11 Movies Starring Hideko Takamine

The Munekata Sisters

The Munekata Sisters

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1950-08-25

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (462 Reviews)

Director:

Yasujirè Ozu

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Kègo Noda (screenplay)

Yasujirè Ozu (screenplay)

Jiro Osaragi (serial story)

Fullplot:

Setsuko is unhappily to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both of them failed to propose when Hiroshi left for France a few years ago. Now he is back and Mariko (Setsuko's sister) tries to reunite them. She too is secretly in love with Hiroshi.

Carmen Comes Home

Carmen Comes Home

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-12-22

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

86 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (295 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

A girl who had left her small Japanese village for the excitement and adventure of the big city--in this case, Tokyo--returns home years later for a visit. However, scandal erupts when the villagers find out what she has been doing in Tokyo all these years--she's a stripper.

The Garden of Women

The Garden of Women

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1954-03-16

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

141 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (58 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Tomoji Abe (story)

Keisuke Kinoshita

Fullplot:

A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines

Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-06-06

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

123 min

IMDB Ratings:

(1312 Reviews)

Director:

Mikio Naruse

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Fumiko Hayashi (novel)

Yèko Mizuki (adaptation)

Fullplot:

A tragic social drama set in post war Japan and concerns a lonely women trying to find purpose and stability in a devastated Tokyo.

Flowing

Flowing

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-11-29

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

117 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (546 Reviews)

Director:

Mikio Naruse

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Toshirè Ide

Aya Kèda (novel)

Sumie Tanaka

Fullplot:

Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mothers trade in the late days of Geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portraits the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.

Times of Joy and Sorrow

Times of Joy and Sorrow

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1957-10-01

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

162 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (62 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

The Rickshaw Man

The Rickshaw Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-05-03

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (473 Reviews)

Director:

Hiroshi Inagaki

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Hiroshi Inagaki

Mansaku Itami

Shunsaku Iwashita (story)

Fullplot:

In the turn of the Twentieth Century, the rickshaw driver Matsugoro "Matsu" is a happy man and a troublemaker well-known by everyone in his village. One day, Matsu sees an injured boy, Toshio, and brings him home. His mother Yoshiko Yoshioka asks Matsuo to take the boy to the doctor and then her husband Capt. Kotaro Yoshioka asks her to reward Matsu. However the rickshaw man refuses the money and becomes a friend of the family. When Kotaro unexpectedly dies, Matsuo helps Yoshiko to raise her son. Soon he falls in love with her, but he does not dare to open his heart to Yoshiko since they belong to different social classes.

The River Fuefuki

The River Fuefuki

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-10-19

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

117 min

IMDB Ratings:

(132 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Shichirè Fukazawa (based upon the novel by)

Keisuke Kinoshita

Fullplot:

Immortal Love

Immortal Love

Basic Info:

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (187 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Yearning

Yearning

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-10-23

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (456 Reviews)

Director:

Mikio Naruse

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Zenzè Matsuyama (screenplay)

Mikio Naruse (story)

Fullplot:

Somewhere Under the Broad Sky

Somewhere Under the Broad Sky

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1954-11-23

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

109 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (53 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A family in the city of Tokyo running a liquor store overcome their impotence and dysfunction as they induce an understanding through each other of how to deal with their individual problems.

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