Ineko Arima
Birthday: Born in 1932-04-03 in Osaka, Japan
Deathday: Alive
Ineko Arima (born April 3, 1932) is a revered Japanese film actress. With a career spanning from 1957 to the present, Arima has graced the silver screen under the guidance of legendary directors like Yasujirō Ozu and Kon Ichikawa. Her notable filmography includes roles in Late Chrysanthemums, Black River, Tokyo Twilight, Equinox Flower, and Love Under the Crucifix, showcasing her remarkable talent. Beyond film, she has also made her mark on television, notably in NHK Taiga dramas like Ten to Chi to and Tokugawa Yoshinobu. Arima's contributions have been recognized with honors in Japan, including the Medal with Purple Ribbon (1995) and the Order of the Precious Crown (2003).
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天と地と
Character: Naya Tatsuzoue
The story chronicles the life of Nagao Kagetora....
大奥
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The Ooku of Edo Castle was a mysterious existence that could not be seen from the outside for 300 years in Tokugawa. Love and hate, and fierce power struggles were fought among the women day and night....
やすらぎの郷
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The drama is set in an retirement home named "Yasuragi no Sato La Strada" where only those who had worked in the TV entertainment industry such as actors, writers, musicians and artists are allowed to live at. Kikumura Sakae, who used to be a popular scriptwriter, lives among the former stars and the problems they face are presented in a humorous manner....
あすか
Character: 藤吉志乃
The 61st NHK Asadora Drama is Asuka. Set in Kyoto in the home of a traditional Japanese candy-maker, Asuka is the story of one young girl's dream to one day walk in her father's shoes and become a top candy-maker in the male-dominated world of wagashi (Japanese confectionery). Asuka grows to be a healthy, adventurous young girl with a deep curiosity and, a desire to become a candy-maker like her father. This NHK drama is one of the best in years with an excellent cast, a well-developed story bas...
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Rika Aoike
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やすらぎの刻〜道
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Character: Shunran Yô
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police....
Equinox Flower
Character: Setsuko Hirayama
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat....
Tokyo Twilight
Character: Akiko Sugiyama
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child....
Black River
Character: Shizuko
A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell the building through illicit means....
The Outsiders
Character: Tsuruko Sengi
A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun Takeda....
I Lived, But...
Character: Self
An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both interviews and Ozu-related locations) shot by Ozu's long-time camera-man (who came out of retirement to work on this). Surprisingly (or perhaps not), it focuses less on Ozu's accomplishments as a film-maker than on his impact on the lives of the people he worked with.....
Zero Focus
Character: Hisako Tanuma
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With only a pair of old photographs among his belongings to go off of, Teiko tries to figure out what has happened to him....
Don't Ever Die, Mama!
Character: Mother
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The Snow Flurry
Character: Sachiko Inui
After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child....
Love Under the Crucifix
Character: Gin Sama
The basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a feudal prince, also a Christian who is already married, and that creates problems. Further, when the Shogun bans Christianity, the situation worsens....
A Matter of Valour
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Chushingura has been made into a movie several times before, but this time it will be presented in a widescreen version with all natural colors and a new look. Written by Masato Ide and directed by Tatsuo Osone. This is a magnificent scroll of images that depicts on a grand scale the triumph of the Genroku era that shook the citizens of Edo, the peaceful capital of Japan. The top stars of the film, shinpa, shingeki, and kabuki worlds at the time of production were lavishly cast, and a huge budge...
白磁の人
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Mune yori mune ni
Character: Shizuko Miyajima
Japanese drama...
Wedding Season
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Urban love comedy in which Koji Tsuruta, who works for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Parks and Greenery Department, plays love shepherd to a number of women, including his true love, Inako Arima....
Fountainhead
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A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply....
Confessions Among Actresses
Character: Isaku Makiko
In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them has experienced a traumatic event which contributes to their particular enjoyment of becoming someone else in dramatic roles....
Life of Matsu the Untamed
Character: Yoshiko Yoshioka
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly....
Late Chrysanthemums
Character: Sachiko
With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money....
Run, Genta, Run!
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A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother....
Farewell to Spring
Character: Midori
Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were....
Mother's First Love
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A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and daughter who are attracted to the same man....
Night Drum
Character: Otane, Hikokurô's wife
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a...
Tokyo Profile
Character: Toshiko
A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the crowded streets of Ginza....
His Scarlet Cloak
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The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among whom is the local governor, a timid creature, who is dominated by his high-born and beautiful wife, who dresses in a scarlet battle-tunic, a sign of his family's military merit around which he fabricates fantastic tales of his prowess in war. During the traditional festival when the villagers are released from observance of all social customs and rest...
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Character: Umegawa
The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from his employer to redeem her. Hunted criminals, the two young lovers take flight to Yamato, but, as in Chikamatsu's other domestic tragedies of love and duty (known as sewamono), they must be pursued and their passion destroyed by death. Favourite Uchida themes, such as the indenturing of a prostitute , and his characteristic emphasis on performance ...
The Lovers
Character: Asano
Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves....
A Full Life
Character: Junko Asakura
A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact....
When a Woman Loves
Character: Kiyo Mizushima
Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman....
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Character: Maki, Shuzo's wife
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords....
As the Clouds Scatter
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A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once loved, which throws him into turmoil....
Drunkard's Paradise
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A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that focuses on why people drink alcohol....
Towering Waves
Character: Yoriko Yuuki
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto....
The Adorable Trio
Character: Chiyo Aihara
Japanese romantic comedy film....
The Radish and the Carrot
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One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his life savings and gives money to his younger brother. He then suddenly disappears…...
Closed Ward
Character: Dr. Takase
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The Shrikes
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Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
Character: 於大
In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return....
Love du Jour
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The proprietress of a long-established sushi restaurant in Asakusa is a war widow who has raised three children. A film that lightheartedly depicts a generational battle between a mother who is anxious about the issue of an heir and her modern children....
Their Father's Wife
Character: Teiko
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Itsuko to sono haha
Character: Itsuko Iba
An elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her....
Sunflower Girl
Character: Setsuko Fujino
Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that her fellow workers think the women employees should not have to act in such a servile manner. When the women go on strike over the issue, Setsuko finds herself caught in the middle. When the heir to the company, Ryosuke Tanabe, proposes marriage to Setsuko, she is honored, but realizes that her real affection is for Hitachi....
The Master of Funerals
Character: Mysterious Woman
Alumni of Ibaraki High School learn that one of their classmates is killed in an accident on the tenth anniversary of their graduation, necessitating an unexpected reunion and “on-campus funeral”. They spend a strange night together, during which the secrets of his life are revealed and they rededicate themselves to his memory, with a new outlook on life....
White Cliffs
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1960 Toei film....
All of Myself
Character: Ayaki Rui
The daughter of a former Miss Universe winner finds success as a fashion model in Tokyo following the death of her fiancé....
12 Chapters About Women
Character: Sanshi Seneri
Minako, a ballerina who has been dating since her school days, and Koheta, a banker. It was Koheta who was finally about to get married as a result of his promotion, but just then, a big change occurs in Minako's body.....