More »
Tag Archives: Keiko Kishi
The Fossil / Kaseki (1975) Masaki Kobayashi, Shin Saburi, Mayumi Ogawa, Keiko Kishi

In the story, an industrialist learns of a medical condition which will greatly shorten his life. Read More »
The Snow Flurry (1959) Keisuke Kinoshita, Keiko Kishi, Ineko Arima, Yoshiko Kuga

Set in a rural village in the Shinshu region, this melodrama about lovers of different social Read More »
Ten Black Women / Kuroi jûnin no onna (1961) Kon Ichikawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Keiko Kishi, Tamao Nakamura

Weary of their lot, ten women – all mistresses of the same philandering businessman – join forces to wreak revenge upon him. Read More »
The Thick-Walled Room / Kabe atsuki heya (1956) Masaki Kobayashi, Kô Mishima, Torahiko Hamada, Keiko Kishi

Among the first Japanese films to deal directly with the scars of World War II Read More »
The Devil’s Ballad / Akuma no temari-uta (1977) Kon Ichikawa, Kôji Ishizaka, Keiko Kishi, Akiko Nishina

Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. Read More »
Typhoon Over Nagasaki / Typhon sur Nagasaki (1957) Yves Ciampi, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Marais, Keiko Kishi

Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards Read More »
Tora-san Loves an Artist / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no tora-san (1973) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Keiko Kishi

Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Read More »
I Will Buy You / Anata kaimasu (1956) Masaki Kobayashi, Keiji Sada, Keiko Kishi, Minoru Ôki

Kobayashi’s pitiless take on Japan’s professional baseball industry is unlike any other sports film ever made. Read More »
Snow Country AKA Yukiguni (1957) Shirô Toyoda, Ryô Ikebe, Keiko Kishi, Kaoru Yachigusa

It’s a man’s world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. Read More »