Kazuko Imai

Kazuko Imai

Born: December 12, 1932
Died: October 14, 2012
in Setagaya, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Kazuko Imai...

Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special
Title: Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special
Character: Shizu (segment "Rinne no mura")
Released: March 30, 2009
Type: Movie
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A Brief Message from the Heart
Title: A Brief Message from the Heart
Released: November 23, 1995
Type: Movie
A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man.
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Last Friends
Title: Last Friends
Released: June 3, 1995
Type: Movie
Following the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII. Though they believe their service will help to benefit their loved ones back home, they are unprepared for the hardships of war. Through their shared trials and sacrifices, they grow closer as friends, and hope to return together to better days. This movie was released in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII.
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The Tomb & the Divorce
Title: The Tomb & the Divorce
Character: Yasuko Matsuda
Released: July 31, 1993
Type: Movie
Yoshinori sells plots of land in a cemetery, and is involved in a stale ten-year-old marriage with bored housewife Atsuko. When Atsuko makes a male friend at her leather-working class, Yoshinori has a fit. This is on top of the myriad of odd clients that he must appease.
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Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
Title: Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
Released: May 22, 1992
Type: Movie
There is a man who divorced his wife. He moved to rural Hokkaido from Tokyo where he lived with his family without running water or electricity. He has his son and daughter in tow and works hard for them. The folk in the area try to help. A couple of years pass and the older son moves back to Tokyo, attends school and works part-time. The daughter commutes to the city to attend school. She wants to become a nurse. To become a registered nurse she needs to study a further three years. This takes money.
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The Yen Family
Title: The Yen Family
Character: Nasue
Released: May 14, 1988
Type: Movie
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.
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Title: Asami Mitsuhiko Mysteries
Released: September 8, 1987
Type: TV
Crime mysteries from 1987 to 1990 based on Yasuo Uchida's novels starring Yutaka Mizutani.
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Title: Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
Character: Otatsu (voice)
Released: April 25, 1986
Type: TV
A brilliant collection of beautifully animated episodes based on selected masterpieces of Japanese modern literature. The aim of this series is to appeal to the viewer at large and to give him or her some idea of the variety and individuality which Japanese literature has developed over the last hundred years. The authors range from Higuchi Ichiyou (Takekurabe), Mori Ougai (The Dancing Girl) and Natsume Souseki (Botchan) to Kawabata Yasunari (The Izu Dancer), Nobel laureate of 1968, and Mishima Yukio (The Sound of Waves).
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Title: Takeshi-kun, Hai!
Character: Sadako Matsubara
Released: July 15, 1985
Type: TV
Set in slums of Tokyo, the daily life of the child Takeshi Kitano and his family is depicted with a comedy touch, the drama revolves around the Takeshi Kitano who is kind but mischievous.
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Edo Porn
Title: Edo Porn
Character: Oshina
Released: September 12, 1981
Type: Movie
The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.
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Tokyo Air Raid Glass Rabbit
Title: Tokyo Air Raid Glass Rabbit
Character: Shizue Tanabe
Released: July 14, 1979
Type: Movie
Based on an autobiographical novel by Toshiko Takagi, set close to the end of World War II
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Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light
Title: Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light
Released: October 28, 1978
Type: Movie
Film distributed by ATG.
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The Far Road
Title: The Far Road
Released: September 11, 1977
Type: Movie
Set in the time of steam locomotives and covering a period of almost 30 years, this sensitive film tells the story of the wife of a railroad worker in the northern part of Japan. The ferocious local class restrictions work to keep her husband in his place, as does his lack of education.
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Title: Against The Grain
Character: Miyako
Released: February 28, 1976
Type: TV
Employees of a security company from different generations and backgrounds confront many difficult questions
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The Castle of Sand
Title: The Castle of Sand
Character: Kenichi Miki's Wife
Released: October 19, 1974
Type: Movie
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
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Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
Title: Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
Character: Kayo
Released: November 26, 1972
Type: Movie
First film of a trilogy following the dramatic life of Rika, a half-Japanese/half-American woman who becomes the tough-as-nails leader of an all-girl crime gang.
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Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
Title: Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
Character: Calpania (voice)
Released: September 15, 1970
Type: Movie
Three people from the future, who travel spiritually to the era of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII Philopator and her Roman lovers Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, become their closest friends as they try to unravel the nature of the plan developed in their own time by a sinister enemy.
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Lost Virgin
Title: Lost Virgin
Character: Mitsu Watsunabe
Released: November 2, 1968
Type: Movie
Story of a nineteen-year-old office girl who loses her virginity.
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Story of a Prostitute
Title: Story of a Prostitute
Character: Sachiko
Released: February 27, 1965
Type: Movie
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a Prostitute is a tragic love story as well as a rule-bending take on a popular Taijiro Tamura novel, challenging military and fraternal codes of honor, as seen through Harumi's eyes.