Sumiko Suzuki

Sumiko Suzuki

Birth : 1904-10-26, Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Death : 1985-01-18

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Sumiko Suzuki

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Feline Spirit
Akishino
Go master Matashichiro Ryuzoji, during the game, was killed in anger by the Lord of the Nabeshima clan, Hizen-no-kami. The mother of the murdered Matashichiro, Akishino, cursing the Nabeshima family, commits suicide. Akishino's spirit passes to Matashichiro's beloved cat, and the monster cat appears in front of Hizen-no-kami along with Matashichiro's ghost...
Rashômon
Kid Devil / Sayuri
A 1941 Japanese film directed by Shinzo Yoshida.
The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen
Mitsue Bando
A quintessential example of the period "ghost cat" (bakeneko or kaibyo) movie, this was one of at least six such titles released by the studio Shinko Kinema between 1937-40 featuring Japan's first scream queen, Sumiko Suzuki. Here she plays Mitsue, the possessive onna-kabuki actress betrothed to apprentice shamisen player Seijiro. When one day Okiyo, a beautiful young girl of samurai class, is led to Seijiro's house by his lost cat Kuro, she becomes besotted with him. Dark jealous passions are invoked in Mitsue, which are intensified when Seijiro gifts Okiyo his precious shamisen. The cat is the first to suffer at the end of Mitsue's hairpin, but returns from the grave to assist Okiyo's younger sister Onui avenge her sister's murder.
Arima neko
Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan
Oiwa
The Feast of Gion
A sad love film where the action takes place in Kyoto, in a trading house.
Rogoku no hanayome zenpen
Oiwa Nagaya
Oiwa
Senpū jidai
Yotsuya Kaidan
Oiwa
Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan
Oiwa
Dochu hiki
Akuma no hoshî no shita nî
The Spell of the Sand Painting
Otori
The Ryueis and the Tenmokus fight over gold bullion secretly stored away in Osaka Castle. A dramatization of a popular novel - three competing studios also produced their own versions of the story.