Cast: Sumao Ishihara
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Sumao Ishihara. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
A Geisha (Gion bayashi)
1953 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan
Direction Kenji Mizoguchi
Cast Michiyo Kogure · Ayako Wakao · Seizaburô Kawazu · Saburo Date
Plot In the post-war Gion district of Kyoto, the geisha Miyoharu agrees to apprentice the 16 year-old Eiko, whose mother was a former geisha who had just died. After a year...
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The Gambler's Code
1961 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuo Ikehiro
Cast Raizô Ichikawa · Michiyo Aratama · Takashi Shimura · Haruko Sugimura
Plot A yakuza man helps attacking a man out of obligation but also promise to take care of his family a he finds out the boss killed the man to get...
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The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
1935 · Movie · 63 min. · Japan
Direction Taizô Fuyushima
Cast Reiko Aoi · Hiromitsu Aoki · Kitsunosuke Bando · Kotaro Bando
Plot Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is arrested as...
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Floating Vessel
1957 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan
Direction Teinosuke Kinugasa
Cast Michiko Ai · Teruyo Asagumo · Mirasaki Fujima · Setsuko Hama
Plot Ukifune is the story of its eponymous heroine, a beautiful young woman, and two remarkable Heian noblemen. Its events unfold 20 years after the death of Shining Prince Genji, and...
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The Chess Master
1948 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan
Direction Daisuke Itô
Cast Tsumasaburo Bando · Isamu Kosugi · Tatsuo Saito · Ryutaro Otomo
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Homeless Drifter
1964 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan
Direction Kenji Misumi
Cast Raizô Ichikawa · Eiko Taki · Mikiko Tsubouchi · Jun Fujimaki
Plot A wandering yakuza in search for the man responsible for slicing up his father and an amateur samurai searching for the whereabouts of his own father are thrown together on...
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The Gambling Samurai
1964 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuo Mori
Cast Raizô Ichikawa · Saburo Date · Ryôsuke Kagawa · Jutaru Hojo
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An Osaka Story
1957 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan
Direction Kôzaburô Yoshimura
Cast Raizô Ichikawa · Kyôko Kagawa · Shintarô Katsu · Michiko Ono
Plot A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura...
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