A student at a woman’s university takes a controversial action against the school’s old-fashioned doctrines. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mieko Takamine
The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family / Todake no kyôdai (1941) Yasujirô Ozu, Mieko Takamine, Shin Saburi, Hideo Fujino
When the patriarch of the Toda family suddenly dies, his widow discovers that he has left Read More »
Points and Lines (1958) Tsuneo Kobayashi, Hiroshi Minami
Based on Matsumoto Seicho’s classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group Read More »
Once More / 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 / 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 »
Warm Current / Danryû (1939) Kôzaburô Yoshimura, Mieko Takamine, Shin Saburi, Hideo Fujino
After his benefactor Shima falls ill, Hibiki (Shin Saburi) sets out to rebuild the hospital that Shima had run. Read More »
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 »
Elegy of the North / 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 »
