Takako Irie
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1911-02-07
Locus Natus: Tokyo, Japan
Et ut: Такако Ириэ
Sanjuro
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and...
release : 1962.01.01popularis : 17.818
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
Yoshiyama Kazuko is a third-year junior high school student. One day while cleaning the lab, she smells lavender and faints. From then on, she has...
release : 1983.07.16popularis : 5.039
The Morning Sun Shines
The Morning Sun Shines is a fiction-documentary film by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. The film is a combination of a drama about a reporter, and...
release : 1929.04.12popularis : 2.087
The Most Beautiful
The stories of several young women who work in a 'precision optical instruments' factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and...
release : 1944.04.13popularis : 11.686
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
While returning by boat to Japan, Yoshie Fujiwara meets a rich woman who suggests him to become a singer thanks to an impresario friend of hers.
release : 1930.03.14popularis : 1.176
The Deserted City
After noticing in the news there was a fire in an old canal town, Eguchi recalls visiting there a decade ago as a university student.
release : 1984.01.02popularis : 2.402
The Water Magician
Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an...
release : 1933.06.01popularis : 2.024
Tojuro's Love
A colourful study of theatrical life. Two acting troupes vie for the Kyoto market during the Genroku Era. Tojuro, an extremely popular actor, feels...
release : 1938.05.01popularis : 0.914
Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko
Second in the Nage Utasamon series
release : 1954.07.28popularis : 0.832
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts...
release : 1937.04.01popularis : 1.431
White Heron
OSHINO, the beautiful daughter of restaurant owners, is in love with SHIRASAGI the painter. But there is another young man, the son of a moneylender...
release : 1941.09.09popularis : 0.911
Green Earth
Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many...
release : 1942.04.01popularis : 1.434
Learn from Experience, Part One
Part 1 of a 2-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. The central character here is Toyomi (played by Takako IRIE, star of...
release : 1937.10.01popularis : 2.541
Learn from Experience, Part Two
Part 2 of a 2-part romance (fist part - Kafuku zempen) based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. In the second half, we discover that Toyomi is...
release : 1937.12.18popularis : 2.547
人生とんぼ返り
After learning that he has accidentally killed a man in a fight, Unokichi must look after the man's pregnant widow.
release : 1946.06.27popularis : 0.414
Kagebōshi
On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague Ryunosuke felt responsible and...
release : 1950.01.03popularis : 0.858
続影法師
A continuation of the prior film (影法師).
release : 1950.01.08popularis : 0.742
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
A hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the protagonists.
release : 1947.03.04popularis : 1.565
Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace
Okoyo, the mistress of Lord Arima, fears that she is being replaced by a younger woman named Otaki. In a fit of jealousy, she kills the younger girl....
release : 1953.12.29popularis : 1.465
Ghost of Saga Mansion
A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat begins haunting the conspirators. This is...
release : 1953.09.03popularis : 0.991
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
The Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child, she is also killed. Then, a ghost cat begins stalking...
release : 1954.03.13popularis : 2.716
Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi
A power struggle in the fief of Okazaki causes the death of Namiji, a nobleman's daughter. As her fiancé seeks revenge, he finds Namiji's cat...
release : 1956.07.19popularis : 0.871
Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp
A remake of Kaidan Saga yashiki (1953).
release : 1957.06.18popularis : 0.68
The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.
release : 1954.12.29popularis : 1.673
Karisome no kuchibeni
A Japanese version of the musical comedy "Yes, Mr. Brown"
release : 1934.11.22popularis : 0.598
Jean Valjean: Part One
The first part of a fascinating melodrama based on Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, the action of which is transferred to the era of the Meiji...
release : 1931.02.17popularis : 1.447
The House of Hanging
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion...
release : 1979.05.26popularis : 2.945
Jean Valjean: Part Two
The second part of the melodrama based on the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, the action of which is transferred to the era of the Meiji...
release : 1931.02.25popularis : 1.744
Sincerity
Two young girls, Nobiko and Tomiko, go to the same school. The less fortunate girl Nobiko is one of the top students, while the rich girl Tomiko is...
release : 1939.09.10popularis : 3.284
Karuma Tengu: The Fire Festival
The masked avenger Kurama Tengu is linked to a plot to bring down the Tokugawa shogunate, but is it really our hero, or an imposter?
release : 1951.10.12popularis : 1.271
Love Letter
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
release : 1953.12.13popularis : 1.683
The Snake Princess
When Sentarô’s father is killed by a drunken samurai, Sentarô avenges him. His deed puts him on the run and leaves his sister...
release : 1940.04.03popularis : 0.896
Karayuki-san
"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute who returns to Japan from Singapore with her...
release : 1937.03.11popularis : 1.768
Mother Never Dies
The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.
release : 1942.09.24popularis : 3.046
Yukiko and Natsuyo
Adaptation of a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya that was serialized in "Shufu no tomo" between 1939 and 1940.
release : 1941.08.14popularis : 1.725
Lord Mito
This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...
release : 1957.08.11popularis : 2.048
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass
release : 1936.04.14popularis : 0.748
The Battle of Kawanakajima
This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...
release : 1941.11.30popularis : 2.34
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...
release : 1975.05.24popularis : 2.978
Tokyo March
A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in feudal Japan, depicted in Kenji Mizoguchi's typical style. The nostalgic scenes...
release : 1929.01.01popularis : 2.583
Four Marriages
Based on a short story by Dazai Osamu, produced under the national film law. The film's hero falls in love with the youngest daughter of a family he...
release : 1944.09.28popularis : 1.308
Dancers of Awa
Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin....
release : 1941.05.21popularis : 0.919
The Great White Tiger Platoon
The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of Imperial troops after the fall of the Tokugawa...
release : 1954.08.25popularis : 3.004
Legend of the Cat Monster
A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which...
release : 1998.08.16popularis : 1.471
Invitation to Happiness
Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness
release : 1947.10.30popularis : 2.537
Sky of Hope
What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...
release : 1942.01.14popularis : 2.394
Kuriyama Daizen
Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi
release : 1936.11.12popularis : 2.305