Sumiko Sakamoto
Birthday: Born in 1936-11-25 in Osaka, Japan
Deathday: 2021-01-23
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sumiko Sakamoto was born on November 26, 1936 in Osaka, Japan. Sakamoto is a singer and award-winning actress whose heartfelt performances made her a favorite of the late film director Shohei Imamura. Imamura cast her in three of his films, among them "The Ballad of Narayama," winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival, in which her brilliant portrayal of an elderly mother not only earned her a kiss from Orson Welles, but also the Japanese Best Actress Award from Nihon Academy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sumiko Sakamoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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想い出づくり。
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The drama depicts the daily lives of three women of the marriageable age who are desperately trying to make some memories before they get married....
わたしは海
Character: 石沢松子
The 22nd NHK Asadora. Starring Tomoko Aihara. About a woman raising war orphans....
琉球の風 DRAGON SPIRIT
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The series tells The story of the 1609 invasion of Ryûkyû by forces from the Japanese domain of Satsuma, an event which changed the course of Ryukyuan history dramatically....
女弁護士 朝吹里矢子
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A TV drama series aired on TV Asahi's Saturday Wide Gekijo based on Shizuko Natsuki's Bengoshi Asabuki Riyako series....
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The Buried Forest
Character: Granny
Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried forest....
The Ballad of Narayama
Character: Orin
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife....
The Pornographers
Character: Haru Masuda
Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead husband, reincarnated as a carp, disapproves. Director Shohei Imamura has always delighted in the kinky exploits of lowlifes, and in this 1966 classic, he finds subversive humor in the bizarre dynamics of Haru, her Oedipal son, and her daughter, the ...
Sometimes... Like a Prostitute
Character: Woman in Reception
A man with a medical condition and a guilty past becomes obsessed with a simple minded girl he finds in a park. His wife is not thrilled when he brings her home....
Homeless Dog
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First movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka...
Rampaging Dog
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Abare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series....
Quick-Draw Dog
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Quick Drawer Dog (早射ち犬 Hayauchi inu) is a 1967 film directed by Tetsutarō Murano. It is the eighth film in the Inu series....
Return of Gun Dog
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Zoku teppō inu (続鉄砲犬) is a 1966 film directed by Mitsuo Murayama. It is the sixth film in the Inu series....
Stray Dog
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Stray Dog is a 1966 film directed by Yoshio Inoue. It is the seventh film in the Inu series....
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Character: Minato Mary
Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. But when Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama's past, returns to town, the fuse is lit on a criminal powder keg set to blow the lid off the Yokohama underworld....
Escape from Japan
Character: Mitsuko
As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery....
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Character: Masako Yamada
A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers....
Fearless Comrades
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The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but decided to leave after his best friend died a brutal death at the hands of the gang leader. He goes on a trip with a guitar in his hand and ends up in Yokohama. The guitar he plays at the bar in the evening was given to him by his late best friend. At the bar, Kosuke meets Kumagoro. Kosuke saves Kumagoro from bandits. Kumagoro is a funny man, he came to this city to reunite with the woman he swore to ...
The Silent Gun
Character: Tamako Tamamura
A series of murders has been committed by someone with a new model gun, a Mord-Gessel X 38. Indeed, Daisuke himself is almost killed while investigating the case. This occurred while he was with Ritsuko, daughter of a company president. Detective Kimura thinks that the president himself, returned to Japan after an absence of fifteen years, might be the killer, or at least the man who supplied the gun. Ritsuko's father limps and though she explains this as the result of a traffic accident, Kimura...
Travel with Ghost
Character: Osumi
Ghost comedy film....
Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
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Based on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji....
Legends of Honor
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First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii...
The Shogun and His Mistresses
Character: Tami
Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period....
Clamouring Canines
Character: Machiko
The second film in the "Inu" series....
Trigger Happy Romeo
Character: Tsuruko
Fifth film in the "Inu" series....
Silence Has No Wings
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Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by Kuroki depicts in exquisite images a series of encounters and life's turning points....
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
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My Father's Dragon
Character: Lioness (voice)
Elmer is told by a traveling cat about a baby dragon who is being held captive and mistreated on the scary Wild Island. Elmer decides to investigate and battles tigers, crocodiles and gorillas in order to rescue the little dragon....
Tenamonya Sandogasa
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The Tokaido highway is crowded with people heading for Shimizu Port with the dream of defeating Jirocho of Shimizu and becoming the strongest in Japan. Tokijiro is a fallen yakuza who is trying to make his mark by heading for Shimizu Port with his partner, Chinen....