Acting
Tanie Kitabayashi
Born May 21, 1911 · Tokyo, Japan
Died April 27, 2010 · aged 98
Tanie Kitabayashi (北林谷栄, Kitabayashi Tanie, May 21, 1911 – April 27, 2010) was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Early in her career, she became well known for portraying older women. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre, founded in 1950. In 1960, she won best actress awards at the 10th Blue Ribbon Awards and at t…
Known For
My Neighbor Totoro · 1988My Neighbor Totoro
★ 8.11988
MovieFantasyAnimation
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
Love: Starting on a Journey · 1985Love: Starting on a Journey
★ 4.71985
MovieFantasyMystery
A girl suffering from an incurable disease get in a coma, while her boyfriend visit her to the hospital, she visits the beyond.
Station · 1981Station
★ 6.31981
MovieDramaThriller
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Proof of the Man · 1977Proof of the Man
★ 7.81977
MovieDramaCrime
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
Rikyu · 1989Rikyu
★ 7.51989
MovieDrama
Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country.
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan · 1959Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
★ 5.91959
MovieDrama
Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan.
Scandal · 1950Scandal
★ 6.91950
MovieDrama
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
River Without a Bridge Part 2 · 1970River Without a Bridge Part 2
1970
MovieDrama
Second part to "River Without a Bridge" (1969)
Movies
My Neighbor Totoro · 1988My Neighbor Totoro
★ 8.11988
MovieFantasyAnimation
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
Love: Starting on a Journey · 1985Love: Starting on a Journey
★ 4.71985
MovieFantasyMystery
A girl suffering from an incurable disease get in a coma, while her boyfriend visit her to the hospital, she visits the beyond.
Station · 1981Station
★ 6.31981
MovieDramaThriller
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Proof of the Man · 1977Proof of the Man
★ 7.81977
MovieDramaCrime
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
Rikyu · 1989Rikyu
★ 7.51989
MovieDrama
Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country.
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan · 1959Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
★ 5.91959
MovieDrama
Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan.
Scandal · 1950Scandal
★ 6.91950
MovieDrama
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
River Without a Bridge Part 2 · 1970River Without a Bridge Part 2
1970
MovieDrama
Second part to "River Without a Bridge" (1969)
White Snake Enchantment · 1983White Snake Enchantment
★ 5.51983
MovieDrama
Uta married a priest who saved her when she tried to commit suicide at a waterfall. The love triangle between a lustful priest, his second wife and his son Masao.
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum · 1966She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1966
Movie
The Burmese Harp · 1956The Burmese Harp
★ 7.81956
MovieDramaWar
In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.
The Shadow of Fear · 1956The Shadow of Fear
1956
MovieThrillerDrama
In the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation. The detective on the case soon hears rumors about the murder.
The Insect Woman · 1963The Insect Woman
★ 7.21963
MovieDrama
A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life.
Before Dawn · 1953Before Dawn
★ 10.01953
MovieDrama
Beauty and the Thief · 1952Beauty and the Thief
★ 9.01952
MovieAdventureDrama
The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and poetic, with two central themes which intermingle to compound an admirable panel of a critical period in Japanese history: the great famine in the mid 19th Century.
Odd Obsession · 1959Odd Obsession
★ 6.21959
MovieDrama
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife.
Letter from the Mountain · 2002Letter from the Mountain
★ 8.22002
MovieDrama
Husband and wife Michiko and Takao move from their urban existence in Tokyo to the isolated, rural farming village where Takao grew up.
Blind Devotion · 1961Blind Devotion
★ 9.01961
MovieRomanceDrama
Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.
Summer Storm · 1956Summer Storm
★ 6.51956
MovieDrama
A woman falls in love with her sister's fiancé.
Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul · 1980Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul
1980
MovieDrama
Hatsuko, a nurse who was put in charge of Room Zero in the pediatric ward, couldn't believe her eyes when she entered the room. There she found a boy named Tarou, 1 year and 4 months old, a lump of flesh with no human shape whatsoever. Hatsuko was so shocked that she even wanted to quit the hospital, but as she worked hard to nurse Tarou, who had never even been held by his own mother, she began to feel affection for him. Original work: "Pediatric Ward" by Egawa Haru
A Story from Echigo · 1964A Story from Echigo
★ 7.21964
MovieDrama
A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-workers in the forest. The other man returns home to find his wife changed and suspects that she has been unfaithful.
Yomigaeri · 2003Yomigaeri
★ 6.12003
MovieFantasyDrama
When dead people starts returning to the small Japanese town of Aso, government official Kawada is dispatched to uncover the “truth”.
Koga Manshion · 1949Koga Manshion
1949
MovieDrama
Kazuo Hasegawa's debut at Daiei.
Rainbow Kids · 1991Rainbow Kids
★ 6.61991
MovieDramaComedy
A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.
TV Shows
Mayuko hitori · 1971Mayuko hitori
1971
SeriesDrama
Kano is known as a "cocoon child" whose father is an agriculturist. Her mother disappeared when she was little and since then Kano has been wondering why her mother left her thus changing the shape of her life.
おくさまは18歳 · 1970おくさまは18歳
1970
SeriesComedyDrama