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Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa is a Japanese actress who began her career in the 1950s and has appeared in over 100 films, including several directed by the legendary director Akira Kurosawa. She is known for her versatility and has played a wide range of roles, from drama to comedy.

Titles credited to Kyōko Kagawa

High and Low

天国と地獄

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1963 IMDB Rating: 8.4

A shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and is conflicted over whether he should pay the ransom.

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Sansho the Bailiff

山椒大夫

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1954 IMDB Rating: 8.4

In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.

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Red Beard

赤ひげ

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1965 IMDB Rating: 8.3

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor R...

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Tokyo Story

東京物語

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1953 IMDB Rating: 8.2

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a...

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The Crucified Lovers

近松物語

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1954 IMDB Rating: 8

In 17th century Kyoto, Osan is married to Ishun, a wealthy miserly scroll-maker. When Osan is falsely accused of having an affair with the best worker, Mohei, the pair flee the city and declare their...

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The Bad Sleep Well

悪い奴ほどよく眠る

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1960 IMDB Rating: 8

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the...

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After Life

ワンダフルライフ

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1998 IMDB Rating: 7.6

On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the cou...

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Mifune: The Last Samurai

Mifune: The Last Samurai

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 7.2

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

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The Lower Depths

どん底

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off...

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Mothra

モスラ

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1961 IMDB Rating: 6.5

Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses...

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