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Tag Archives: Machiko Kyô
Black Lizard AKA Kurotokage (1962) Umetsugu Inoue, Machiko Kyô, Minoru Ôki, Junko Kanô
Kurotokage (1962, aka Black Lizard) has its origins in a 1934 detective novel Read More »
Tora-san 18 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô junjô shishû (1976) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Machiko Kyô
When Tora-san’s infatuation with his nephew’s school teacher causes family turmoil Read More »
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) Daniel Mann, Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyô
This comedy-drama is partially a gentle satire on America’s drive to change the world in the post-war years. Read More »
Street of Shame AKA Akasen Chitai (1956) Kenji Mizoguchi, Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao
Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyo’s Yoshiwara district. As the Diet considers a ban on prostitution, the women’s daily dramas play out. Read More »
Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953) Mikio Naruse, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata Read More »
Yokihi / Empress Yank Kwei Fei (1955) Kenji Mizoguchi, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Sô Yamamura, Drama, History, Romance
Genji monogatari / The Tale of Genji (1951) Kôzaburô Yoshimura, Kazuo Hasegawa, Michiyo Kogure, Machiko Kyô, Drama
Based on the classic novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks Read More »
Rashômon / Rashomon (1950) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Crime, Drama
A priest, a woodcutter and another man are taking refuge from a rainstorm in the shell of a former gatehouse called Rashômon.
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Ugetsu monogatari / Ugetsu (1953) Kenji Mizoguchi, Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Drama, Fantasy, War
In the beginning of the springtime in the period of the Japanese Civil Wars of the Sixteenth Century in Lake Biwa in the Province of Omi, the family man farmer and craftsman Genjurô travels to Nagahama to sell his wares and makes a small fortune.
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Bakurô ichidai / The Life of a Horse Trader (1951) Keigo Kimura, Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Takashi Shimura, Drama
This early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiba tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka “The Shark,” a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan’s rugged northernmost territory of Hokkaddo.. always ready to drink, fight, gamble and chase women he falls victim to a crooked game with loaded dice. This little-known film captures the wild ways of early Japan after the fall of the shogunate when men had only their own strengths and skills to rely on. A brilliant yet tragic tale that can now be told.
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Ukikusa / Floating Weeds (1959) Yasujirô Ozu, Ganjirô Nakamura, Machiko Kyô, Haruko Sugimura, Drama
A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Komajuro Arashi, the aging master of the troupe, goes to visit his old flame Oyoshi and their son Kiyoshi, even though Kiyoshi believes Komajuro is his uncle. The leading actress Sumiko is jealous and so, in order to humiliate the master, persuades the younger actress Kayo to seduce Kiyoshi.
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