Hikaru Hoshi

AKA: 星光, Takehiro Yuasa
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1907-10-26

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {83}

1962-03-04 0

情熱の詩人啄木

1962 Japanese movie ...
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1953-07-17 0

Kurohyō

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1960-05-18 0

The Song Lantern

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the actors of the Japanese classical theater No, frien ...
Genre :Drama

1936-12-01 0

Tokyo Rhapsody

Film adaptation of the hit song ...
Genre :Drama, Music

1933-04-13 0

Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword

A story about Kinsaburo Kamiya, who infiltrated the Satsuma clan at the end of the Edo period. Based on the novel "Satsuma Hikyaku" by Jiro Daibutsu, and a sequel to Satsuma Hikyaku Tokai Hen (Satsuma ...
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Owner of Hiring Horse

1960-11-01 6.9

Her Brother

Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother. ...
Genre :Drama

1927-06-15 0

Karakuri musume

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1928-01-27 0

The Village Bride

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Kozo

1965-06-25 7.3

Seisaku's Wife

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, War

1951-07-20 0

Kiri no yoru no kyōfu

A dead lover returns as a ghost ...
Genre :Horror

1962-08-19 0

The Midday Trap

A businessman who dreams of a successful career ends up embroiled in a murder case after a love affair. ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

1964-05-02 0

The Money Dance

Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, even when it endangers his life. A gang hires him for his "forceful personality," and assigns him to ki ...
Genre :Drama

1963-07-27 0

Sentimental Mobsters

A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during their travel destination! Innocent to cute girls and ...
Genre :Drama

1962-12-26 0

Order of Yakuza

Order of Yakuza ...
Genre :Crime

Police Detective

1959-06-23 6.3

Odd Obsession

A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife. ...
Genre :Drama

1962-08-12 0

Kakkoii wakamono tachi

1962 Japanese movie ...
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Tokutaro Iwata

1943-11-11 0

The Man From Chungking

Mysterious incident at a secret factory! Important documents lost! What is the true identity of the enemy's invisible spy? ...
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1957-04-16 0

Kodokan Under a Morning Moon

The picture tells of a tremendous conflict between ju-jitsu, an aggressive art practiced by vicious hoodlums led by Takamatsu, and judo, which is used only for self-defense and championed by Sugawara. ...
Genre :Drama, Action

1960-02-10 0

Ah Special Attack Corps

Depicts four cheerful, young former college students with promising futures who die tragic deaths as pilots in the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps. ...
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1956-02-19 0

A Rainbow at Every Turn

Momoko and Asako are half sisters, daughters of the famous architect Tsuneo Mizuhara, who also have another half sister in Kyôto, Wakako, whom they have not had. While Asako is a sweet young lady, Mom ...
Genre :Drama

1959-05-13 6

The Cast-Off

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his world is changing completely : his wife behaves lik ...
Genre :Drama

1963-05-03 0

The Red Water

Comedy drama film ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1952-10-23 0

The Eyes of Two People

Futari no hitomi (二人の瞳, Futari no hitomi, The Eyes of Two People) a.k.a. Girls Hand in Hand (USA title) is a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Shigeo Nakaki. ...
Genre :Drama

Sakutaro Yumi

1954-07-14 0

Asakusa at Night

A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this entertaining tale of love and action. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1936-02-13 0

Theater of Life: Youth Version

Genre :Drama

1965-07-14 0

Life of Matsu the Untamed

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly. ...
Genre :Drama

1953-03-05 6.4

Where Chimneys Are Seen

Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial section of Tokyo. ...
Genre :Drama

1962-04-18 0

Closing Time

Genre :Drama

Sakuraya

1956-09-12 6.2

Night River

In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor. ...
Genre :Drama

1947-09-16 0

Kokoro tsuki nogotoku

1947 Japanese movie ...
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Nagasawa

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

1963-07-13 0

Typhoon Reporter

Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and tragic crime. A reporter (Ken Utsui) investigates a homicide in Tokyo’s bustling construction scene, mea ...
Genre :Thriller

1960-09-20 0

Dare yori mo kimi o aisu

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Dare yori mo kimi wo aisu" by Kazuko Matsuo. ...
Genre :Music, Drama, Romance

Soldier

1959-11-03 7.6

Fires on the Plain

In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte. ...
Genre :Drama, War

1949-11-20 0

The Elephant Who Waited

The story of Kanesuke and Entaro who are master elephant trainers in charge of two elephants, Taro and Hanako at the Metropolitan Zoo. ...
Genre :Comedy, War

1951-12-07 6.75

The Life of a Horse Trader

The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and a husband he is frequently drawn to taverns. ...
Genre :Drama

Private Nagano

1938-01-07 5.9

Five Scouts

An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A company commander calls on five men. They are to reco ...
Genre :War, Drama

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

1968-07-01 0

The Woman Champion

Fifth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, History

1933-12-14 0

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2

A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief ...
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1933-11-28 0

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel

Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly honorable side of himself, and maybe some form of redemption. Considered a lost film. ...
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1933-10-31 0

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey

A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief ...
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1969-02-08 0

Two Enemy Women Gamblers

Twelfth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, History

1961-08-13 0

Refresher Course for Wives

One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tells them that she has their husbands with her and invites them to " P " Hotel to see for themselves. T ...
Genre :Comedy

Daikurô Ishikawa

1930-07-27 0

The Revengeful Spirit of Eros

A young couple jump into the sea as part of a suicide pact. The man is rescued and subsequently discovers that his lover is also alive and working in a dance hall. Considered to be a lost film. ...
Genre :Drama, Horror

Yamada

1952-07-03 0

母子鶴

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1935-09-26 0

Throwing the Soul Away

The film centres around junior high school students. They are members of the school's baseball team. They are very good. Izawa's father asks him to stop playing prior to an important game. Hayasaki he ...
Genre :Drama

1958-12-07 0

Maria of the Ant Village

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her se ...
Genre :Drama

1952-07-24 0

Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa

A ghost story about a woman who dies a violent death and appears to the man she loves as a vengeful spirit. This film marked the turning point in Daiei's shift in emphasis from thrillers to ghost stor ...
Genre :Horror, History

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

Kurosawa

1958-06-22 6.875

Giants and Toys

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1956-06-08 0

Twice on a Certain Night

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to notice the terrible sacrifices made by his wife when sh ...
Genre :Drama

Kimura

1959-11-17 7.5

Floating Weeds

When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. ...
Genre :Drama

Awaji Maru Captain

1966-04-17 6.4

Gamera vs. Barugon

Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster ...
Genre :Fantasy, Action, Science Fiction

Keian

1957-11-22 0

On This Earth

Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the d ...
Genre :Drama

1942-03-07 0

The General, Staff and Soldiers

Genre :Drama, War

1940-02-01 0

Wide and Fertile Land

In a village in Manchuria, a group of Japanese settlers struggle against the elements to create wet rice paddies. ...
Genre :Drama

1937-02-18 0

Sōbō

Genre :Drama

1958-09-07 0

The Lowest Man

A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to kill him. ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Crime

Kagemasa

1955-07-20 6

The Phantom Horse

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby. ...
Genre :Drama

1937-05-20 0

Otôsan no uta dokei

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Ōno

1959-07-26 0

A Storm Zone

Genre :Drama

1967-02-25 0

Tokyo Gambler

Genre :Action, Crime

1959-05-27 0

Diary of a Substitute Doctor

Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance

Issaku Mokudo

1960-03-15 0

Machi no uwasa mo sanjûgo nichi

A bride suddenly disappears from the wedding venue, and her boyfriend begins searching for her. Things get hectic around the two of them. ...
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1959-08-19 0

The White Road Across the River

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1957-11-22 0

Bride Candidate

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1957-08-20 0

Nine Hours of Terror

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1958-03-05 0

Mother

Genre :Drama

1963-11-02 0

Ōkuma Shigenobu the great

The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a supporter of rapprochement with the United Kingdom, and who brought his country into the Triple Enten ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1950-04-23 0

The Tattooed Magistrate: Fallen Flowers Showdown Volume

Genre :Crime, Drama

1949-10-20 0

Yaji Kita Cat Ghost Road

Film about Ghost-cat. ...
Genre :Horror, Comedy

1964-06-11 0

The Frolic of the Beasts

The wife Yuko Kusumon operating a pottery store was a chastal wife without complaints even though her husband is cheated with her heart. Koji Umeya, who was working part-time at a shop, was able to se ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1951-10-19 0

Honoo no hada

Genre :Drama

1961-05-31 0

Shin Jinsei Gekijo

1961 Theater of Life adaptation. ...
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1950-04-14 0

The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume

Genre :Crime, Drama

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 ...
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1958-11-22 0

Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei

1958 Japanese movie ...
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1967-02-11 0

Ambassador Ramen

Frankie Sakai plays a Chino-Japanese man who after trudging along in odd jobs discovers his true talent in making excellent, tasty and somewhat spicy ramen. As well as friendship and love, too... ...
Genre :Comedy

1952-11-06 0

Asu wa Nichiyōbi

A comedy movie for salaryman. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1964-02-15 0

Kill Before Being Killed

Genre :Action, Crime

1962-01-03 0

Their Legacy

Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his retirement allowance he has received from his firm into 500, ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

The Drunk (as Takehiro Yuasa)

1949-09-26 6.281

The Invisible Man Appears

Jewel thieves become interested in an invisibility formula invented by Professor Nakazato and want to use his invention to acquire a diamond necklace called the "Tears of Amour." ...
Genre :Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery, Crime