Fusako Maki

The Performers (1970)

Seijuro Fujihana, head master of the Fujihana dance school, is a proud and lonely artist. And because of his character, his group lacks the prosperity of others. He wishes his daughter Kasumi, gifted like himself, to take over and develop the Fujihana, but ...

Twilight of Tokyo (1965)

A romance that follows the men in the life of Kyoko a Travel Agent working for New Japan Travel Service. ...

Pale Flower (1964)

A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling. ...

Ai to kanashimi to (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Inheritance (1962)

A dying businessman intends to will ¥200 million to his three illegitimate children, but his associates scheme to take advantage of the situation. ...

Enraptured (1961)

A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a student of classical literature, but also a classical theatre student in the hope that the latter will marry Senya.. ...

Sunny house (1954)

On the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded by barracks and tin pens. Mitsu's husband died in the war, and she was left alone with four children and works as a day laborer. The eldest daughter Haruko, who ...

Haru no Wakakusa (1954)

Miniature (1953)

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate. ...

Town of Violence (1950)

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses. ...

Women of the Night (1948)

In early post-war Osaka, three women—war widow Fusako, her Korean expat sister Natsuko, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law—descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons. ...

Yurusareta ichiya (1946)

Waiting Woman (1946)

Waiting woman ...

Dancing with a Mask (1943)

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident. ...

Our Planes Fly South (1943)

Port of Flowers (1943)

The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers' plan backfires when they come down with severe cases of conscience. Keisuke Kinoshita's directorial debut is a breez ...

The Flower is not False (1941)

Hana wa itsuwarazu (1941) is the second directorial work by Shochiku's Oba Hideo. Oba had previously worked as an assistant director to Shimizu Hiroshi and penned films for Shimazu Yasujiro. In this early effort, he is not stylistically very far from eithe ...

Warm Current (1939)

Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's daughter, the administrative director, a doctor, and a nurse. ...

Daini no shuppatsu (1939)

Women at War (1939)

Naomi Tazawa (Hiroko Kawasaki), who works at Isetan Department Store, was told by an executive at a film company (Ken Uehara), that he was going to make a film about her. She was scouted to become an actress, but she held strong. Around that time, her adop ...

The Masseurs and a Woman (1938)

A pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The Masseurs and a Woman is made up of crisscrossing miniature studies of love and family at a remote resort in the mountains. With delicate and surprising humor, ...

A Star Athlete (1937)

During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman who may be a prostitute. ...