Ken Mitsuda

AKA:

3.1378

1902-04-29

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {78}

1952-12-10 0

The Whisper of Spring

After graduating from a high school in the Seto Inland Sea, Koji, a childhood friend of Yaeko, went to Tokyo to enter university wearing a heartfelt sweater. ...

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Prime Minister Fujiwara

1954-03-31 8.1

Sansho the Bailiff

In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier. ...

Genre :Drama

Sobei Sonoda

1958-10-15 0

Zesshou

The story of the tender love between Junki, the son of a wealthy landowner, and Kayuki, the daughter of a forester, who decided to unite their destinies against their parents' wishes. Neither war nor ...

Genre :Romance

Judge Araki

1955-11-22 7.3

I Live in Fear

An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. When they petition to have him declared incompetent, a family-court counselor witnesses his ...

Genre :Drama

Public Corporation President Arimura

1960-09-19 7.7

The Bad Sleep Well

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

1958-10-15 0

The Invisible Wall

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto. ...

Genre :Crime, Mystery

Principle

1953-05-15 0

Zoku jūdai no seiten

Film directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako. ...

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Toyama

1953-08-05 0

White Fish

A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon the wife and the son are left without an update of h ...

Genre :Drama

Composer

1964-08-14 6

Fumiko's Five Benefactors

A greedy Japanese barmaid serves her aged escort too many noodles. ...

Genre :Crime

1960-03-22 6

Afraid to Die

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina cl ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

1962-04-01 0

Musume to watashi

Genre :Drama

1962-04-04 0

雪の降る街に

1962 Japanese movie ...

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Mencius

1962-11-01 6

The Great Wall

In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted autocratic dictatorship and led a luxurious life: ab ...

Genre :Drama, History

1962-05-01 0

Facing to the Clouds

A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko Nakafuji. Reiko's father was a member of the Diet who ...

Genre :Drama

Composer (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")

1964-08-14 5.3

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands ("A River of Diamonds" by Roman Polanski); ...

Genre :Crime, Comedy

Reijiro Enjo

1964-07-11 0

Night Scandal

Genre :Drama

1969-05-06 0

Only Child

Genre :Drama

Tomonojo

1944-12-07 6.7

Army

Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition. ...

Genre :Drama, War

Ichimonjiya Kihei

1949-07-16 6.5

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the evil Naosuke. ...

Genre :Horror

Ichimonjiya Kihei

1949-07-05 6.5

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband. ...

Genre :Horror

1962-06-28 0

Yoru no keisha

1962 Japanese movie ...

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1962-05-16 0

The Thinking Leaf

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto. ...

Genre :Drama

Asabuki

1960-01-27 6.7

The Wandering Princess

Pu Zhe, the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, marries Ryuko the daughter of an aristocratic family. To the surprise of all, a deep love between Pu Zhe and Ryuko develops and is put to the t ...

Genre :Drama, Romance, War

1968-06-08 0

Judge and Jeopardy

It is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's "Headless Murder Case" in which a police officer beat a suspect to death during the Pacific War. ...

Genre :Drama

Ariaki Yamagata

1969-08-01 6

Battle of the Japan Sea

Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Adm ...

Genre :War, History, Drama

1958-01-22 0

Three O'clock in the Morning in a Big City

To avenge the death of his brother, a student shooting champion infiltrates the criminal world. An entertaining action drama and an interesting love story. ...

Genre :Action, Crime, Drama

1957-07-30 0

A Dangerous Hero

A film by Hideo Suzuki. ...

Genre :Drama

1951-05-05 0

Freedom School

Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house. Confused by his sudden freedom, Iosuke ends up livin ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Genpaku Amano

1965-03-04 8.1

Red Beard

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor R ...

Genre :Drama

Ryohei Fujimura

1951-11-23 6.5

Dispersed Clouds

Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of them, Masako, falls ill at a railway station. Osen, a middle-aged maid from a nearby inn, takes her ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

Teruyan

1958-06-01 7.506

The Ballad of Narayama

In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members ...

Genre :Drama

Novelist

1964-07-25 6.3

Manji

The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture. ...

Genre :Drama

1957-04-01 6.3

Night Butterflies

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival. ...

Genre :Drama

1956-04-04 0

こゝに幸あり・後篇花咲く朝

1956 Japanese movie ...

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1956-03-28 0

こゝに幸あり・前篇誘惑の都

1956 Japanese movie ...

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"Manharu" master

1964-09-23 6

Raised in a Palace

Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a geisha at night She sees her future as an entertain ...

Genre :Drama

1961-11-08 6.4

The Conspirator

Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provides little happiness. His manipulative mother adds ...

Genre :Drama, History

Kobayakawa

1958-10-21 6

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin. ...

Genre :Drama

Sonoda

1960-01-15 7.959

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey co ...

Genre :Drama

Okazaki

1960-03-13 4.571

The Lost Alibi

Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his lover, he runs into a neighbor who is later accused ...

Genre :Thriller

1961-04-18 0

Enraptured

A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a student of classical literature, but also a classical theatre student in the hope that the latter w ...

Genre :Drama

1961-11-22 0

The Song of the Season

A touching love story about a heroine who loses her parents in the war and tries to keep her pure love alive despite the many difficulties she faces. ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

1963-06-09 6

Cosmetic Sales Competition

A cosmetics saleswoman falls for a rival executive. ...

Genre :Romance, Comedy

Sekikawa

1948-05-07 0

Great X

A 1948 Japanese film. ...

Genre :Drama

Sakata

1966-02-17 7.3

The Threat

Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom ...

Genre :Crime, Action, Thriller

Katagai Yoromo

1964-11-01 7.5

Revenge

An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller, Action

Miki

1964-03-12 0

Night Scandal in Japan

Mayumi Ogawa stars in the tale of a Turkey miss—basically a prostitute who services men in Turkish baths—whose plans to get rich in the stock market, open a beauty salon, and marry her sweetie are tur ...

Genre :Drama

1956-02-26 7

Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan

It is brother against brother in this tale of love and betrayal within the famed Yagyu clan. In one of their earliest films together, superstars Ichikawa Raizo and Katsu Shintaro are magnificent as th ...

Genre :Action, Drama

1965-02-13 0

The Black Cat

Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is. ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

University president

1960-10-08 6.5

The False Student

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students. ...

Genre :Drama

1964-10-21 0

Whirlpool of Flesh

During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much rather be translating Shakespeare than attending t ...

Genre :Drama

1968-01-31 0

The House of the Sleeping Virgins

About an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized and happen to be naked, the sleeping beauties. The old men are expected to take sleeping pills and share ...

Genre :Drama

Seiten no Daigorô

1973-06-09 7.5

Professional Killers

Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching... ...

Genre :Drama

Gotaro Goda

1946-03-28 6

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party. ...

Genre :Drama

Kuromizu

1961-12-24 0

The Storm over Arabia

A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on location overseas, which was groundbreaking at the time. ...

Genre :Adventure, Drama, Action

1962-09-09 0

The Young and Bad

Not too long ago, Soichiro was considered one of the most powerful men in business. But his business had failed, his granddaughter had committed suicide. There was nothing in his life anymore that he ...

Genre :Thriller, Action

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

1953-02-25 0

Yassamossa

Genre :Comedy

1953-08-19 0

Youth of Heiji Senigata

Genre :Drama, History, Comedy

Kijūrō Shidehara

1983-04-09 0

The Yoshida School

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real poli ...

Genre :Drama

1953-03-26 0

Sunflower Girl

Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that her fellow workers think the women employees shoul ...

Genre :Comedy

1960-11-22 9.8

Lord Tadanao

Genre :Action, Drama

1947-12-09 0

Three-Fingered Detective

Being acquainted with the bride's uncle, a famed private detective is invited to a wedding ceremony. The groom's family is moneyed and owns large tracts of land. The bride is a former teacher and was ...

Genre :Horror

1950-06-10 0

Resurrection

Genre :Drama

1953-11-23 6.1

An Inlet of Muddy Water

A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself in. ...

Genre :History, Drama

Hiroshi Ômachi

1958-03-05 0

Mother

Genre :Drama

1960-12-27 0

Man at the Bullfight

An unprecedented, extravagant, passionate film set in Spain and Southern Europe. It depicts the passionate Yujiro who risks his life to invite bullfighting. ...

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1952-02-14 0

The Wind Blows Twice

Kanae, who broke up with her husband and moved to her uncle's house, met two men when her father, a university professor, collapsed. Michihara, a wealthy man and Miyashita, a youth scholar. Kanae is a ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

1958-02-19 0

Akutoku

A movie adaptation of Funayama Kaoru's novel of the same name, which depicts the story of a modern youth who is attracted to the evil path. Saburi Shin, a well-known actor who also demonstrated his ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery

1960-06-26 7

The Blue Beast

Tatsuya Nakadai plays a scheming low-level executive who plays labor against management and uses anyone he can to further his career in this moral drama. When things get too hot, he bails and goes to ...

Genre :Thriller, Drama

1951-01-20 0

A Spectacular Murder

When a theater producer Kurato is murdered in the audience on opening night, Inspector Kawano investigates the prop pistols used on stage, but all were fake. That same night, a dancer in the troupe we ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime

1964-12-12 0

Ai, sono kiseki

1964 Japanese movie ...

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President Shōji

1959-06-02 0

Vagabond Employee: Revenge Version

Caught in a corporate power struggle, a man uses betrayal and strategy to expose corruption and settle personal scores—only to find true support where he least expects it. ...

Genre :Drama

Genzo Toyama (President of Aoi Construction, Yuki’s father)

1960-05-10 0

The Parting

A university boxing captain struggles between love and ambition as he secretly longs for a woman promised to another. When betrayal and heartbreak push him toward a professional career, loyalty and sa ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

1964-04-29 0

Dear Mr. Prime Minister

Kakumaru (Kiyoshi Atsumi) is an unpopular manzai performer who is too good-natured but has a very bad manners. Moulin, Kakumaru's former partner, gained popularity through her comedy routine with his ...

Genre :Comedy

Daizo Oka

1959-03-10 0

The Wedding Night

A psychological Japanese drama about a department store clerk whose fleeting encounter with a mysterious woman leads to obsession, deceit, and tragic consequences. The film explores desire, guilt, and ...

Genre :Mystery

1972-09-02 8

Professional Killers

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who ...