Chieko Murata

AKA: 村田知英子, 村田智栄子, 村田千英子
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1915-02-28

Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Actress. Born 1915, died November 1995.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {85}

1953-05-14 0

Aijô ni tsuite

Michiko Asakura was married to the eldest son of the Sakuma family, an unsealed family in Shinshu, but died from her husband and returned to her parents' house in Tokyo with her five-year-old daughter ...
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1962-01-14 0

Yume de aritai

1962 Japanese movie ...
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Oyasu

1954-11-15 0

A Geisha on Horseback

Based on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the love of the proud geisha Nobukichi Hakata in the early Taisho era. ...
Genre :Drama

1938-07-01 0

Jinsei Gekijo: Zankyaku hen

1938 Theater of Life adaptation. ...
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1953-07-17 0

Kurohyō

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1962-06-17 0

Red Love, Green Love

Genre :Drama

Taka Hatano

1966-07-30 0

The Sun of Love and Tears

The golden duo of Yukio Hashi and Chieko Baisho. A film rich in a variety of songs, dances and falling in love to the rhythm of Yukio Hashi's song of the same name. ...
Genre :Romance

1956-03-04 0

Tokyo Crime Map

An exciting film about thugs, in which murders and drugs, justice and resentment explode in the dark city of Tokyo with the help of guns and violence. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Landowner's Wife

1939-04-13 7.4

Earth

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts. ...
Genre :Drama

Akiko Ida

1948-09-17 7.074

A Hen in the Wind

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for treatment but has no way of paying. She resorts to prost ...
Genre :Drama

Ume

1979-01-20 6.2

Devil's Flute

Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the backdrop of wealth, this film is loaded with twists a ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Horror

Setsuko Maeda

1934-05-03 0

Happy Daughter

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1961-05-24 0

Triangle Moods

Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life are three young men—stage actor Goro, businessman Kokichi and Sanpei Pachinko. ...
Genre :Drama

1960-12-14 0

Black Sea of Trees

Sachiko's beloved sister Nobuko was supposed to go to Tohoku when she suddenly dies in a car accident in Hamamatsu. Sachiko begins to trace her sister's friendships to unravel the mystery of her myste ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

1957-05-28 0

The Betrothed

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel. ...
Genre :Drama

1945-01-25 0

Sugata naki teki

1945 Japanese movie ...
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1960-09-28 0

風来物語 あばれ飛車

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1959-10-28 0

風来物語任侠篇

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1958-06-15 7

The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall

When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and her cat and has their bodies immured in a wall. Shortly afterwards, a catlike demon begins to haunt ...
Genre :Horror

1960-06-26 4

Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane

Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to his curse, so that she can become empowered as an agent of her father's ...
Genre :Horror

Oroku

1961-07-05 0

The Old Temple Well

Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost. ...
Genre :Horror

1963-05-03 0

The Red Water

Comedy drama film ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Nuiko

1952-10-09 7.1

Lightning

The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a marriage for her with a disagreeable man whom she has re ...
Genre :Drama

1954-03-03 0

A Samurai's Love

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki. ...
Genre :Horror, Drama

1962-12-01 0

Fūshinraishin

1962 Japanese movie ...
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1936-02-13 0

Theater of Life: Youth Version

Genre :Drama

1945-07-26 0

Saigo no kikyō

1945 Japanese movie ...
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1945-09-13 0

Wakare mo tanoshi

1945 Japanese movie ...
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1948-04-13 0

A Flower Blooms

Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her. ...
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1962-07-15 6.8

The Whale God

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it. ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

1959-01-14 8

The Makioka Sisters

Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient and reputable Makioka family of Osaka. ...
Genre :Drama

1954-12-29 7.1

The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim. ...
Genre :Horror

1964-12-19 0

Song of Happiness

Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa. ...
Genre :Comedy

Okume

1959-08-12 0

Beauty the Enemy

In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1963-11-16 0

High School Third Graders

In 1963, Funaki Kazuo's debut song of the same name was released and then it was adapted to a movie based on Kenji Tomishima 's novel “Shake to Tomorrow” with the same title, produced by Daiei with th ...
Genre :Music, Comedy, Drama

1959-03-11 8

Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree

Yano Reiko is a part-time student. After being introduced by a well-known classmate, she becomes the tutor for Mariko, the second daughter of the bourgeois Todo family. The eldest daughter of the Todo ...
Genre :Drama

Tamako

1962-10-20 6.5

Diary of a Mad Old Man

Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers that, while his body is decaying, his libido still rages on -- unwittingly sparked by the gentle, kind ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Fujino Miyahara

1962-03-25 0

Eriko

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Eriko" by Yukio Hashi. ...
Genre :Music, Drama

Shima Takiko

1957-12-01 7.7

Warm Current

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich girl. ...
Genre :Drama

1944-05-25 0

The Cruel Sea

It is 1921 and a town has a newspaper which prints urgent bulletins as required. The Washington-based CITES treaty, in which Japan participates, puts a limit on the number of warships any country can ...
Genre :Action, War, Drama, History

Chiyo, Tadahiko's girlfriend

1947-09-27 6.8

The Ball at the Anjo House

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the family holds one last ball before leaving. ...
Genre :Drama

1958-03-11 0

Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Birdman with 3 Eyes

Suzunosuke faces perhaps his wildest foes. This evil gang is lead by a one-eyed birdman and other demonic creatures. ...
Genre :Action, Fantasy

1965-06-09 4.9

Black Snow

Black Snow tells the tale of a disturbed young man who, after spying on his mother with a black serviceman, finds himself unable to attain sexual arousal unless fondling a loaded gun. Later that night ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Owner

1962-11-17 7.4

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle after three years of intense contemplation and philos ...
Genre :Action, Drama, History

1965-05-16 0

My Wife

Japanese comedy film. ...
Genre :Comedy

1964-08-22 0

High School Juniors (Part II)

A story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, realize the awakening of love and growing maturity and find fun and happiness in helping others. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Music

1948-09-26 0

The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob. ...
Genre :Drama

Kazuko

1961-07-28 7.4

A Geisha's Diary

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just as a woman but as a complete person. ...
Genre :Drama

Chiyo

1951-01-13 6.5

Clothes of Deception

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board. ...
Genre :Drama

Head Nurse Oshita

1954-09-22 0

The Messenger from the Moon

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume. ...
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1951-08-17 0

Haha machi gusa

Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day after committing theft, Asako finds out from the older widow she works with that the new girl is und ...
Genre :Drama

1938-03-31 6

Chushingura

The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge their master and his family. ...
Genre :History, Drama

1963-02-19 0

Girls Born in August

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Yukio's mother

1961-04-02 0

The Big Wave

Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically threatened by a volcano on one side and tidal waves on the other. Yukio's younger sister Setsu follows t ...
Genre :Drama

1960-01-14 5.8

A Woman's Testament

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the second story, a beautiful young woman is employed b ...
Genre :Drama

1947-04-01 7

The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant

The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elephant that died in a zoo. The elephant's corpse however, was infested with deadly bacteria a ...
Genre :Drama

1961-06-28 6

A Design for Dying

Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dye ...
Genre :Drama

1958-11-29 4

The Snowy Heron

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps catches up to her. ...
Genre :Drama

1937-05-13 0

The Naked Town

A 1937 Japanese language film directed by Tomu Uchida, starring Ryo Akaboshi, Mitsuru Date and Hisao Furutani. ...
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1957-10-29 0

Down Town

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of her missing husband. ...
Genre :Drama

1955-04-23 0

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. ...
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Fude Ôki

1959-03-04 8.5

Image of a Mother

The young boy Michio struggles with the loss of his mother while his widowed father, Sadao remarries the kind-hearted Sonoko, who has a daughter of her own. As Michio clings to memories of his mother, ...
Genre :Drama

Omaki

1959-07-01 6

The Ghost of Yotsuya

In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance. ...
Genre :Drama, Horror

Lu-hua

1955-05-03 6.68

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. Ge ...
Genre :Romance, Drama, History

1950-12-02 0

Sakon Detective Story: Handprint in Fresh Blood

Genre :Drama

1954-09-29 0

Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord

Genre :Horror

1956-05-14 0

Yaneura no Onna-tachi

Genre :Drama

1941-06-28 0

Family of Love

Family of Love ...
Genre :Drama

1941-12-11 0

Tale of Jiro

Genre :Drama

Shino

1961-12-17 0

The Burdened Sisters

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961. ...
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1950-01-15 0

First Love Questions and Answers

Genre :Drama

Toki Niijima

1959-07-26 0

A Storm Zone

Genre :Drama

1959-05-13 0

The Person I Chose

A 1959 film directed by Hiromu Edagawa. ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Hamada

1958-03-05 0

Mother

Genre :Drama

1958-08-12 0

The Judo Champ

When Shinsuke returns to Kyushu from the Russo-Japanese War he finds his Judo school hall neglected and in decay. His Judo teacher has died and his brother, Ryota, and the teacher's only daughter, Aki ...
Genre :Action

1947-10-08 0

Rira no hana wasureji

In the 30th year, Nirasaki Den'emon established the Nirasaki Hokkaido Development Company with investment from Sonoi to build railway facilities. However, the endeavor faced criticism for attempting t ...
Genre :

1963-04-14 0

Young Trees

A bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on her aunt to become a maid, and willingly aspires to become a maid and lives a healthy life despite th ...
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1960-02-24 0

Kirai Kirai Kirai

Genre :Drama, Romance

1959-03-17 0

Jōen

1959 Japanese movie ...
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1958-01-03 0

Tokyo Eyes

A beautiful older sister and her younger brother, both designers who paint the dreams of young hope, are paired with an innocent young artist and the daughter of a company president, creating a miniat ...
Genre :

1954-01-15 0

Kokoro no nichigetsu

Genre :Drama

1958-12-21 0

Bakeneko Goyōda

A comic thriller directed by Tokuzo Tanaka, a first-time newcomer, based on a screenplay by Toshio Tamikado, who co-wrote "Nukiashisashi Ashi Shinobiashi." Photographed by Chikichiro Takeda of "Nureka ...
Genre :Comedy, Thriller

1961-01-14 0

Nocturne of a Woman

A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catches the eye of a businessman while working at a nightclub. He sets her up with her own nightclub, bu ...
Genre :Drama

Onao-san

1957-02-12 0

A Town with a Mountain and River

In a small Tohoku town, family tensions rise when a sick mother’s care leads to conflict over a mistress joining the household. Misunderstandings spread through teachers, students, and neighbors, test ...
Genre :Drama

Kinuyo

1991-02-15 7.9

Chōjin Sentai Jetman

The Sky Force sends five highly trained operatives to participate in an experiment which will expose them to Birdonic Waves, resulting in superhuman abilities. But when the Earth Ship is attacked by V ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Kids