Cast: Izumi Ashikawa

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Izumi Ashikawa. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Balloon

1956 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

Direction Yûzô Kawashima

Cast Shirô Amakusa · Michiyo Aratama · Izumi Ashikawa · Keiko Azuma

Synopsis Haruki Murakami (Masayuki Mori), once lionized as a master painter, is now the president of a thriving camera company where his son Keikichi (Tatsuya Mihashi) is also employed as one of the department heads. His daughter Tamako (Izumi Ashikawa) has...

7.6

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7.6

28 votes

Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate

1957 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

Direction Yûzô Kawashima

Cast Frankie Sakai · Sachiko Hidari · Yôko Minamida · Yujiro Ishihara

Synopsis When man-about-town Saheiji (the beloved comedian Frankie Sakai) finds himself unable to pay for a bill at a brothel, he is forced to remain there to work off his debt. However he finds his wit and resourcefulness enable him to...

6.8

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6.8

86 votes

He and I

1961 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

Direction Kô Nakahira

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Izumi Ashikawa · Jun Hamamura

Synopsis Ishihara Yujirō star vehicle directed by Nakahira Kō.

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Kinmontô ni kakeru hashi

1962 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan

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A Chain of Islands

1965 · Movie · 116 min. · Japan

Direction Kei Kumai

Cast Jûkichi Uno · Izumi Ashikawa · Hideaki Nitani · Mizuho Suzuki

Synopsis The appearance of the corpse of a U.S. Army sergeant triggers a series of unexpected events.

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Return the Youth

1963 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

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Aoi sanmyaku

1963 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Katsumi Nishikawa

Cast Sayuri Yoshinaga · Mitsuo Hamada · Hideki Takahashi · Izumi Ashikawa

Synopsis Shinko is a newcomer to a women's school. One day he takes Professor Shimazaki a love letter he has found addressed to the teacher. This will start the problems in the institute, which will affect the same students as teachers.

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The Perfect Game

1958 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Akira Kobayashi · Izumi Ashikawa · Mari Shiraki · Tomio Aoki

Synopsis The Perfect Game is a shockingly amoral tale of delinquency, rape, and murder that was to Japan, what In Cold Blood was to American cinema. College students come up with a scam to rob a gambling house. When it comes...

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Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2

1968 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan

Direction Keiichi Ozawa

Cast Tetsuya Watari · Chieko Matsubara · Izumi Ashikawa · Hideaki Esumi

Synopsis Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chieko Matsubara), but finds that Yumeko is fatally ill. Although Yukiko was taking care...

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Policeman’s Diary, Part 2

1955 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan

Direction Seiji Hisamatsu

Cast Toru Abe · Michiyo Aratama · Izumi Ashikawa · Sumiko Hidaka

Synopsis From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

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Seishun kaidan

1955 · Movie · 114 min. · Japan

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Mie Kitahara · Sô Yamamura · Tatsuya Mihashi · Yukiko Todoroki

Synopsis Shinichi, who runs a pachinko salon, has been engaged since childhood with Chiharu, a ballet student. Both maintain, nevertheless, a relationship more of friendship than of courtship. On the other hand, the one who is in love is Choko, Shinichi's...

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I Hate But Love

1962 · Movie · 106 min. · Japan

Direction Koreyoshi Kurahara

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Ruriko Asaoka · Izumi Ashikawa · Asao Koike

Synopsis In the high-octane, unorthodox romance I Hate But Love (Nikui anchikusho), a celebrity (played by megastar Yujiro Ishihara), dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his...

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Shi no jûjiro

1956 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Umetsugu Inoue

Cast Rentarô Mikuni · Michiyo Aratama · Hisano Yamaoka · Izumi Ashikawa

Synopsis A man accidentally kills his wife after she confronts him about his mistress. Now he and his mistress try to hide the body... Based on a story by Edogawa Ranpo.

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A Slope in the Sun

1958 · Movie · 214 min. · Japan

Direction Tomotaka Tasaka

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Mie Kitahara · Izumi Ashikawa · Yûji Odaka

Synopsis The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage...

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The Flame of Devotion

1964 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan

Direction Koreyoshi Kurahara

Cast Ruriko Asaoka · Jūzō Itami · Izumi Ashikawa · Daizaburo Hirata

Synopsis War looms in the background of this tragic story of true love. Takuji, son of a head fisherman, meets Kiyono, a young girl from a mountain village, and the two marry against the wishes of others, but then war breaks...

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Kon'nichiwa akachan

1964 · Movie · 76 min. · Japan

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Kajin

1958 · Movie · Japan

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