Katsuko Wakasugi

Katsuko Wakasugi

Born: March 23, 1926
in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Katsuko Wakasugi...

The Image of Mother
Title: The Image of Mother
Released: December 24, 1963
Type: Movie
A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless.
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Savage Women
Title: Savage Women
Released: October 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Second Pink film by Wakamatsu
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Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni
Title: Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni
Character: Aunt Setsuko
Released: June 2, 1962
Type: Movie
The last film produced by Shintoho.
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Shitto
Title: Shitto
Character: Yoko
Released: January 3, 1962
Type: Movie
Japanese mystery film directed by Michiyoshi Doi.
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東京の夜は泣いている
Title: 東京の夜は泣いている
Released: March 22, 1961
Type: Movie
Kazuko Matsuo sings the theme song to this drama film.
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Fighting Horizon
Title: Fighting Horizon
Released: October 15, 1960
Type: Movie
Japanese film about a juvenile delinquent who becomes a part of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.
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Ghost of the Pearl Divers
Title: Ghost of the Pearl Divers
Character: Teruyo Satomura
Released: July 8, 1960
Type: Movie
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Brutal Woman
Title: Brutal Woman
Character: Junko
Released: June 4, 1960
Type: Movie
Tired of poverty, Keiko leaves home and soon takes a lover, but leads a wanton life without paying heed to his advice. However, the younger sister Yoshiko, is an innocent and kind girl. One day, with the sudden death of their mother in a car accident, Keiko learns that she and Yoshiko are actually stepsisters, and that she is the daughter of a murderer. She now plans extortion from Yoshiko's true father who is the president of a well-known trading company.
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Yellow Line
Title: Yellow Line
Character: Hotel Madame
Released: April 29, 1960
Type: Movie
The murder of the chief official of Kobe city's Customs triggers an investigation of a prostitution ring called the 'Yellow Line' that sells Japanese women. A hired assassin is betrayed by his organization, and kidnaps a woman who happens to be the girlfriend of a newspaper reporter.
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Death Row Woman
Title: Death Row Woman
Character: Female Prisoner Kimie
Released: March 13, 1960
Type: Movie
Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence.
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復讐秘文字峠
Title: 復讐秘文字峠
Released: August 15, 1959
Type: Movie
1959 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.
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The Ghost of Yotsuya
Title: The Ghost of Yotsuya
Character: Iwa
Released: July 1, 1959
Type: Movie
This horror tale relates the consequences of a Japanese legend which tells of a man who has to betray his wife in order to achieve power.
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Rajo to satsujin-meiro
Title: Rajo to satsujin-meiro
Character: Sumiko
Released: January 22, 1959
Type: Movie
Japanese crime film.
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The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
Title: The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
Character: Lady Konoe
Released: January 3, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.
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Poison Fang Oran
Title: Poison Fang Oran
Released: October 19, 1958
Type: Movie
Japanese drama film.
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The Mother  Tree
Title: The Mother Tree
Character: Kise Hishikawa
Released: July 13, 1958
Type: Movie
A painter leaves his family to paint the homes of his rich clients. A lonely, ruthless samurai falls in love with the painter's wife and rapes her. He later murders the painter and his servants. From the afterlife, the painter's ghost seeks revenge on the samurai, and saves his wife and newborn child.
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A Wicked Woman
Title: A Wicked Woman
Character: Oden Takahashi
Released: February 25, 1958
Type: Movie
In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for a vice boss.
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Demon King of Yoja Manor
Title: Demon King of Yoja Manor
Character: Aguri
Released: October 22, 1957
Type: Movie
Japanese horror movie from1957.
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The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
Title: The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
Character: Kiyoko Kashima
Released: August 6, 1957
Type: Movie
The year is 1937, and it has been six months since the Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. The rotted corpse of a young woman is found at the bottom of a well, but her face and limbs are gone. The military police begin an investigation and search fervently for the person responsible, but they can't even determine the victim's identity, much less find any clues. However, the incident is made public when newspapers give wide coverage to the story, so Staff Sergeant Kosaka is dispatched from Tokyo to solve the case. Eventually, General Tsunekichi is taken into custody by local infantrymen because of the testimony of another unit, but the spirit of the dead woman appears before Staff Sergeant Kosaka, who continues to investigate on his own...
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The Ghost of Kasane
Title: The Ghost of Kasane
Character: Rui
Released: July 10, 1957
Type: Movie
A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake and then goes to the swamp and drowns himself. 20 years later, the masseur's daughter unknowingly falls in love with the samurai's son who has been brought up to be a servant. After she is horribly disfigured in an accident, he plots to run away with another woman, but the path of their escape lies by the Kasane swamp...
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妖婦 夜嵐お絹と天人お玉
Title: 妖婦 夜嵐お絹と天人お玉
Character: Yoarashi Okinu
Released: May 29, 1957
Type: Movie
Fictionalized retelling of the life of a Geisha poisoner.
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King of the Ring: The World of Glory
Title: King of the Ring: The World of Glory
Character: Ruriko
Released: April 10, 1957
Type: Movie
Boxing film directed by Teruo Ishii in his directorial debut.
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Morishige no demakase shinshi
Title: Morishige no demakase shinshi
Released: September 6, 1955
Type: Movie
Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.
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Daikichi Konomura
Title: Daikichi Konomura
Released: September 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the government. A member of the yakuza thugs has fallen in love with the samurai's daughter and conspires to report the father to the authorities in order to snatch the girl. The samurai's daughter has a boyfriend who hides the father and daughter from the thug.
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Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
Title: Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
Released: July 13, 1954
Type: Movie
Japanese war film.
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Shi no machi wo nogarete
Title: Shi no machi wo nogarete
Released: May 22, 1952
Type: Movie
Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.
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Ship of Outlaws
Title: Ship of Outlaws
Character: Ito
Released: October 18, 1950
Type: Movie
Set in the Edo-era, a smuggling vessel runs into conflict between the Matsumae clan and the Ainu in Hokkaido.
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The Rainbow Man
Title: The Rainbow Man
Character: Yurie Obata
Released: July 18, 1949
Type: Movie
When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their investigation leads them to an isolated, creepy house in the middle of nowhere, where sinister goings-on abound.
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That Night's Adventure
Title: That Night's Adventure
Released: September 28, 1948
Type: Movie