Mayumi Ogawa
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1939-10-07
Locus Natus: Adachi, Tokyo, Japan
Et ut: Маюми Огава
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town...
release : 1966.05.03popularis : 5.633
Vengeance Is Mine
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
release : 1979.04.21popularis : 11.079
Mother
A divorced woman enters a marriage arranged by her mother in exchange for money to save the life of her seriously ill son.
release : 1963.11.08popularis : 2.776
Woman of Water
Ryo personifies water, since whenever something important happens in her life, it rains. She inherits a bathhouse and meets a pyromaniac named...
release : 2002.11.09popularis : 4.559
The Political Game
This is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and scriptwriter. Noritaka Sakamoto was in charge of photography, and...
release : 1989.05.03popularis : 2.396
If You Were Young: Rage
If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the...
release : 1970.05.27popularis : 3.156
Young People
"Young People" is a story about the lives of four brothers and a sister, Sato. After the death of his parents, the older brother, Taro, who works in...
release : 1968.12.16popularis : 1.749
Village of Eight Gravestones
The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of...
release : 1977.10.29popularis : 4.176
The Demon
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children...
release : 1978.10.07popularis : 6.343
Lone Wolf Isazo
Isazo is a traveling gambler and living legend in the world of yakuza, known for his swordsmanship and bravery, his impeccable manners, and his...
release : 1968.04.19popularis : 4.054
The Shadow Within
When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him.
release : 1970.06.13popularis : 6.894
Night Scandal in Japan
Mayumi Ogawa stars in the tale of a Turkey miss—basically a prostitute who services men in Turkish baths—whose plans to get rich in the...
release : 1964.03.12popularis : 5.289
Impasse
Shingo and Ritsuko have a baby: Takashi. They happen to be a happy couple, but soon Ritsuko wants to know who is the true father of Takashi, born by...
release : 1967.12.01popularis : 2.345
The Empty Table
One year has passed since the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths....
release : 1985.11.01popularis : 1.261
Farewell to the Ark
A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among...
release : 1984.09.08popularis : 4.453
Glowing Autumn
A very beautiful Japanese woman is in love with Persian carpets. She is being chased by lecherous Saburi Shin and a handsome young photographer....
release : 1978.12.23popularis : 2.29
The Sex Check
Ken Ogata plays Shiro Miyagi, a sprinter with Olympic aspirations whose dreams were shattered by WWII. A broken man, he leads the dissolute life of a...
release : 1968.06.01popularis : 1.774
Kukai
The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of India, China and Tibet, then uses their...
release : 1984.04.13popularis : 2.178
The Great White Tower
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The...
release : 1966.10.15popularis : 2.236
The Spy
Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.
release : 1965.09.04popularis : 2.591
Shin Godzilla
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of...
release : 2016.07.29popularis : 31.089
Estate Inheritance
The unexpected death of Fujishima Motoharu, president of a medium-sized firm, triggers a fierce battle over his estate inheritance among family...
release : 1990.10.20popularis : 4.314
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the last days of World War II.
release : 1972.08.12popularis : 4.63
The Bride from Hades
On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsuyu. Not knowing she's a ghost, he becomes...
release : 1968.06.15popularis : 2.387
The School of Spies
Nakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be excellent spies. They erase their names,...
release : 1966.06.04popularis : 1.543
300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins
In this retelling of an infamous unsolved heist, a couple tries to outlast the statute of limitations after successfully stealing 300 million yen.
release : 1975.11.22popularis : 2.173
Roar of the Crowd
Based on the non-fiction books by Takushi Ono (the NHK announcer, not the gymnast) and Yoshinari Tobe.
release : 1990.06.09popularis : 0.97
The Hoodlum Priest
The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and...
release : 1967.11.15popularis : 1.644
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
"Do Not Fall" - Set during Japan's Meiji period, three sisters are abused and exploited by their harsh father, including a daughter who plays the...
release : 1991.02.09popularis : 1.915
The Fossil
An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes...
release : 1975.10.04popularis : 2.371
The Three Undelivered Letters
A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay at her family's elite but dysfunctional...
release : 1979.10.06popularis : 2.755
Ryakudatsu ai
The fear of the fiercely obsessive woman who deprives her best friend of her husband. An emotionally charged movie starring Hitomi Kuroki, Masato...
release : 1991.10.10popularis : 2.304
My Voiceless Friends
A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.
release : 1972.04.29popularis : 2.268
Clouds at Sunset
A Japanese soldier deserts his position and travels to a small town on the Sea of Japan to start over. When a young maid falls for him, he talks her...
release : 1967.01.01popularis : 1.548
Baian the Assassin
This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo...
release : 1981.04.11popularis : 8.704
Yume-Chiyo
Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something constructive with the little time she has left....
release : 1985.06.08popularis : 4.977