Murasaki Fujima
Birthday: Born in 1923-05-24 in
Deathday: 2009-03-27
TV Credits
信子とおばあちゃん
Character: おば・米子
The 9th NHK Asadora. Starring Naoko Otani as a young woman living with her grandmother....
Movie Credits
Women of Ginza
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At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting up a modest resistance to the tragedies of life. The proprietress, Ikuyo, is a ridiculously good-natured woman who gives money to a poor but brilliant young man, Eisaku Yanoguchi, to attend college on the condition that he will take care of her in the future....
Haru no sanmyaku
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1962 Japanese movie...
Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
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Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the newlywed life that started at the Isono family was a disaster. At the Isono family, where bonito and Wakame pranks and neighbors visit, it is difficult even to be alone....
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Character: Nanae Honza
Film directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako....
The President Talks Bank
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The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements....
Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain
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Dotanba
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Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a figure of speech — (essentially “last minute” or “eleventh hour”) — that refers to a situation of peril. The film boasts a script co-written by Uchida and Akira Kurosawa’s frequent screenwriter, Shinobu Hashimoto, and stars Kurosawa’s frequent star Tak...
Birth of Romance
Character: Kiyo
The cabaret «Romance», run by Masami Daisaku's father, is experiencing financial difficulties, and Masami is betting on changes and asks singer Hibari Misora to perform. Musical youth comedy with young actors, passion, funny songs and laughter. Hibari Misora appears as herself....
Sazae-san Plays Cupid
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An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic....
Triangle Moods
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Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life are three young men—stage actor Goro, businessman Kokichi and Sanpei Pachinko....
San'nin musume kanpai!
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1962 Japanese movie...
The Third President
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The fifth entry in the Company President Series...
Haruko no ōen danchō
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1962 Japanese movie...
Boku chin hōrō-ki
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1962 Japanese movie...
The President's Boss
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A new third-class president wins an appointment thanks to his marriage with the former president's daughter....
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
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1963 Japanese movie...
Third Class Executives
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1950s Japanese comedy....
The Approach of Autumn
Character: Naoya Mishima
A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery store, and works a local inn. The boy befriends a girl, the daughter of the innkeeper....
The Homeless
Character: Umenojo Bando
Two inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross paths again in the nearest brothel. There they make the acquaintance of a would-be prostitute. They help her escape and decide to guide her on her quest for sunken contraband somewhere off the coast....
Yakuza Ladies
Character: Kinue Domoto
While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by blood ties but married to enemy yakuzas, will ultimately have to decide whose side they’re on....
Nigetekita hanayome
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Farewell to Spring
Character: Yasuo's mother
Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were....
Marriageable Age
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Yoshimura's 48th film is the contemporary story of a well-to-do family showing the frailties and failings of the class, the egotism, and the complete lack of consideration under polite and superficially perfect manners....
Bot-chan
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1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel....
Hibari the Traveling Performer
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Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night while out with her mother, Otoshi, Kimie unexpectedly sees her father, who had abandoned the family 20 years ago. Her hopes for a happy reunion are quickly dashed as her father, having married into a wealthy family, wants nothing to do with her. Will Kimie be able to regain her father’s love?...
Thus Another Day
Character: Tomoe Takemura
A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out their house during the summer to pay off their mortgage, and there she meets a lonely old man......
The Other Woman
Character: Kyoko
In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable Ginza aunt is really their mother....
Cosmetic Sales Competition
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A cosmetics saleswoman falls for a rival executive....
I'll Never Cry!
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The rehabilitation of a delinquent on leaving reformatory. Her redemption comes through a boy in a wheelchair; by his rehabilitation, growing comes in courage along with her patient, she grows by finding meaning in her own existence. She finally sees a new world before her and has the determination to lead a normal life....
The Domain
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The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamasa falls ill....
The Final Winner?
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In a high school, two men are fighting over a beautiful female teacher who has been assigned as an English teacher....
A Country Boss
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A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage....
Tenten Musume
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Based on the comic by Shosuke Kurakane. Shown in two parts....
Tokyo Sweetheart
Character: Konatsu
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings....
Iemitsu and Hikoza
Character: Lady Shizuka
A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal old retainer Hikoza (comedian Roppa, playing somewhat against type)....
A Mother's Journey
Character: Kazuko Ibuki
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Typhoon
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A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new one....
August Moon
Character: Masako Mishima
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Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
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Sixth entry in the Company President Series....
Modae
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This unique melodrama depicts the anguish of a new wife whose husband confesses to her his infertility on their wedding night. The virgin wife, who spends her days in a state of unfulfillment, is gradually attracted to a young playboy, but she is unable to cross the line. One day, her husband proposes to have a child through artificial insemination....
神州天馬侠 完結篇
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In a desperate crisis, Inamaru is plunged into the dark sea by a strike from Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ryutaro desperately tries to rescue Inamaru. However, it's not just Ieyasu who aims for him and the precious treasure of the Unshaken Banner. Various individuals, good and evil alike, are aiming for the foothills of Mount Fuji where the hidden treasure lies....
Young Girls Are Everywhere
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White Cliffs
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1960 Toei film....
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
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1961 Theater of Life adaptation....
Aces Wild
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Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descendant left behind in Osaka and a brother of the Otorigumi, returned from South America for the first time in 15 years. When he stepped on the soil of his native land, his first thought was to visit Otanuki Fudo, the guardian deity of the Otorigumi, but the Otorigumi had fallen and Otanuki Fudo was on the verge of eviction for the construction of an expressway. Keisuke and Joji put on the s...
The Undefeated Woman
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Dokuritsu bijin-tai
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Tactics of Love
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1955 Japanese movie...
Noren to hanayome
Character: Tatsuko
Romantic comedy...
遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
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Settlement of Love
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Living in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child. Four of the dead man's friends gather to have an anniversary wake. Some time following the ceremony one of the attendees marries the widow. Soon another friend of the deceased and his family also make the house their home when they move to town. Everyone's life is changed quite a bit. When the newer husband sustains an injury to his leg and loses his job it leads to the wife having to work. By the time...
Executive Chair
Character: Matsuei
In post-war Japan, The Second Drawer follows Funada, a devoted company man whose planned family trip is disrupted by the sudden death of his boss. Thrust into a delicate business negotiation and a chance encounter with a mysterious woman, he becomes entangled in a quiet storm of corporate intrigue, personal sacrifice, and emotional complexity. As relationships shift and secrets surface, Funada must navigate the fine line between duty and desire in a world where ambition and morality rarely...
Taking a Success Course
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1961 Japanese movie...
Zoku botchan shain
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1954 Japanese movie...
Koi no gashū
Character: Tsuneko
Taiji (Kawazu Yusuke), who works at Noble Cosmetics, wants to marry his girlfriend Tomie (Kuwano Miyuki), but is having a hard time saving up the money. On a night train, he casually takes a photo of a middle-aged man and a young woman sleeping close together in seats diagonally opposite each other. In reality, the man is Aizawa (Sano Shuji), the section chief at the government agency where Tomie works. Tomie tells Taiji that she is pregnant and wants them to get married soon, so Taiji sends Aiz...
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Character: Fumiko Ise (Taiji's wife)
A struggling salesman at World Electric finds his major deal blocked by internal politics and pressure from all sides. During a company trip to Beppu, personal entanglements and old company secrets surface, forcing difficult choices and quiet compromises....
Their Legacy
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Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his retirement allowance he has received from his firm into 500,000 yen for each daughter as a wedding dowry. He considers them all old enough to handle the money, and gives them a free hand to use it as they wish....
Irohanihoheto
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The anonymous partnership Investment Economic Association, led by its president Ryuichi Amano, collected money from many ordinary people and paid out large dividends, making it famous as "Japan's only investment bank for ordinary people." On the other hand, Detective Muneharu Matsumoto of the Metropolitan Police Department's Second Investigative Division has suspicions about this organization, and has been spying on the business association for many years. However, Matsumoto was having a hard ti...
A Young Boss Tries Really Hard
Character: Komako
A college football star gets caught in a scandal involving a geisha teacher, endangering his team’s season and his family’s honor—until a last-minute comeback restores both....
Dislikes
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An old man who has spent his life being respectful, honest and married for 35 years suddenly has thoughts of cheating with a young girl. He goes on a trip with the girl, but they are followed by a yakuza and all hell breaks loose....
Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
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Chieko gets married and moves from Kumamoto to Tokyo when her boyfriend Saburo, who works for the Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, is transferred to Tokyo. Her husband's mentor, a university professor, moved to the United States, and she ended up house-sitting at his residence. However, it's the only house in the neighborhood with a telephone, so Chieko is exhausted from making phone calls all day long....
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa
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Newlyweds Saburo and Chieko are renting a room. The two get into a fight over something trivial....
坊ちゃんの特ダネ記者
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Japanese comedy film....