* Tokyo 29.11.1910 - † 1977

In Japanese films from the age of 14, after brief experience in light opera, she starred
in numerous productions, notably LIFE OF OHARU (1952), UGETSU (1953), and
THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (1958). In 1953 she became the first woman to direct a Japanese film,
the lyrical LOVE LETTER (1953). She was once married to director Hiroshi Shimizu.

Filmograffie

1932   THE LOYAL FORTY-SEVEN RONIN  
1933   WOMAN OF TOKYO/TOKYO NO ONNA       
1937   THE TREE OF LOVE  
1940   A WOMAN OF OSAKA
1947   THE LOVE OF THE ACTRESS SUMAKO      
1948   WOMEN OF THE NIGHT      
1952   THE LIFE OF OHARU/SAIKAKU ICHIDAI ONNA/DIARY OF OHARU 
1952   MOTHER       
1953   FOUR CHIMNEYS     
1953   LOVE LETTER                             director
1953   UGETSU/UGETSU MONOGATARI    
1954   SANSHO THE BAILIFF/SANSHO DAYU/THE BAILIFF 

 
1954   THE WOMAN OF THE RUMOR        
1955   THE MOON RISES                         director
1958   BALLAD OF NARAYAMA/NARAYAMA-BUSHI KO     
1958   EQUINOX FLOWER/HIGANBANA      
1960   HER BROTHER
1960   LOVE UNDER THE CRUCIFIX          director
1960   A WANDERING PRINCESS              director
1961   ETERNITY OF LOVE  
1962   LONELY LANE
1963   ALONE ON THE PACIFIC/TAIHEIYO HITORIBOTCHI/MY ENEMY, THE SEA        
1965   RED BEARD/AKAHIGE
1967   JUDO CHAMPION     
1975   SANDAKAN     
1977   SANDAKAN 8