Kaoru Yumi

Kaoru Yumi

Birth : 1950-11-12, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

History

Karou Yumi, is a Japanese actress. At age 12, Yumi joined the Nishino Ballet Group Talent Agency, and by age 16 she was acting in the TV program 11PM and the Nikkatsu production Extinguish The Night Rose. In 1974, Yumi landed a lead role in two of the most successful films that year: Prophecies of Nostradamus and ESPY, along with the television series for Submersion of Japan.

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Kaoru Yumi

Movies

Kurama Tengu no Otoshiyori no Kotsu Anzen
Jun Hashizume and Goro Ibuki appear in this traffic historical drama that will allow the elderly to reconfirm traffic safety. From an accident that occurs in the town of Kyo at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate while talking with the Shinsengumi and the party, knowledge and traffic rules necessary for the elderly to avoid traffic accidents can be learned.
妖精の美女
The Phoenix
Uzume, a dancer from Matsuro
This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life.
Skyscraper Murder Case
Death stalks a towering hotel under construction in Tokyo and love brings the guilty parties to a justice of their own choice. The motives are control of the hotel, blackmail and jealousy. The principals involved are two business partners, a political string puller and his son, lovers carrying on an illicit affair and a secretary turned blackmailer.
ESPY
Maria Harada
The film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog, Caesar, to a group of people who use ESP, psychokinesis, and other special mental abilities to fight crime.
Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus
Herself
A documentary about the 1974 film Prophecies of Nostradamus, released to coincide with the latter's release. It featured several prophets and experts on meteorology and food ecology giving their respective takes on the 1999 apocalypse which Nostradamus predicted. Performers Hiroshi Itsuki, Shizue Abe and Linda Yamamoto appeared as well as the film's stars, Tetsuro Tanba, Yoko Tsukasa, Toshio Kurosawa and Yumi Kaoru.
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Mariko Nishiyama
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
The Shinano River
Yukie
Romantic drama based on the manga published in Young Comic.
Living Together
Two former design school classmates, 21-year-old office worker Kyoko and illustrator Jiro, run into each other on the street and soon begin living together. With great care for their feelings, the two embark on a genuine love affair, expressed through their taboo and tension-filled cohabitation. Whilst hurting each other, they continue to explore the boundaries of their relationship in this boldly controversial film.
The Instant Services Bureau
Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office.
Umi wa furimukanai
Singer
Lemon Girls on the Go
Light comedy about three high-school girls on the campus.
The Stormy Man
Aya Makimura
A remake of the 1957 classic "Man Who Raised a Storm" with Watari Tetsuya in the title role.
Kill the Night Rose
Yukari Asukai
An entertaining but silly and fairly forgettable action film with much tongue-in cheek James Bond influence