Setsuko Wakayama

Setsuko Wakayama

Born: June 7, 1929
Died: May 9, 1985
in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Setsuko Wakayama was a Japanese actress.

Movies for Setsuko Wakayama...

Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Title: Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Character: Hidemi Yamaji
Released: May 21, 1959
Type: Movie
A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.
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Samurai Saga
Title: Samurai Saga
Character: (uncredited)
Released: April 28, 1959
Type: Movie
Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. But she sees him only as a friend, so he helps another man to woo her by giving him the poetry of his own heart.
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On Wings of Love
Title: On Wings of Love
Character: Taeko Okada
Released: July 13, 1957
Type: Movie
On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and the first film released in Tohoscope.
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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 2)
Title: The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
Released: April 2, 1957
Type: Movie
Historical drama about a sleep-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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Twice on a Certain Night
Title: Twice on a Certain Night
Released: June 8, 1956
Type: Movie
Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to notice the terrible sacrifices made by his wife when she accepts a job at a local inn.
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旗本退屈男謎の伏魔殿
Title: 旗本退屈男謎の伏魔殿
Released: December 25, 1955
Type: Movie
In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Sosuke Saotome, appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy named Genshichi. Unfortunately, the woman is shot and killed. Later, Genshichi explains that the woman was a member of a band of thieves, and because she was let go once, the police officer, Genjuro Mazaki, was demoted to a desk job. Consumed by guilt, Boredom Otoko...
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Godzilla Raids Again
Title: Godzilla Raids Again
Character: Hidemi Yamaji
Released: April 24, 1955
Type: Movie
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.
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君死に給うことなかれ
Title: 君死に給うことなかれ
Released: October 20, 1954
Type: Movie
Set at the end of World War II and after Japan's defeat, it is a melodrama about a man and a woman at the mercy of war. Wataru is entrusted by his best friend who has gone off to war with his sister Reiko to marry her, but he is not ready to abandon his love for Kumiko, a nurse at his mother's hospital.
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Enomoto's Heaven and Hell
Title: Enomoto's Heaven and Hell
Released: October 12, 1954
Type: Movie
Keita, after his death, was taken to the court of heaven as Defendant No. 1361, where his past was projected. He was formerly a favorite of the Meriken Circus troupe, yet he sinned by exposing a certain woman. During the screening, he realizes what he has done, and fate gives him a chance to redeem his sins.
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Jirocho, the Hunted
Title: Jirocho, the Hunted
Released: December 15, 1953
Type: Movie
A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.
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Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
Title: Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
Released: November 3, 1953
Type: Movie
Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.
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Jirocho's Home-Coming
Title: Jirocho's Home-Coming
Released: June 23, 1953
Type: Movie
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Her Captive Gamblers
Title: Her Captive Gamblers
Released: June 3, 1953
Type: Movie
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Mole Alley
Title: Mole Alley
Released: May 7, 1953
Type: Movie
33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating from a girls' school in Hokuriku, she immediately moved to Tokyo to meet and marry Ogata. After neatly writing Ogata's manuscript, he would buy dorayaki as a gratuity and devour it.
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Yasugorō shusse
Title: Yasugorō shusse
Released: April 15, 1953
Type: Movie
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Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
Title: Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
Released: January 9, 1953
Type: Movie
Jirocho the gambler hits the road.
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Jirocho Rises in Fame
Title: Jirocho Rises in Fame
Released: December 4, 1952
Type: Movie
The rise of the famed gambler.
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Swift Current
Title: Swift Current
Released: October 23, 1952
Type: Movie
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Love's Cheerleader
Title: Love's Cheerleader
Character: Kazuko Yamamoto
Released: June 19, 1952
Type: Movie
Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals
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Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Title: Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Released: May 14, 1952
Type: Movie
Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.
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Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
Title: Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
Character: Pilgrim's Daughter
Released: May 8, 1952
Type: Movie
A movie directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
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Bengawan Solo
Title: Bengawan Solo
Character: Sister Cartini
Released: October 19, 1951
Type: Movie
War film by Kon Ichikawa
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Swords and Brocade
Title: Swords and Brocade
Released: June 22, 1951
Type: Movie
A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.
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祇園物語 春怨
Title: 祇園物語 春怨
Released: April 21, 1951
Type: Movie
The story of a lovely "maiko" who bloomed in Gion. Three half-sisters play out a tale of tearful love between father and daughters against the backdrop of the city's dance festival.
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Wakai musumetachi
Title: Wakai musumetachi
Released: April 7, 1951
Type: Movie
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Battle of Roses
Title: Battle of Roses
Released: October 28, 1950
Type: Movie
A Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by overheated bathroom.
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Beyond the Hills
Title: Beyond the Hills
Released: July 8, 1950
Type: Movie
Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.
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The Angry Street
Title: The Angry Street
Released: May 14, 1950
Type: Movie
The Angry Street includes a great deal of location shooting in the rebuilt city, including downtown streets, residential neighborhoods, the campus of the University of Tokyo, and the high life of jazzy dance halls. Sudo (Hara Yasumi) and Mori (Uno Jukichi) are two university students who make money by picking up rich girls in dance clubs and conning them into giving them cash. Mori is the brains of the operation, and Sudo is the suave dancer who picks up the girls. Over the course of the film, Sudo becomes involved with three different girls and is drawn into the gangster milieu, which he seems unable to resist even though he is responsible for his mother, grandmother, and sister, Masako (Wakayama Setsuko). In this world of bad boys and girls, Masako is the pillar of strength and moral virtue who finally enables Mori to straighten out.
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Four Seasons of Women
Title: Four Seasons of Women
Character: Sakai Mangame
Released: February 27, 1950
Type: Movie
Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda
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Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
Title: Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
Character: Yoshiko Kimura
Released: January 22, 1950
Type: Movie
Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.
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Escape at Dawn
Title: Escape at Dawn
Character: Kaoru
Released: January 8, 1950
Type: Movie
Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love with a prostitute named Harumi, she convinces him to desert the army and live with her.
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The Blue Mountains: Part II
Title: The Blue Mountains: Part II
Character: Kazuko Sasai
Released: July 26, 1949
Type: Movie
Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.
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The Blue Mountains: Part I
Title: The Blue Mountains: Part I
Character: Kazuko Sasai
Released: July 19, 1949
Type: Movie
Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young man from Tokyo.
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A Visage to Remember
Title: A Visage to Remember
Released: April 4, 1948
Type: Movie
During his summer holiday, Kawasaki Ryuichi (Ryuzaki Ichiro), a handsome engineer in his late twenties, visits his teacher and mentor, Professor Inagaki (Sugai Ichiro), at his seaside home. There he meets the professor's lovely young wife, Sachiko (Hamada Yuriko), and is unsettled by the striking resemblance she bears to his wife, who died three years earlier. Attracted to Sachiko, he does his best to hide his feelings. The couple, however, senses a deep-seated melancholy in him. Attributing it to the loss of his wife, they urge him to marry their niece, Kaoru, but he is not interested. Shortly after, Fumiko , Sachiko's older sister, realizes that Sachiko and Kawasaki have feelings for each other, but she keeps her counsel. One day Kawasaki, Sachiko, and Kaoru go boating when a storm forces them to stay overnight at a hotel. Unable to sleep, Kawasaki takes a walk along the beach where he finds Sachiko, also unable to sleep. He declares his love for her.
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Snow Trail
Title: Snow Trail
Character: Haruko
Released: August 5, 1947
Type: Movie
Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.
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Four Love Stories
Title: Four Love Stories
Released: April 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Omnibus of love stories from 1947 directed by famous directors, featuring big stars.