Mantarō Ushio
Kjent for: Acting
Fødselsdag: 1909-02-04
Fødselssted: Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Også kjent som: Мантаро Усио
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...
Utgivelse : 1956.06.01Popularitet : 0.639
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...
Utgivelse : 1956.07.25Popularitet : 2.027
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...
Utgivelse : 1959.11.03Popularitet : 7.444
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...
Utgivelse : 1960.07.10Popularitet : 0.891
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...
Utgivelse : 1962.05.12Popularitet : 0.757
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...
Utgivelse : 1960.04.27Popularitet : 1.669
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...
Utgivelse : 1960.03.22Popularitet : 1.872
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...
Utgivelse : 1956.10.01Popularitet : 1.654
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...
Utgivelse : 1965.06.25Popularitet : 4.7
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
A hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the protagonists.
Utgivelse : 1947.03.04Popularitet : 2.041
The Most Valuable Wife
In the forties in Japan, a group of brilliantly qualified university students are selected to break all ties with their previous lives and form the...
Utgivelse : 1959.02.11Popularitet : 1.42
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.
Utgivelse : 1962.11.18Popularitet : 3.327
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.
Utgivelse : 1957.09.15Popularitet : 1.721
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...
Utgivelse : 1951.09.21Popularitet : 0.897
When Women Lie
Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...
Utgivelse : 1963.03.30Popularitet : 2.477
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...
Utgivelse : 1964.05.02Popularitet : 2.722
Bonchi
Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give...
Utgivelse : 1960.04.14Popularitet : 2.119
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...
Utgivelse : 1959.05.13Popularitet : 1.1
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...
Utgivelse : 1953.08.19Popularitet : 5.997
Black Report
After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
Utgivelse : 1963.01.13Popularitet : 2.47
Song of Happiness
Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.
Utgivelse : 1964.12.19Popularitet : 1.223
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.
Utgivelse : 1959.08.12Popularitet : 0.997
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...
Utgivelse : 1959.06.23Popularitet : 4.957
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Romantic comedy about a love triangle between two girls who fall in love with a reliable young doctor.
Utgivelse : 1952.12.17Popularitet : 1.156
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...
Utgivelse : 1951.12.07Popularitet : 1.423
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...
Utgivelse : 1938.01.07Popularitet : 2.164
Farewell Song
A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister.
Utgivelse : 1955.01.15Popularitet : 0.449
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...
Utgivelse : 1957.12.01Popularitet : 1.588
Okoto and Sasuke
One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.
Utgivelse : 1961.10.14Popularitet : 0.864
Night Butterflies
A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
Utgivelse : 1957.04.01Popularitet : 1.368
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...
Utgivelse : 1959.04.19Popularitet : 2.345
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...
Utgivelse : 1961.08.13Popularitet : 2.802
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...
Utgivelse : 1957.09.03Popularitet : 0.345
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...
Utgivelse : 1952.07.24Popularitet : 0.89
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...
Utgivelse : 1957.12.28Popularitet : 1.263
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...
Utgivelse : 1960.01.14Popularitet : 1.471
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.
Utgivelse : 1958.06.22Popularitet : 3.152
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...
Utgivelse : 1961.07.28Popularitet : 2.426
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...
Utgivelse : 1938.09.21Popularitet : 0.704
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...
Utgivelse : 1962.04.06Popularitet : 1.707
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...
Utgivelse : 1966.10.15Popularitet : 3.795
The Naked Town
A 1937 Japanese language film directed by Tomu Uchida, starring Ryo Akaboshi, Mitsuru Date and Hisao Furutani.
Utgivelse : 1937.05.13Popularitet : 0.886
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.
Utgivelse : 1939.04.13Popularitet : 2.228
Floating Weeds
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...
Utgivelse : 1959.11.17Popularitet : 8.57
On This Earth
1957 drama from director Kôzaburô Yoshimura
Utgivelse : 1957.11.22Popularitet : 2.066
Across the Darkness
A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.
Utgivelse : 1959.12.01Popularitet : 1.231
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...
Utgivelse : 1937.11.03Popularitet : 1.24
Fools at Work
A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.
Utgivelse : 1964.01.19Popularitet : 0.666
Love and Life
Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
Utgivelse : 1961.01.27Popularitet : 1.435
The Phantom Horse
Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.
Utgivelse : 1955.07.20Popularitet : 0.598