Sumiko Hidaka — Actor (14)

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Women of Ginza (1955)
銀座の女 IMDb TMDB
other title: 銀座の女
At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting up a modest resistance to the tragedies of life. The proprietress, Ikuyo, is a ridiculously good-natured woman who gives money to a poor but brilliant young man, Eisaku Yanoguchi, to attend college on the condition that he will take care of her in the future.

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Wedding Day (1956)
嫁ぐ日 IMDb TMDB
other title: 嫁ぐ日
Shinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a lethargic life in Oiso. His family is concerned with Shinsaku regaining his old vigor as a writer and Sakie, his daughter, finding a suitable match, while the family is struggling with the losses of war.

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An Edo Magistrate (1961)
江戸っ子奉行 天下を斬る男 IMDb TMDB
other title: 江戸っ子奉行 天下を斬る男
When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster boss in a crooked gambling casino it sets in motion the story of Ooka Echizen, the famed magistrate of Edo during the reign of Shogun Tsuneyoshi. In a world where humans bow down to dogs and are beheaded for harming them, it's a wonder people can survive at all. Nakamura Kinnosuke is a former samurai who has left the fold to live freely and must put his life on the line to save the girl he loves, and rescue her from the yakuza who duped her brother. When the truth comes out about his background, he is forced to take on the role of Edo Magistrate, a decision that brings him unimaginable heartache and danger!

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The Man Who Laughs Last (1949)
最後に笑う男 IMDb Douban
other title: 最後に笑う男
The East Asian Acrobatic circus enjoys popularity after welcoming the Asuka brothers, two prestigious trapeze acrobats. One day, one of the brothers gets injured and a substitute needs to be found. Rumors start to float around concerning the circus clown and his grandiose acrobat career which ended tragically. Will he be able to reconcile with his tumultuous past and get the show running?

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The Beauty and the Dragon (1955)
歌舞伎十八番「鳴神」 美女と海龍 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
other title: 美女与怪龙 / 歌舞伎十八番「鳴神」 美女と海龍 …
​A powerful priest uses his magical abilities to imprison the rain gods within a waterfall, causing a devastating drought. The imperial court sends a princess to his remote mountain retreat to seduce him and break his spiritual concentration.

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The Adulteress (1958)
夜の鼓 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
other title: 夜鼓 / 夜の鼓 …
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.

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The Street Without Sun (1954)
太陽のない街 Douban
山本萨夫 actor: 日高澄子 / 桂通子 …
other title: 没有太阳的街 / 太陽のない街
位于东京低洼处的长屋区,是底下层穷苦手工业者的聚集之处,这里被称作“没有太阳的街道”。 大正末期,长屋的劳动人民多数为大同印刷厂工作,他们自身的权益和安全没有保障,饱受工厂、警察的欺压。三十几个人被工厂无理解聘,引发了工人们的强烈不满。在宮地(原保美 饰)等人的率领下,一场大规模罢工席卷而来。激进的领袖们焚烧了大川社长(泷泽修 饰)的住宅,却因内奸告密被相继逮捕。 在资本家和警方的弹压下,罢工运动陷入困境,工人之间也逐渐分化和离析…… 本片根据排字工人德永直的同名小说改编。

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Shukuzu (1953)
縮図 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
other title: 缩影 / 縮図 …
Ginko, the daughter of a poor shoemaker Ginzo, a child was sold to a geisha. From a student she became a real geisha and made her debut under the name of “Peony”. Great anguish caused Ginko molestation host teahouse. In Ginko have a favorite person – doctor Kurisu, but she is forced to leave him and return home in Tokyo. But here, she had all the same poverty. Parents again sell Ginkgo, this time to the north. There she first landlord was going to marry her, but interferes with his mother, who has decided not to allow this marriage, shameful for the honor of the house. He eventually marries another girl. Caught in a quandary, Ginko returns to Tokyo and the third time it becomes a geisha. Hard work, constant bullying Ginko adjusted to the disease. Mistress of her first promises to break a contract in which she serves as Ginko, but when Ginko finally recovers, the owner easily abandons his promises and demands that Ginko continued to work on it.