|
こんにちはハーネス (1983)
Character: Itami Natsu
A female college student who aims to become a pianist meets a boy who raises a guide dog.
|
|
|
|
|
紅蓮華 (1993)
Character: N/A
Sakura and Kenzo are married. Both think they can live a happy marriage, despite the fact that she cannot have children and he does not want to give up her relationship with her lover Yoko.
|
|
|
|
|
古都憂愁 姉いもうと (1967)
Character: Madame at Étoire
Two sisters, Kyoko and Hisako, run a restaurant in Kyoto. But an incident with the latter's fiancé puts their relationship, and the future of their cuisine in jeopardy...
|
|
|
わが胸に虹は消えず: 第一部 (1957)
Character: N/A
An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the second film.
|
|
|
|
|
女の坂 (1960)
Character: Yumi
Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.
|
|
|
裸足の青春 (1956)
Character: Young girl at Kuro Village
Japanese counterpart to Romeo and Juliet
|
|
|
「動物園物語」より 象 (1957)
Character: Yoshiko (Student mobilization)
The fifth film in the Toho Diamond series, following "The Hateful Thing." Based on the true story of "Zoo Story" by author Fukuda Saburo. During the Tokyo air raids of World War II, Zen-san, an elephant keeper at Ueno Zoo, is faced with the heartbreaking task of euthanizing Tonki, a beloved elephant, due to food shortages and wartime pressures. Unable to carry out the order, Zen-san secretly feeds Tonki, but the elephant is ultimately shot by the military police. The film poignantly captures Zen-san’s despair and the devastation of war, as he reflects on his powerlessness amid the chaos.
|
|
|
泉へのみち (1955)
Character: Ogawa Ume
Kyoko is a new writer for the women's magazine "Josei no tomo" female reporter. One day, the magazine receives a letter from a reader, Ume, who, in order to support their ill father at home, was compelled to trade her body to her employer at a factory. Harboring her own grudge against her father for abandoning her and her mother, Kyoko determines to not only write about the factory girl for the magazine but also save Ume in the process. However, Kyoko's investigation forces her to confront a harsh reality while also grappling with the sudden news of her estranged father's own illness and desire to reunite.
|
|
|
天上大風 (1956)
Character: Atsuko Shiraishi
When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend Ryūtarō to reform it. Facing union unrest and betrayal from within, Ryūtarō exposes an embezzlement scheme and helps restore order. After the company stabilizes, he quietly leaves for Kyushu, urging his colleagues to carry on without him.
|
|
|
婚約三羽烏 (1956)
Character: Eiko (Taniyama’s Lover)
When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend Ryūtarō to reform it. Facing union unrest and betrayal from within, Ryūtarō exposes an embezzlement scheme and helps restore order. After the company stabilizes, he quietly leaves for Kyushu, urging his colleagues to carry on without him.
|
|
|
脱獄囚 (1957)
Character: Ikuko Koide (Prosecutor’s daughter)
Thriller about three escaped convicts, one of whom (Sato), plans to murder the wife of a detective (Ikebe) whom he blames for the suicide of his pregnant mistress.
|
|
|
水着の花嫁 (1954)
Character: Chīko
Katsuko, daughter of a prestigious inn owner, is urged into an arranged marriage with Keisuke, the nephew of a powerful businessman. She refuses, believing she already loves a man she once briefly met on a train. Unbeknownst to her, that man is Keisuke himself. A mix-up with photos leads to misunderstandings, but on the eve of his departure for America, the truth comes to light, and the two reunite just in time.
|
|
|
あの娘が泣いてる波止場 (1956)
Character: Maki
After a gang killing forces him to flee abroad, ex-yakuza Ryūji returns to Yokohama a year later to find his lover’s sister’s killer. With help from a mysterious woman, he exposes the real culprit and brings down the smuggling ring.
|
|
|
奥様は大学生 (1956)
Character: Yoshiko Okamoto (Junior College Student)
Outspoken student Noriko stands up to bullies and befriends pitcher Mitsuo. As their bond deepens, she impulsively declares she wants to marry him—then reconsiders, realizing both still have growing to do before love can truly begin.
|
|
|
雪の炎 (1955)
Character: Yayoi (Katsu’s sister)
During a winter visit to her grandfather’s mountain home, a young saleswoman becomes entangled in love and jealousy among visiting skiers. After heartbreak and tragedy in the snow, she departs renewed, ready to begin again.
|
|
|
青い果実 (1955)
Character: N/A
In a seaside town, local boys run each morning to glimpse wealthy Miyako, sparking a prank-filled rivalry with the shopgirls. Hoping to impress her idealistic crush, Miyako starts working at a daycare, and the town’s youth soon get swept into lighthearted mix-ups and new romances.
|
|
|
大暴れチャッチャ娘 (1956)
Character: Hatsuko
After winning a singing contest, Momoko leaves her rural village for Tokyo to pursue her dream. Misunderstandings, scams, and shifting ambitions lead her from aspiring street performer to jazz singer, culminating in her big debut on stage.
|
|
|
大当り狸御殿 (1958)
Character: Singing woman
Princess Kinuta runs away from the palace because she doesn't want a marriage of convenience. Princess Kinuta, who has never left the palace, didn't enjoy communing with wildlife for long when she was chased by bandit moles and accidentally fell into the Valley of the Spider's Web. The princess and a white butterfly bound by a mysterious thread were about to be eaten by the spider queen when they are rescued by Tanukichiyo, a young wandering samurai who happens to be passing by. Historical fantasy comedy starring Hibari and Izumi.
|
|
|
ゴジラ (1954)
Character: Emiko Yamane
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
|
|
|
名もなく貧しく美しく (1961)
Character: N/A
The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and tribulations ... and joys.
|
|
|
地球防衛軍 (1957)
Character: Hiroko Iwamoto
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.
|
|
|
Godzilla, le Monstre de L'Océan Pacifique (1957)
Character: Emiko Yamane (as Momaku Kuchi)
Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters! in a unique assemblage exclusive to the Francophone market. Released by Les Films du Verseau.
|
|
|
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
Character: Emiko Yamane
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.
|
|
|
蜜月 (1984)
Character: Mitsuko's mother
Tetsuaki's struggling to write a novel while his mother fades; Mitsuko's engagement has been forced upon her unwillingly; the two individuals run away to share their grief.
|
|
|
獣人雪男 (1955)
Character: Machiko Takeno
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.
|
|
|
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1957)
Character: The Girl
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by modern man after it raided a skiers shelter following an avalanche, killing all inside. This is an adaptation of the Japanese film "Jūjin Yuki Otoko" (1955) with added American-made footage, narration, and music.
|
|
|
雪の断章－情熱－ (1985)
Character: Kane
Iori, taken from an orphanage by a family for domestic work, runs away and is adopted and raised by two young men. Ten years later, she crosses paths with her former step-sister, who is soon poisoned to death, Iori being the prime suspect.
|
|
|
ゴジラvsデストロイア (1995)
Character: Emiko Yamane
A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.
|
|
|
わが胸に虹は消えず: 第二部 (1957)
Character: Ikuko Aso
An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the first film.
|
|
|
球形の荒野 (1992)
Character: N/A
Based on novel 1962 "Kyukei no Koya" by Seicho Matsumoto. A serial murder occurs around the heroine Kumiko because she finds evidence that her father, who should have died, was "alive." Set in 1945, near the end of WW II, Kenichiro Nogami is reported to have died in a Swiss hospital. In fact, he is working behind the scenes to save Japan from destruction. For this cause, Kenichiro Nogami has left behind his wife and nation to work in hiding.
|
|
|
男はつらいよ 寅次郎物語 (1987)
Character: Kimiko
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.
|
|
|
Godzilla (1977)
Character: Emiko Yamane
A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters!" (1956), plus WWII newsreel footage and clips from other science fiction films. The re-edited film was then colorized via a process called "Spectrorama 70" consisting of applying various colored gels to the black and white footage. The film's opening and ending also features new music composed by musicians Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio, and Vince Tempera (under the pseudonym Magnetic System).
|
|
