Mantarō Ushio

AKA: Мантаро Усио
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1909-02-04

Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {97}

1956-06-01 0

娘の修学旅行

An uproarious human-interest comedy about the love between a father and daughter of a good-natured sandwich man, set against the backdrop of the glamorous Ginza district! ...
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1956-07-25 0

Nenneko Shain

A handsome and pure-hearted employee who thought he was single actually has a secret child. His girlfriend, a beautiful secretary, and the high-maintenance female manager suddenly panic, and the whole ...
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Sergeant

1959-11-03 7.596

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

1960-07-10 0

Scarred Yosaburo

The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress of the gang boss. Despite the physical and emotional scars he now carries with him, Yosaburo falls fo ...
Genre :Drama, Action

1962-05-12 0

Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda

The salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job than this, this cheerful song comedy is set to the hit melody of Ueki etc. [Selection of Actors and Direct ...
Genre :Comedy

1962-02-21 0

Teppo Yasu no Shogai

1962 Japanese movie ...
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Keisuke Takami

1960-04-27 0

Victory and Defeat

After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in top form and is ranked number one, for a title figh ...
Genre :Drama, Action

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

1956-10-01 7.3

Bridge of Japan

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic melodramas—and re-evaluate it as a tanbi-ha work of decadence, ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

1962-06-17 0

Red Love, Green Love

Genre :Drama

1962-01-03 0

The Actress and the Three Rascals

Genre :Comedy

1967-08-19 0

Swift Current

Genre :Drama

1961-04-26 0

Gonin no totsugeki tai

Genre :War

Village Chief

1965-06-25 7.25

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

1947-03-04 0

Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu

A hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the protagonists. ...
Genre :Drama

1959-02-11 7.5

The Most Valuable Wife

Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of Mihara Shoji, and Riko, the second daughter, is married ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Laundry Man

1962-11-18 6.8

Being Two Isn't Easy

The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1951-07-20 0

Kiri no yoru no kyōfu

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

Sahei

1957-09-15 6

Hole in One

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself. ...
Genre :Comedy, Mystery

1951-09-21 6

Hibari no komoriuta

Hibari no komoriuta (ひばりの子守唄, literally "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Koji Shima. The movie is based on Das doppelte Lottchen, a novel later adapted as The Pa ...
Genre :Comedy, Family, Drama

1963-03-30 7

When Women Lie

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai" (Kinugasa/Shindô). ...
Genre :Drama

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

1962-12-26 0

Order of Yakuza

Order of Yakuza ...
Genre :Crime

1960-04-14 7

Bonchi

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business, he stands ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1962-09-01 0

Otoko to onna no sei no naka

1962 Japanese movie ...
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1951-07-27 0

The Singing Baseball Kid

A musical comedy about a spirited orphan who forms a youth baseball team and gets caught up in a mix of sports, singing, and crime when he tries to return a star player’s lost money. ...
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1951-11-16 0

のど自慢三羽烏

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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

1962-09-16 0

Ashita au hito

1962 Japanese movie ...
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1963-05-03 0

The Red Water

Comedy drama film ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1962-12-26 0

Danchi fujin

1962 Japanese movie ...
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1962-12-01 0

Fūshinraishin

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

Theater of Life: Youth Version

Genre :Drama

Kanichi

1953-08-19 6.222

Brother and Sister

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younge ...
Genre :Drama

1962-04-18 0

Closing Time

Genre :Drama

1945-12-27 0

Who Is the Criminal?

1945 Japanese movie ...
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Wataru Nakano

1963-01-13 6.182

Black Report

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime. ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

1964-12-19 0

Song of Happiness

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

Fumiko's father

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

1964-10-31 0

The Sandal Keeper

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Hitoshi Ueki) starts out as Nobunaga's "Sandal Keeper" but climbs the ranks to eventually become a trusted general. ...
Genre :Comedy

Dr. Kodama

1959-06-23 6.2

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

1952-12-17 0

Kanpai! Tokyo Musume

Romantic comedy about a love triangle between two girls who fall in love with a reliable young doctor. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

1951-12-07 6.8

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 Tanaka

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

1955-01-15 0

Farewell Song

A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister. ...
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Oda

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

Senkichi

1961-10-14 0

Okoto and Sasuke

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō. ...
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1957-04-01 6.3

Night Butterflies

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

1959-04-19 0

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung

The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal ...
Genre :Adventure, Fantasy

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

Edokko Mankichi

1957-09-03 0

Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman

Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido where he made his mark in history through his tragic end this is the story of a beloved and l ...
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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

1957-12-28 5.5

Advance Patrol

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance troop was organized to penetrate into the supreme headq ...
Genre :Drama, War, Action, Adventure

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

Natsuki

1958-06-22 6.9

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

Sakurada

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

Ichiro Umehara

1938-09-21 5

A Pebble by the Wayside

Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a young boy brought up entirely by his mother since his ...
Genre :Drama

1962-04-06 6.6

The Broken Commandment

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such discrimination. ...
Genre :Drama

1966-10-15 6.7

The Great White Tower

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothin ...
Genre :Drama

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

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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Sentaro

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

Terashima

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

1963-09-21 0

Hot Spring Policeman

Genre :Drama

1957-06-04 0

Fighting Letter for 29 People

Genre :Drama

1958-04-29 0

Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko

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1959-12-01 0

Across the Darkness

A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign. ...
Genre :Action, Crime

1937-11-03 0

Unending Advance

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into ...
Genre :Drama

Editor-in-chief Iwamura

1961-01-27 0

Love and Life

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura. ...
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Torataro Nakamura

1964-01-19 0

Fools at Work

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito. ...
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Tamashichi

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

1942-04-16 0

Horror of the Fifth Columnist

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1957-08-06 0

Mangorō Tengu

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1956-12-12 0

Fighting Fire Fighter

Genre :Drama

1933-06-15 0

Gion Shigure

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1957-03-29 6.8

The Crowded Train

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is told to send money for medical research into the c ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Senzo

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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1958-11-22 0

Love, Fireworks and Fire Bombs

Genre :Comedy

1952-01-25 0

三万両五十三次

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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

1933-08-24 0

Musume juroku

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1960-02-24 0

Ashita kara otona da

1960 Japanese movie ...
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1958-11-22 0

Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei

1958 Japanese movie ...
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1954-09-14 0

Road to Hawaii

A 1954 film. ...
Genre :Romance

1958-12-14 0

Disobedience

A university student wants to avenge his sister from a businessman who abandoned her after leaving her pregnant. To do this, he decides to seduce the man’s sister to make him suffer the same fate. ...
Genre :Drama

1960-01-03 0

The Grave Tells All

Yamazaki Ryotaro is an Olympics' athlete and an asset. He accepts two jobs and responsibilities that are thrust upon him. One involves a a painting and an advertising poster. The other is about coachi ...
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1957-07-13 0

The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood

A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi (The Millionaire of a Night) and shot by Hiro Imai (Akado Suzunosuke (1957)). Starring Achako Hanabi ...
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1950-12-02 0

Shojohou

A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that has endured the winds and snow of love! Eisuke Tanig ...
Genre :Drama

1961-03-01 0

Wakai nakama

1961 Japanese movie ...
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1956-04-28 0

Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream

Chieko gets married and moves from Kumamoto to Tokyo when her boyfriend Saburo, who works for the Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, is transferred to Tokyo. Her husband's mentor, a universit ...
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1956-05-11 0

Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa

Newlyweds Saburo and Chieko are renting a room. The two get into a fight over something trivial. ...
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1949-12-20 0

Uta no Myojo

Drama directed by Kōzō Saeki. ...
Genre :Drama

1949-08-08 0

大都会の丑満時

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Clothing shop owner

1959-01-03 6

Goodbye, Hello

Kazuko and Umeko have been friends since college. They are modern businesswomen who have many obligations in life and are not ready for marriage. Their families think differently and strive to arrange ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1960-08-24 6

The Woman Who Touched Legs

Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the story about her parents who killed himself and died for ove ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

1964-04-04 0

A Public Benefactor

The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness. ...
Genre :Drama

1971-10-03 0

Suki! Suki!! Majo sensei

Hikaru Tsuki is a new 5th grade teacher at Tozai Elementary School. Secretly, she is also the alien princess of Planet Alpha and a peacekeeper for the Space Alliance assigned to Earth. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy