Yoshikata Yoda - Turner Classic Movies

Filmography

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Tales of the Taira Clan (1964)

A Story from Chikamatsu (1955)

The Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)

The Bailiff (1954)

A Woman of Rumor (1954)

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Life Of Oharu (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Karmic Retribution

Life Of Oharu (1952) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not A Prostitute!

Biography

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Tales of the Taira Clan (1964)

A Story from Chikamatsu (1955)

The Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)

The Bailiff (1954)

A Woman of Rumor (1954)

Gion Bayashi (1953)

Life of Oharu (1952)

Women of the Night (1948)

The 47 Ronin Part 1 (1941)

The 47 Ronin Part 2 (1941)

The 47 Ronin (1941)

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)

Osaka Elegy (1936)

Life Events

Videos

Life Of Oharu (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Karmic Retribution Finishing director Kenji Mikzoguchi's understated opening, introducing his title character, Kinuyo Tanaka, playing a 17th century Japanese courtesan, in the first of three famous films they made together, Life Of Oharu,1952.

Life Of Oharu (1952) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not A Prostitute! In flashback, Kinuyo Tanaka, the title character, during her time as a courtesan to the Japanese imperial court, gets busted with her lower class lover Inosuke (Toshiro Mifune), then with her parents (Tsuke Matsuura, Ichiro Sugai) being banished, in Kenji Mizoguchi's Life Of Oharu,1952.

Story Of The Last Chrysanthemums, The -- (Movie Clip) Not Dead Yet Offering not much context, director Kenji Mizoguchi brings his lead actor (Shotaro Hanayagi) into a Kabuki theater performance in late 19th century Tokyo, in which his father (Gonjuro Kawarazaki) plays the lead, opening the long-lost and highly acclaimed The Story Of The Last Chrysanthemums, 1939.

Story Of The Last Chrysanthemums, The -- (Movie Clip) With My Own Eyes After relatively routine opening scenes, director Kenji Mizoguchi departs from convention, introducing Otoku (Kakuko Mori) nurse maid to the baby step-brother of Kikunosuke (Shotaro Hanayagi), the adopted son and protege of a leading Kaubki actor, and their complex relationship, all in one shot, in The Story Of The Last Chrysanthemums, 1939.

Life Of Oharu (1952) -- (Movie Clip) She Looks Promising Already into an extended and uncharacteristic comic sequence from director Kenji Mizoguchi, minions of a nobleman describe then search for a particular girl to suit the taste of their master, not yet finding leading lady Kinuyo Tanaka, in Life Of Oharu,1952.

Sansho The Bailiff (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Family Treasure The father (Masao Chimizu) defying the warlords, losing his job as a governor, his wife (Kinuyo Tanaka) and son (Masahiko Kato) learning the consequences, in 11th century Japan, early in Kenji Mizoguchi's Sansho The Bailiff 1954.

Sansho The Bailiff (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Reliable Boatmen Cautious mother (Kinuyo Tanaka), persuaded by the "Priestess" (Kikue Mori) to take shelter for the night, only to find she has designs on the kids (Masahiko Kato, Keiko Enami), in Kenji Mizoguchi's Sansho The Bailiff, 1954.

Sansho The Bailiff (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Stubborn Kids Zushio (Masahiko Kato) and Anju (Keiko Enami), now captives in the slave compound, meet their master, the title character (Eitaro Shindo), in Kenji Mizoguchi's Sansho The Bailiff, 1954.

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