Mitsuko Takao

Mitsuko Takao

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Mitsuko Takao

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The Lone Journey
Oriki
Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at sento (public baths) too. The handwritten text on the bottom here announces the film will play at Hassen for 3 days.
The Road I Travel with You
The otherwise promising young man Asaji (Heihachirô Ôkawa) and his younger brother Yuji (Hideo Saeki) face blighted lives because of society's disapproval of their illegitmacy and déclassé family.
Enoken's Kondo Isami
Oryo
Enoken plays both Kondo Isami and his deadly enemy Sakamoto Ryoma in this comedic, song-filled vision of the Meiji Restoration.
Reijin
Okoma, daughter of Hachibei
Jinsei no uramichi
The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Parent
A Japanese short film, the earliest extant film of the great director Hiroshi Shimizu
The Dawning Sky
A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.
Eternal Heart
Yoshiko, Katayama's first daughter
Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she has met through her work.
Yama no senroban