Michiko Ōtsuka

Michiko Ōtsuka

Born: June 6, 1930
Died: February 26, 2013
in Kōchi, Japan

Movies for Michiko Ōtsuka...

Jiro's Story
Title: Jiro's Story
Character: おこと
Released: July 4, 1987
Type: Movie
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Title: Daddy, the Newscaster
Released: January 9, 1987
Type: TV
He didn’t even like children, yet without warning, the handsome, single newscaster finds himself playing the role of father to three impertinent daughters. His entire image of the roles of the sexes gets turned upside down as he makes the transition from a swinger into a caring parent.
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The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo
Title: The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo
Released: August 29, 1983
Type: Movie
Arrested and interrogated by the police for a murder, Kiyoshi Ōkubo remembers his past and ends up confessing to several murders. Inspired by the true story of the serial killer who raped and killed eight women in Japan in 1971. The case moved the whole country.
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Island of the Evil Spirits
Title: Island of the Evil Spirits
Character: Taneko Ochi
Released: October 3, 1981
Type: Movie
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he meets beautiful twin sisters and tragic events unfold.
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Solar Eclipse
Title: Solar Eclipse
Character: Kayoko
Released: September 6, 1975
Type: Movie
When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot.
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The Blossom and the Sword
Title: The Blossom and the Sword
Released: November 17, 1973
Type: Movie
Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya Watari). The encounter sends her to jail as a suspected accomplice. Years later she marries a yakuza boss, whose gang is affiliated with working class people.
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Long Journey into Love
Title: Long Journey into Love
Released: July 7, 1973
Type: Movie
A beautifully told story of a woman hardened by marriage to a man she doesn't love, after giving herself to another. She dedicates herself to her work, designing and creating plaited cords for kimono.
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Banner of the Young
Title: Banner of the Young
Released: November 28, 1970
Type: Movie
The final part of the trilogy. It is about a younger brother, Suekichi. He learned well the lessons that life taught his older brothers. Therefore, he does not think to study, but strives for material well-being alone. To make a career, he ruthlessly pushes his colleagues with his elbows. For him, the high ideals of trade union activists Jiro and Saburo are an example of old-fashioned thinking, naive behavior.
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Innocent Sinner
Title: Innocent Sinner
Released: July 1, 1970
Type: Movie
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Forward, Young People!
Title: Forward, Young People!
Released: May 10, 1969
Type: Movie
The second film tells about the life of matured brothers and sister Sato. Taro became a foreman. He saves every yen to fulfill his dream of building his own house with stone gates. Jiro continues to work in the transportation office, he dreams of getting married. Saburo faces a moral problem: in order to get a good position, he must answer the questions of the entrance test differently than his conscience tells him. At the exam, Saburo does not hide his views on life and is deprived of the promised position. Orie and Suekiti believe that he did wrong and betrayed his older brothers. But the anxiety in the Sato family is not limited to these events. Orie was being asked to marry a handsome, well-established young man, but she suddenly announced her decision to marry Tozaka, who was suffering from radiation sickness. Sato's peaceful home is falling apart...
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Young People
Title: Young People
Released: December 16, 1968
Type: Movie
"Young People" is a story about the lives of four brothers and a sister, Sato. After the death of his parents, the older brother, Taro, who works in construction, decides to replace them. The second brother, Jiro, is a truck driver. The third, Saburo, is a student, dreams of a better future for the whole family are connected with him, with his career. Brothers and sisters are fighting to give him a higher education. And, finally, the youngest of the brothers, Suekichi, is also going to enter the university after graduation. The life of the Sato family is complicated. Taro is kind, but limited, not always able to find a common language with his brothers and sister Orie. The girl cannot stand the despotism of her brother, leaves her home and goes to work at the factory. With her departure, everything in the house goes upside down. Suekichi fails her university entrance exams, Orie is forced to return to her family.
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The Bride from Hades
Title: The Bride from Hades
Character: Oyone
Released: June 15, 1968
Type: Movie
On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsuyu. Not knowing she's a ghost, he becomes infatuated by her.
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Samurai Rebellion
Title: Samurai Rebellion
Character: Suga Sasahara
Released: May 27, 1967
Type: Movie
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
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Title: Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Character: Hojo Masako
Released: January 2, 1966
Type: TV
The chronicles of the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - May 17th, 1189). He was a late Heian and early Kamakura general of the Minamoto clan of Japan. Yoshitsune was the ninth son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo. His older brother Minamoto no Yoritomo founded the Kamakura shogunate.
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Beast Alley
Title: Beast Alley
Released: September 5, 1965
Type: Movie
"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return." Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
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The Spy
Title: The Spy
Released: September 4, 1965
Type: Movie
Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.
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Woman of Design
Title: Woman of Design
Character: Yuko Tajima
Released: January 28, 1962
Type: Movie
Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.
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Akutoku
Title: Akutoku
Character: Kaji Atsuko
Released: February 19, 1958
Type: Movie
A movie adaptation of Funayama Kaoru's novel of the same name, which depicts the story of a modern youth who is attracted to the evil path. Saburi Shin, a well-known actor who also demonstrated his skill as a director in a bold social work, embodies a person with a complicated dilemma in a shadowy manner, and is a dramatic work that plays a part in the lead role.
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Yukiko
Title: Yukiko
Released: August 3, 1955
Type: Movie
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Dispersed Clouds
Title: Dispersed Clouds
Character: Tamiko Sawa
Released: November 23, 1951
Type: Movie
Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of them, Masako, falls ill at a railway station. Osen, a middle-aged maid from a nearby inn, takes her in and nurses her, assisted by Dr. Minami, a young physician who diagnoses her illness as a mild case of pneumonia. With Masako in good hands and needing a few days to recuperate, her classmates continue their tour. Masako’s recovery, however, is hampered by her spoiled and immature nature and her determination to punish the world for the loss of her mother.