Kiwako Taichi

AKA: 太地 喜和子, Taeko Shimura, Kiwako Taichi
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1943-12-02

Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Japanese actress.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {38}

Shige

1968-02-24 7.4

Kuroneko

In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found myster ...
Genre :Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Nishikigi

1972-09-02 6.7

Zatoichi in Desperation

After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them. ...
Genre :Adventure, Action, Drama

Kimiko

1985-05-25 5.9

Fire Festival

Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, instead promoting his traditions in reactionary ways. ...
Genre :Drama

Mayumi Takigawa

1971-08-12 5.8

Kaoyaku

A detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal. ...
Genre :

1970-05-27 6

If You Were Young: Rage

If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to ...
Genre :Drama

1982-11-26 0

Messengers to Satsuma

By all indications, an anti-government conspiracy is brewing in the Satsuma Domen. Already seven oniwaban spies sent by the shogunate have infiltrated Satsuma in order to scout everything on the spot. ...
Genre :Drama

1969-05-06 0

Only Child

Genre :Drama

Botan

1976-07-23 9

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a su ...
Genre :Comedy

1962-09-30 0

Tekka Wakashū

1962 Japanese movie ...
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1974-04-24 5

Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family business. Instead he supports himself by arranging cockfigh ...
Genre :

Rie

1971-11-17 6.1

Confessions Among Actresses

In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and ...
Genre :Drama

1970-10-31 6.9

Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes a gun from a house on an American base and uses it ...
Genre :Thriller

1962-08-12 0

Hibari the Traveling Performer

Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night while out with her mother, Otoshi, Kimie unexpectedly sees her father, who had abandoned the family 20 y ...
Genre :Drama, Music

Satoko Nire

1961-11-15 0

Devil's Nursery Rhyme

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel. ...
Genre :Mystery, Horror

1962-08-12 6

The Phantom Goblin

An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his behalf. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Kanae Honda

1970-07-11 6.8

An Ode to Yakuza

Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her to college and turning her into a perfect young lad ...
Genre :Action, Crime

Okatsu

1971-09-15 4

Human Target

At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's b ...
Genre :Crime

Ohide

1974-09-20 7.8

The Last Samurai

The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has ...
Genre :Drama, Action

Tomoe

1977-08-27 5

Island of Hell

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946. ...
Genre :Mystery, Horror

Shizuko

1975-06-21 6.7

Gambling Den Heist

After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Saeko Nakagami

1978-09-23 7

August without Emperor

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revi ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

Otane

1962-05-01 0

Song of Kagoshima

Yumemi, the president of Shirayuri Tours, visits Kagoshima in an attempt to save the contract with Satsuma Inn. After learning about the abrupt cancellation of the contract with the family-run Satsuma ...
Genre :Music, Drama, Romance

Typist

1961-08-13 0

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery

Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona. ...
Genre :Action

Yae

1970-06-03 0

Strange Affinity

Genre :Drama

1973-03-17 10

Flower and Dragon

Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two other powerful groups. Gingo is Tamai's chief rival wh ...
Genre :Action, Crime

1967-06-15 0

Burning Nature

Film from 1967. ...
Genre :

1961-10-22 0

Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san

Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor. Sado Masasaburo, the founder of Sado Masa, one of the oldest lumber merchants in Kiba, has recently become ...
Genre :Comedy

1971-08-07 9

The Instant Services Bureau

Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office. ...
Genre :Comedy

1988-04-29 5

Father

A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life. ...
Genre :Drama

1969-09-10 6

Bullet Wound

Yuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between an American seller and Chinese communists, and to take out both parties. After almost getting assassina ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller

1962-07-01 0

Shimmering Sword

Genre :

1962-03-07 0

Pleasant Company

Genre :

1974-03-09 0

Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi

In front of Sagami Detention Center. Shosuke, the owner of a strip joint called "Shunpu Music," welcomes Okoma, a stripper who has been locked up for public indecency. Shosuke immediately takes the pa ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

1978-09-03 0

Sea of Wonders

A photographer is lost in a storm and washes up on an isolated island, where he meets a vampire woman and falls in love with her. ...
Genre :Horror

1977-09-17 0

Shinjuku baka monogatari

Japanese film from 1977. ...
Genre :

1971-12-31 0

Nippon ichi no shokku otoko

The last (10th) Toho "Crazy film" in the Nippon Ichi series. ...
Genre :Comedy

1961-02-14 0

Futaridake no taiyō

1961 Japanese movie ...
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Taeko Shimura/Naoko Obata

1960-08-04 7

National Kid

National Kid is a Japanese TV series produced by Toei Company in 1960. Created by mangaka Daiji Kazumine, it was commissioned by Panasonic, then known as Matsushita Electric, to promote the National b ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy