Yoshiko Okada

Yoshiko Okada

Born: April 21, 1902
Died: February 10, 1992
in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Yoshiko Okada...

Life of Don Matsugoro
Title: Life of Don Matsugoro
Released: March 21, 1986
Type: Movie
Children's movie about a dog that can type messages into a word processor. When his owner is kidnapped, the canine summons his fellow dogs to help in the rescue effort.
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August without Emperor
Title: August without Emperor
Character: Kaneda
Released: September 23, 1978
Type: Movie
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
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Orange Road Express
Title: Orange Road Express
Released: April 29, 1978
Type: Movie
A travelling group of young people running a pirate radio station from a small truck encounter an eccentric elderly couple who are on the run from the law.
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Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Title: Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Character: Shino
Released: July 23, 1976
Type: Movie
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.
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Niizuma no wananaki
Title: Niizuma no wananaki
Released: April 3, 1976
Type: Movie
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Rice
Title: Rice
Released: March 4, 1957
Type: Movie
A touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a fishery business to revive an ailing farming community creates friction amongst the proud residents.
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An Inn in Tokyo
Title: An Inn in Tokyo
Character: Otaka
Released: November 21, 1935
Type: Movie
Kihachi, an unemployed worker, wanders around the industrial flatlands of Tokyo's Koto district with his two young sons, Zenko and Masako. He is unable to find a job and has to rely on his sons catching stray dogs to earn reward money for their meals. As days go by, Kihachi and the boys no longer have enough money to stay at an inn for the night. Luckily for him, he encounters an old friend, Otsune, who finds him a job and allows them to stay at her eatery house.
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With a Single Sword Bale
Title: With a Single Sword Bale
Released: July 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Period film from 1934.
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Our Neighbor, Miss Yae
Title: Our Neighbor, Miss Yae
Character: Kyouko
Released: June 28, 1934
Type: Movie
Keitaro is a law student and Yaeko is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their friendship is starting to develop into something more romantic. Then, Yaeko's sister Kyouko has a breakup with her husband and returns home. Kyouko is clearly interested in Keitaro and Yae becomes anxious.
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Love
Title: Love
Character: Machiko
Released: November 9, 1933
Type: Movie
Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the life of his son. The sister Machiko is the essential link that will allow everyone to apologize to each other and achieve reconciliation
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A Woman Crying in Spring
Title: A Woman Crying in Spring
Character: Ohama
Released: April 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Kenji and Chuko travel to Hokkaido as migrant workers and enlist as miners under the strict leadership of Guzuyasu. On the boat journey to Hokkaido, Kenji attracts Ohama, who is travelling to Hokkaido to open a bar. When Kenji visits the bar, he chases away a sailor who was hassling a shy girl, Ofuji, which makes Ohama jealous.
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Woman of Tokyo
Title: Woman of Tokyo
Character: Chikako
Released: February 9, 1933
Type: Movie
Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.
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No Blood Relation
Title: No Blood Relation
Character: Tamae Kiyooka
Released: December 16, 1932
Type: Movie
An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years before.
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Until the Day We Meet Again
Title: Until the Day We Meet Again
Character: Woman
Released: November 24, 1932
Type: Movie
A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and heads off to war. Script exists - considered to be a lost film.
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
Title: The Loyal 47 Ronin
Character: Orui
Released: March 1, 1932
Type: Movie
This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As the first sound version of the classic narrative, the film was something of an event, and employed a stellar cast, who give a roster of memorable performances. Director Teinosuke Kinugasa was primarily a specialist in jidai-geki (period films), such as the internationally celebrated Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1953), and although he is now most famous as the maker of the avant-garde silent films A Page of Madness (Kurutta ichipeji, 1926) and Crossroads (Jujiro, 1928), Chushingura is in fact more typical of his output than those experimental works. The film ranked third in that year’s Kinema Junpo critics’ poll, and Joseph Anderson and Donald Richie noted that 'not only the sound but the quick cutting was admired by many critics.
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Five Women Around Him
Title: Five Women Around Him
Released: March 18, 1927
Type: Movie
Directed by Yutaka Abe.
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The Passion of a Woman Teacher
Title: The Passion of a Woman Teacher
Character: Ohisa
Released: July 14, 1926
Type: Movie
This film is about the curse of a jealous woman destroying the lovers on the run.
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Daichi wa hohoemu dainihen
Title: Daichi wa hohoemu dainihen
Released: April 17, 1925
Type: Movie
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Daichi wa hohoemu daisanpen
Title: Daichi wa hohoemu daisanpen
Released: April 17, 1925
Type: Movie
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The Conjuror in the Town
Title: The Conjuror in the Town
Released: February 13, 1925
Type: Movie
Directed by Minoru Murata.
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Skull Dance
Title: Skull Dance
Released: January 2, 1923
Type: Movie
Directed by Eizo Tanaka.