Sumiko Sakamoto

Sumiko Sakamoto

Born: November 25, 1936
Died: January 23, 2021
in Osaka, Japan
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Sumiko Sakamoto was born on November 26, 1936 in Osaka, Japan. Sakamoto is a singer and award-winning actress whose heartfelt performances made her a favorite of the late film director Shohei Imamura. Imamura cast her in three of his films, among them "The Ballad of Narayama," winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival, in which her brilliant portrayal of an elderly mother not only earned her a kiss from Orson Welles, but also the Japanese Best Actress Award from Nihon Academy.

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The Buried Forest
Title: The Buried Forest
Character: Granny
Released: May 12, 2005
Type: Movie
Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried forest.
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Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Title: Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Character: Masako Yamada
Released: November 3, 2001
Type: Movie
A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
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My Father's Dragon
Title: My Father's Dragon
Character: Lioness (voice)
Released: July 5, 1997
Type: Movie
Elmer is told by a traveling cat about a baby dragon who is being held captive and mistreated on the scary Wild Island. Elmer decides to investigate and battles tigers, crocodiles and gorillas in order to rescue the little dragon.
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Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
Title: Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
Released: December 28, 1996
Type: Movie
Based on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji.
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The Stairway to the Distant Past
Title: The Stairway to the Distant Past
Character: Minato Mary
Released: March 18, 1995
Type: Movie
Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. But when Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama's past, returns to town, the fuse is lit on a criminal powder keg set to blow the lid off the Yokohama underworld.
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Title: Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
Released: January 10, 1993
Type: TV
The series tells The story of the 1609 invasion of Ryûkyû by forces from the Japanese domain of Satsuma, an event which changed the course of Ryukyuan history dramatically.
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Be Free!
Title: Be Free!
Character: Mutsuko's mother
Released: August 9, 1986
Type: Movie
Adventures of a young high school teacher and his oddball students.
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The Ballad of Narayama
Title: The Ballad of Narayama
Character: Orin
Released: April 29, 1983
Type: Movie
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
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Title: Precious Moments
Released: September 18, 1981
Type: TV
The drama depicts the daily lives of three women of the marriageable age who are desperately trying to make some memories before they get married.
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Title: Watashi wa umi
Character: 石沢松子
Released: October 2, 1978
Type: TV
The 22nd NHK Asadora. Starring Tomoko Aihara. About a woman raising war orphans.
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Sometimes... Like a Prostitute
Title: Sometimes... Like a Prostitute
Character: Woman in Reception
Released: September 23, 1978
Type: Movie
A man with a medical condition and a guilty past becomes obsessed with a simple minded girl he finds in a park. His wife is not thrilled when he brings her home.
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Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
Title: Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
Released: December 30, 1967
Type: Movie
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The Silent Gun
Title: The Silent Gun
Character: Tamako Tamamura
Released: October 14, 1967
Type: Movie
A series of murders has been committed by someone with a new model gun, a Mord-Gessel X 38. Indeed, Daisuke himself is almost killed while investigating the case. This occurred while he was with Ritsuko, daughter of a company president. Detective Kimura thinks that the president himself, returned to Japan after an absence of fifteen years, might be the killer, or at least the man who supplied the gun. Ritsuko's father limps and though she explains this as the result of a traffic accident, Kimura remembers a narcotics smuggler named Suginami who shot himself in the ankle and then escaped from the hospital. He believes that the company president and the drug peddler are the same.
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The Shogun and His Mistresses
Title: The Shogun and His Mistresses
Character: Tami
Released: July 30, 1967
Type: Movie
Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
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Quick-Draw Dog
Title: Quick-Draw Dog
Released: May 27, 1967
Type: Movie
Quick Drawer Dog (早射ち犬 Hayauchi inu) is a 1967 film directed by Tetsutarō Murano. It is the eighth film in the Inu series.
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Stray Dog
Title: Stray Dog
Released: November 26, 1966
Type: Movie
Stray Dog (野良犬) is a 1966 film directed by Yoshio Inoue. It is the seventh film in the Inu series.
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Fearless Comrades
Title: Fearless Comrades
Released: October 8, 1966
Type: Movie
The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but decided to leave after his best friend died a brutal death at the hands of the gang leader. He goes on a trip with a guitar in his hand and ends up in Yokohama. The guitar he plays at the bar in the evening was given to him by his late best friend. At the bar, Kosuke meets Kumagoro. Kosuke saves Kumagoro from bandits. Kumagoro is a funny man, he came to this city to reunite with the woman he swore to marry. Kosuke decides to settle in this city and help him find his beloved, but the future of this city is not cloudless either, because the cruel Yakuza is in power in the city, and soon Kosuke will have to fight with him...
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Zoku teppō inu
Title: Zoku teppō inu
Released: April 9, 1966
Type: Movie
Zoku teppō inu (続鉄砲犬) is a 1966 film directed by Mitsuo Murayama. It is the sixth film in the Inu series.
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The Pornographers
Title: The Pornographers
Character: Haru Masuda
Released: March 12, 1966
Type: Movie
Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead husband, reincarnated as a carp, disapproves. Director Shohei Imamura has always delighted in the kinky exploits of lowlifes, and in this 1966 classic, he finds subversive humor in the bizarre dynamics of Haru, her Oedipal son, and her daughter, the true object of her pornographer-boyfriend’s obsession. Imamura’s comic treatment of such taboos as voyeurism and incest sparked controversy when the film was released, but The Pornographers has outlasted its critics, and now seems frankly ahead of its time.
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Silence Has No Wings
Title: Silence Has No Wings
Released: February 11, 1966
Type: Movie
Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by Kuroki depicts in exquisite images a series of encounters and life's turning points.
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Trigger Happy Romeo
Title: Trigger Happy Romeo
Character: Tsuruko
Released: December 24, 1965
Type: Movie
Fifth film in the "Inu" series.
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Rampaging Dog
Title: Rampaging Dog
Released: May 6, 1965
Type: Movie
Abare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series.
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The Call of Flesh
Title: The Call of Flesh
Released: September 19, 1964
Type: Movie
A young woman (Dan) who worked as a prostitute in the days following World War II finds herself sexually dissatisfied with her husband and contemplates returning to an old lover who comes back into her life.
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Clamouring Canines
Title: Clamouring Canines
Character: Machiko
Released: September 17, 1964
Type: Movie
The second film in the "Inu" series.
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Escape from Japan
Title: Escape from Japan
Character: Mitsuko
Released: July 3, 1964
Type: Movie
As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery.
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Homeless Dog
Title: Homeless Dog
Released: May 2, 1964
Type: Movie
First movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
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Legends of Honor
Title: Legends of Honor
Released: October 5, 1963
Type: Movie
First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii
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Travel with Ghost
Title: Travel with Ghost
Character: Osumi
Released: July 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Ghost comedy film.