Shin Morikawa

Shin Morikawa

Born: February 14, 1912
Died: March 26, 1972
in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Shin Morikawa...

Tora-san's Love Call
Title: Tora-san's Love Call
Character: Uncle
Released: December 29, 1971
Type: Movie
Taking a message from Hiroshi's father to heart, Torajiro attempts to give up his wandering ways.
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Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Title: Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Character: Uncle
Released: April 28, 1971
Type: Movie
After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.
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Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Title: Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Character: Uncle
Released: January 15, 1971
Type: Movie
Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting a young woman that reminds him of his sister Sakura. Meanwhile, a new tenant moves into Toraya restaurant.
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Where Spring Comes Late
Title: Where Spring Comes Late
Character: Ryokan Owner
Released: October 24, 1970
Type: Movie
The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start a new life as a farmer.
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Title: おくさまは18歳
Character: Ohyama (principal)
Released: September 29, 1970
Type: TV
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Tora-san's Runaway
Title: Tora-san's Runaway
Character: Ryuzo Kuruma
Released: August 26, 1970
Type: Movie
After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his vagrant lifestyle and become an honest worker with a steady job.
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Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Title: Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Character: Tatsuzo
Released: February 26, 1970
Type: Movie
After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he owes them, but the plan hits a snag. Also, a pretty kindergarten teacher rents a room at Toraya.
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Zoku Isoginchaku
Title: Zoku Isoginchaku
Character: Tatsuo
Released: February 7, 1970
Type: Movie
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Tora-san, His Tender Love
Title: Tora-san, His Tender Love
Character: Ryûzô Kuruma
Released: January 15, 1970
Type: Movie
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
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Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Title: Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Character: Oji-san
Released: November 14, 1969
Type: Movie
Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.
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It's Tough Being a Man
Title: It's Tough Being a Man
Character: Ryûzô
Released: August 27, 1969
Type: Movie
Tora-San, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting and ruining Sakura's chance to marry someone, as well as just being a real pain to those around him. There is a sentimental side to him also, and the best way to describe him is that he grows on you.
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Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys!
Title: Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys!
Released: May 17, 1969
Type: Movie
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It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
Title: It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
Released: October 3, 1968
Type: Movie
This is the DVD version of the TV show, which consists of a single video that plays the first and last episodes of the tv show bridged by an edit recapping the major events of the lost middle episodes.
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Title: It's Tough Being a Man
Released: October 3, 1968
Type: TV
The original TV Drama series the famous Tora film series was based on.
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Red Handkerchief
Title: Red Handkerchief
Released: January 3, 1964
Type: Movie
A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved married to his former partner. He searches for answers to his troubled past, knowing that his inevitable doomed fate is more or less sealed.
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Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
Title: Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
Released: December 16, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Title: Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Released: November 18, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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サラリーマン物語 敵は幾万ありとても
Title: サラリーマン物語 敵は幾万ありとても
Released: September 30, 1962
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Yoko o muita seishun
Title: Yoko o muita seishun
Released: September 19, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Tōkyō sanosa musume
Title: Tōkyō sanosa musume
Released: September 16, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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サラリーマン物語 新入社員第一課
Title: サラリーマン物語 新入社員第一課
Released: August 29, 1962
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū
Title: Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū
Released: May 15, 1962
Type: Movie
Comedy movie
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Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki
Title: Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki
Released: April 22, 1962
Type: Movie
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The Dangoro Party in the Sky
Title: The Dangoro Party in the Sky
Released: April 15, 1962
Type: Movie
The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater at the end of the year. The troupe "Kumo no Ue Dangoro" continues to tour from town to village. The small cast of the troupe includes its leader (Kenichi Enomoto), Norizo (Norihei Miki) and Taizo (Mutoshi Happa), who play female roles - they are all super actors, each of whom plays five roles. Dan Goro dreams of performing in a major theater and tries to put on a big show with a young man he meets in Shikoku named Sakai (Frankie Sakai), but...
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女難コースを突破せよ
Title: 女難コースを突破せよ
Released: April 1, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Flowers of Chivalry
Title: Flowers of Chivalry
Released: December 27, 1961
Type: Movie
Kayama Ichinoshin (Raizo Ichikawa) has been traveling for ten years in search of revenge for his father. One day, Ichinoshin reunites with his younger brother Shinjiro (Yukio Hashi), who has completely changed. Shinjiro abandoned the quiet samurai life and began to lead a Yakuza lifestyle. The older brother is angry at the younger one for his depravity, and the younger one laughs at him for being tied to old-fashioned traditions. As a result, they quarrel. Ichinoshin hears that the person he has to take revenge on has become a Yakuza, and in order to get a hint, he takes care of the Otsu family, to which Shinjiro owes, but later discovers that the boss of Otsu Kanemon is the one he is looking for.
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The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
Title: The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
Released: August 27, 1961
Type: Movie
On summer vacation, university student Shintaro gets involved with a magic troupe as they travel from festival to festival.
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Sararīman yajikita dōchū
Title: Sararīman yajikita dōchū
Released: June 27, 1961
Type: Movie
1961 Japanese movie
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Tōkyō dodonpa musume
Title: Tōkyō dodonpa musume
Released: May 13, 1961
Type: Movie
Motomu Ida movie
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Romance Express
Title: Romance Express
Released: April 4, 1961
Type: Movie
Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a straightforward but indecisive hero. The passengers also include the bubbly Dan Reiko, and Ozawa Eitaro as a dour company president. Based on the novel "Seven and a half hours", by Shishi Bunroku.
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Sazae-san Plays Cupid
Title: Sazae-san Plays Cupid
Released: March 28, 1961
Type: Movie
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.
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Adventures of Princess Anmitsu
Title: Adventures of Princess Anmitsu
Released: December 27, 1960
Type: Movie
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Sazae And Aunt Apron
Title: Sazae And Aunt Apron
Released: December 25, 1960
Type: Movie
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip
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社長野郎ども
Title: 社長野郎ども
Released: November 5, 1960
Type: Movie
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The Tokyo Mighty Guy
Title: The Tokyo Mighty Guy
Character: Chôgorô Shimizu
Released: July 29, 1960
Type: Movie
Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and dashing good looks bring in the women as well as unwanted trouble, while an explosive political scandal builds around his girlfriend’s business...
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Cruel Story of Youth
Title: Cruel Story of Youth
Released: June 3, 1960
Type: Movie
A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.
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Hito mo arukeba
Title: Hito mo arukeba
Character: Deiryushi Hidaka
Released: February 9, 1960
Type: Movie
A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.
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Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Title: Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Released: December 26, 1959
Type: Movie
Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank him for the newlyweds, but Masuo has been told by Managing Director Hanamura to go on a business trip to Kansai. Before long, Masuo contacted Sazae to come to Osaka.
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Oyae no hatsukoi sensei
Title: Oyae no hatsukoi sensei
Released: December 1, 1959
Type: Movie
1959 Japanese movie
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おヤエのもぐり医者
Title: おヤエのもぐり医者
Released: October 28, 1959
Type: Movie
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Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
Title: Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
Released: August 23, 1959
Type: Movie
Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the newlywed life that started at the Isono family was a disaster. At the Isono family, where bonito and Wakame pranks and neighbors visit, it is difficult even to be alone.
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おヤエの女中と幽霊
Title: おヤエの女中と幽霊
Released: July 12, 1959
Type: Movie
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Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
Title: Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
Character: Lieutenant Hino
Released: April 19, 1959
Type: Movie
Sixth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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おヤエの家つき女中
Title: おヤエの家つき女中
Released: April 1, 1959
Type: Movie
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ワンマン今昔物語
Title: ワンマン今昔物語
Released: March 20, 1959
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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おヤエのママさん女中
Title: おヤエのママさん女中
Released: March 10, 1959
Type: Movie
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Sazae-san's Marriage
Title: Sazae-san's Marriage
Released: January 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and eventually heads for Nikko, a travel destination. Sazae is once again overwhelmed by the sight of the newlyweds bustling with sunlight, but...
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The Hotelman's Holiday
Title: The Hotelman's Holiday
Character: Hotelkeeper Kukimoto Sanji
Released: July 12, 1958
Type: Movie
A longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.
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The Girl from Osaka
Title: The Girl from Osaka
Released: June 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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A Slope in the Sun
Title: A Slope in the Sun
Character: Seikichi
Released: April 15, 1958
Type: Movie
The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage of Shinji comes to light.
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Fangs of Night
Title: Fangs of Night
Released: January 15, 1958
Type: Movie
A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some friends try to seek out the person who reported it, and uncover a shady group of criminals with a sinister plot.
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Last Days of the Samurai
Title: Last Days of the Samurai
Released: July 13, 1957
Type: Movie
Seppuku Day 17 Ako ronins, including Kuranosuke Oishi, who were entrusted to the Hosokawa family, and the events of the two days before are depicted as a tragic romance between one of the ronins, Jurozaemon Isogai, and Omino. An adaptation of Seika Mayama play "Genroku Chusingura, the Last Day of Oishi", which tells about the torments of life and death of samurai living in feudal times.
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Sazae-san Sequel
Title: Sazae-san Sequel
Released: April 9, 1957
Type: Movie
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.
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The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
Title: The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
Released: December 26, 1956
Type: Movie
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
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Sazae-san
Title: Sazae-san
Released: December 12, 1956
Type: Movie
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.
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はりきり社長
Title: はりきり社長
Released: July 13, 1956
Type: Movie
The third instalment in the Shacho Series.
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A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
Title: A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
Released: April 4, 1956
Type: Movie
A film about the struggle of an officer from Edo, Toyama Saemon, with a lightning-fast gang of thieves.
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Nigetekita hanayome
Title: Nigetekita hanayome
Released: February 12, 1956
Type: Movie
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Shimazu no sanshita yakko
Title: Shimazu no sanshita yakko
Released: August 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Japanese film.
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All is Well
Title: All is Well
Character: Norisuke Yanagawa
Released: January 29, 1955
Type: Movie
Daichi Tateharu who was an employee of the Mori Seisakusho has been recruited from Siberia, but the company changed its name to Toyo Denki Seisakusho, and the president Shingo Mori was the general affairs manager.
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浮かれ狐千本櫻
Title: 浮かれ狐千本櫻
Character: Suruga Jiro
Released: December 28, 1954
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Cape Ashizuri
Title: Cape Ashizuri
Released: May 18, 1954
Type: Movie
1950s Japanese drama.
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ひばり姫 初夢道中
Title: ひばり姫 初夢道中
Released: December 29, 1952
Type: Movie
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Kagebōshi
Title: Kagebōshi
Character: 亀吉
Released: January 3, 1950
Type: Movie
On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague Ryunosuke felt responsible and decided to catch the culprit, not only for the sake of the beautiful wife of Utsugi, Chika, but also for his own honor. Chika's younger brother Shinjiro and the powerful Uechi family living near Ryunosuke's abode, join hands to support Ryunosuke. Counterfeit coins begin to surface—a scheme by the corrupt faction led by Yanagisawa. The henchman behind this is Koyamada Tesshin, who gathers ronin to amplify Yanagisawa's power. Among those ronin is Tendo Sakon—a man who drinks silently and plays the flute when in a mood.
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Odoru ryûgûjô
Title: Odoru ryûgûjô
Character: Octopus
Released: August 1, 1949
Type: Movie
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Yūkyō no mure
Title: Yūkyō no mure
Released: December 28, 1948
Type: Movie
1948 Japanese movie