Kyōko Kusajima

To Sleep So as to Dream (1986)

An aging silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track down her missing daughter, Bellflower. The two follow a succession of bizarre, obscure clues, until they track down the location of the kidnappers and the daughte ...

Youth in Fury (1960)

A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku's iconoclastic New Wave. At the height of student protests, Shimojo takes his aggressions to another level, beset by seemingly insoluble f ...

One Step to Happiness (1958)

Utau yajikita kogane dōchū (1957)

1957 Japanese movie ...

Ejima and Ikushima (1955)

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku, the harem of Edo Castle in which the Shogun's mother, wife and concubines resided, forbidden from contac ...

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3 (1954)

Third film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise. ...

Edo no yubae (1954)

In the fourth year of Keio (1868), defeated retainers sought to restore the Tokugawa shogunate with the help of Enomoto Takeaki's navy. Honda Koroiku was one of them. He discreetly handed a departure note to his fiancée, Otosei, the daughter of Matsudaira ...

Beautiful Tengu (1954)

During the tumultuous end of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Tengu Party rose in rebellion in Mito. Friends from their hometown, Tanaka Genzo and Fujita Koshiro, each walked different paths. Koshiro, who upheld the philosophy of "Revere the Emperor, Expel the ...

The Brothers who Protect the Mountain (1953)

In the mountainous region of Koshu, Taikahara, there was an intense power struggle between the prominent families, Tamaki and Kakukura. Facing the steward of Kakukura, Kurokawa Senjiro, was Tamaki Daisaburo, who was skilled with a handgun. Daisaburo had gr ...

Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu (1953)

1953 Japanese movie ...

The Life of Oharu (1952)

During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall. ...

Five Men of Edo (1951)

During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at every turn. The leader of these ruthless samruai was Mizuno Jirozaemon, who despite his high rank was in deep ...

Resurrection (1950)

Enoken ohako rakuda no Ma-san (1950)

1950 Japanese movie ...

The Bridal Night Again (1949)

A 1949 Japanese film. ...

Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)

Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the Tokyo brothels provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women vie for lovers, and, occasionally, his art gets him into trouble. ...

The Brick Factory Girl (1946)

This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker's humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the warmth of a Korean girl she meets, and the friendliness of this Korean girl's family. ...