Isamu Kosugi — Actor (16)
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Unending Advance (1937) WikiData IMDb TMDB
限りなき前進
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Isamu Kosugi / Hisako Takihana …
other title: 限りなき前進 / Kagirinaki Zenshin …
One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The surviving print, although incomplete, offers an essential glimpse into Uchida’s prewar period, when he was associated more with realist dramas than with the period films that dominated his work after the war.
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Hungry Soul (1956) IMDb TMDB
飢える魂
director: Yūzō Kawashima actor: Tatsuya Mihashi / Yōko Minamida …
other title: 飢える魂
Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.
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Tsuchi to heitai (1939) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
土と兵隊
director: 田坂具隆 actor: 小杉勇 / 井染四郎 …
other title: 土地与士兵 / 土と兵隊 …
A group of Japanese soldiers land in Chinese territory. They advance on a village ; one soldier, Norimoto, is killed in the attack, but the village is captured. Norimoto’s body is recovered and buried. Over the next two days, the soldiers advance inland. Two more soldiers, Naito and Takahashi, are injured. They remain behind to recover, but vow to catch up. Their comrades march on...