Mitsuko Yoshikawa — Actor (37)
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A Carpenter and Children (1962)
ちいさこべ IMDb TMDB
Tomotaka Tasaka actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Chiemi Eri …
other title: ちいさこべ
A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning combination of drama and humor. The warm friendship that grows between the carpenter, the woman and the children making this into a true masterpiece.
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The New Road: Ryota (1936)
新道　後篇・良太の巻 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Heinosuke Gosho actor: Mitsuko Yoshikawa / Sozo Okada …
other title: 新道　後篇・良太の巻 / New Way: Ryota …
The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. Told from the perspective of Ryota. In this second part, we learn that Akemi is pregnant...
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A Hero of Tokyo (1935)
東京の英雄 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Hiroshi Shimizu actor: Mitsugu Fujii / Mitsuko Yoshikawa …
other title: 도쿄의 영웅 / 東京の英雄 …
The story focuses on the widower Nemoto, ostensibly a businessman, who has one son, Kanichi, the hero of the title. Nemoto remarries; his new wife is a widow with a son and daughter of her own. However, Nemoto’s business turns out to be out a shady scam, and he disappears, leaving his wife to raise the three children alone. In order to support the family, she is obliged to become a bar hostess. She conceals this shameful employment from the children, but the truth comes out years later, after her daughter is rejected by her husband’s family when they investigate her background.
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Family Diary (1938)
家庭日記 IMDb TMDB
Hiroshi Shimizu actor: Ken Uehara / Michiko Kuwano …
other title: 家庭日記 / Journal d'une famille
Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’ families, and all is well. Then the disagreements start...
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Love and Duty (1954)
真実一路 IMDb Douban
川岛雄三 actor: 山村聪 / 淡岛千景 …
other title: 真实一路 / 真実一路 …
Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels many conflicts in living her life between truth and love.
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童年的四季 秋冬之卷 (1939)
子供の四季 秋冬の巻 Douban
清水宏 actor: 河村黎吉 / 吉川满子 …
other title: 子供の四季 秋冬の巻 / kodomo no shiki : aki fuyu no maki …
「風の中の子供」に続く坪田譲治の“善太と三平”ものの映画化作品。監督は前作同様に天才・清水宏である。主人公の善太・三平の兄弟とその家族は、役名はもちろん配役まで前作と同じ。「風の中の子供」は夏休みの間だけの話であったが、本作品は題名の示す通り2部から成る1年間の物語である。前編では、仲間の金太郎の父に借金をした病気の父親を助けるため、善太と三平がけなげに働くが、そのかいもなく父が死に至るまで。後編では祖父母のもとに引きとられた善太・三平と彼らの仲間・金太郎の友情が描かれる。主人公の兄弟を演ずる葉山正雄と爆弾小僧が素晴らしく、また詩情を漂わせた撮影も美しい佳編。