Machiko Kyō

The Little Runaway

During a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin. Upo…

The Face of Another

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts al…

Sweet Sweat

This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 3…

The Third Will

A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after…

Black Lizard

The cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief …

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo

The Great Wall

In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his seri…

A Woman's Life

One of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle for f…

Marriageable Age

Yoshimura's 48th film is the contemporary story of a well-to-do family showing the frailties and fai…