Kinuyo Tanaka was a Japanese actress and film director. She had a career lasting over 50 years with more than 250 credited films, and was best known for her roles in films of director Kenji Mizoguchi like The Life of Oharu and Ugetsu.
The Shochiku Company, Limited is a Japanese film and kabuki production and distribution company. It also produces and distributes anime films, in particular those produced by Sunrise. Its best remembered directors include Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Yōji Yamada. It has also produced films by highly regarded independent and "loner" directors such as Takashi Miike, Takeshi Kitano, Akira Kurosawa, Masaki Kobayashi and Taiwanese New Wave director Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Mikio Naruse was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967.
Yoshiko Kuga is a Japanese actress.
Keisuke Kinoshita was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. While lesser-known internationally than contemporaries such as Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujirō Ozu, he was a household figure in his home country, beloved by both critics and audiences from the 1940s to the 1960s. Among his best known films are Carmen Comes Home (1951), Japan's first colour feature, Tragedy of Japan (1953), Twenty-Four Eyes (1954), You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955), Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957), The Ballad of Narayama (1958), and The River Fuefuki (1960).
Floating Clouds is a 1955 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on the novel of the same name by Japanese writer Fumiko Hayashi, published just before her death in 1951. The film received numerous national awards upon its release and remains one of director Naruse's most acclaimed works.
Sakae Tsuboi was a Japanese novelist and poet.
Lovetide is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Ishirō Honda based on the story Fukeyo kawakaze by Hidemi Kon. The film is set in a post-War Tokyo where two of its citizens are lovers who reunite after being separated by the war.
Isuzu Yamada was a Japanese actress whose career on stage and screen spanned eight decades.
Mariko Okada is a Japanese stage and film actress who starred in films of directors Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita and others. She is married to film director Yoshishige Yoshida.
Lightning is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on the 1936 novel by Fumiko Hayashi and was the second in a series of adaptations of Hayashi's work by Naruse after the 1951 Repast.
Yūko Mochizuki was a Japanese film and theatre actress who already had long stage experience, first with light comedies, later with dramatic roles, before making her film debut. Mochizuki often appeared in the films of Keisuke Kinoshita, but also worked for prominent directors such as Yasujirō Ozu and Mikio Naruse. She won the Blue Ribbon Award for best supporting actress for Late Chrysanthemums and for best actress for The Rice People and Unagitori. She was also awarded best actress at the 1953 Mainichi Film Awards for her performance in A Japanese Tragedy. In 1960, she directed the children's short film 海を渡る友情 for the Toei Educational Film Department.
Hideko the Bus Conductora.k.a.Hideko the Bus Conductress is a 1941 Japanese comedy drama film written and directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on the serialised novella Okoma-san by Masuji Ibuse and the first collaboration of Naruse and star Hideko Takamine.
The River Fuefuki is a 1960 Japanese historical drama film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita and starring Hideko Takamine. It is based on a novel by Shichirō Fukazawa.
Daughters, Wives and a Mother is a 1960 Japanese film directed by Mikio Naruse.
Mieko Takamine was a Japanese actress and singer.
Sanae Takasugi was a Japanese film and television actress. She starred in over 80 films, directed by notable filmmakers like Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and Keisuke Kinoshita.
As a Wife, As a Womana.k.a.The Other Woman and Poignant Story is a 1961 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse.
Mitsuko Miura was a Japanese actress active from 1938 to 1964. She appeared in over 150 films under the direction of filmmakers like Mikio Naruse, Kenji Mizoguchi and Hiroshi Shimizu.
Summer Cloudsa.k.a.Herringbone Clouds is a 1958 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It was Naruse's first film in colour and in widescreen format.
