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Kazuko Shirakawa is a Actor Japonaise born on 20 september 1947 at Nagasaki (Japon)
Kazuko Shirakawa (白川 和子, Shirakawa Kazuko) (born September 20, 1947) is a Japanese actress who is best known for her appearances in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films during the 1970s. She appeared in Nikkatsu's first film in the Roman Porno series, Apartment Wife (1971), and is considered the first of the three "Nikkatsu Queens" of the 1970s. After 1976 she embarked on a successful career in mainstream film.
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Kazuko Shirakawa (白川 和子, Shirakawa Kazuko) (born September 20, 1947) is a Japanese actress who is best known for her appearances in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films during the 1970s. She appeared in Nikkatsu's first film in the Roman Porno series, Apartment Wife (1971), and is considered the first of the three "Nikkatsu Queens" of the 1970s. After 1976 she embarked on a successful career in mainstream film.
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Vision (2018)
, 1h49Directed by Naomi Kawase
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Juliette Binoche, Masatoshi Nagase, Minami Hinase, Mari Natsuki, Kazuko Shirakawa, Mirai Moriyama
Rating52%
Dans la forêt de Yoshino vit Tomo. Il habite avec la vieille Aki et tous deux vivent simplement, en symbiose avec cette forêt. Un jour, une Française, Jeanne, débarque à la recherche d'une plante médicinale nommée "vision" qui n'apparaît que tous les 997 ans. Tous deux se mettent en quête de la plante, se découvrant mutuellement. Un jour, Tomo recueille Rin, un jeune homme perdu et blessé. Au rythme des saisons, le passé et le présent se mêlent au cœur de la forêt bruissante, révélant les liens de ces personnages.
Radiance (2017)
Directed by Naomi Kawase
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Masatoshi Nagase, Tatsuya Fuji, Ayame Misaki, Kazuko Shirakawa
Roles Yasuko Ozaki
Rating64%
Pour le lancement d'un film d'un vieux réalisateur, une version pour malvoyants est en préparation. Une jeune femme teste son commentaire écrit sur un groupe d'une dizaine d'aveugles, dont un photographe réputé, ancien voyant en train de perdre totalement la vue et la possibilité d'exercer son art. Objectivité, subjectivité, description, direction, suggestion, trahison : autant d'enjeux pour les participants pour améliorer la force du commentaire sur les scènes clés, sur lesquels l'implication et les émotions de chacun vont se focaliser, et se mêler aux bagages personnels, particulièrement ceux de la rédactrice et du photographe entre lesquels une relation s'ébauche. Dans la dernière scène du film à commenter, le vieil homme peine à gravir une petite dune, en haut de laquelle il s'arrête face au soleil couchant.
The Devil's Path (2013)
, 2h8Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Takayuki Yamada, Pierre Taki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Kazuko Shirakawa
Roles Yurie Ushiba
Rating65%
Sudo, un condamné à mort envoie une lettre à journaliste nommé Fuji. Dans cette lettre, il affirme qu'un homme nommée Kimura -aussi connu sous le nom de "professeur"- a commis de nombreux crimes pour récolter des assurances vies. Fuji se penche sur cette affaire et ne tarde pas à se rendre compte que Sudo dit la vérité. Fuji et la police se mettent en quête du "professeur".
Blessing Bell (2002)
, 1h27Directed by Sabu
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Susumu Terajima, Naomi Nishida, Itsuji Itao, Ryoko Shinohara, Kazuko Shirakawa, Seijun Suzuki
Rating71%
Igarashi se retrouve chomeur dès son premier jour de travail à l'usine. Dès lors, il va se laisser porter par ses pas, et les rencontres heureuses et malheureuses qu'il fera lors de son trajet.
Lily Festival (2001)
, 1h40Directed by Sachi Hamano
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Mickey Curtis, Kazuko Shirakawa
Roles Renako Yokota
Rating69%
After Life (1998)
, 1h48Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Actors Arata Iura, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naitō, Kyōko Kagawa, Taketoshi Naito, Yūsuke Iseya
Roles Nobuko Amano
Rating75%
Koreeda's After Life is set in a waystation where the souls of the recently deceased are processed before entering heaven. "Heaven," for the film, is a single happy memory from one's life, re-experienced for eternity.
Teito Monogatari Gaiden (1995)
Directed by Izō Hashimoto
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films
Actors Kazuko Shirakawa, Kazuhiko Nishimura, Ryōka Yuzuki, Sawa Suzuki
Rating64%
In 1995, a mental hospital is erected near the Japanese Ministry of Finance, located adjacent to the grave of Taira no Masakado. A young male nurse by the name of Jin’ya Yanase is obsessed with the legend of Taira no Masakado and more importantly, the spirit of his evil subordinate Yasunori Kato. Slowly, he becomes possessed by Kato's spirit, who wants to use him as a new host to revive in the modern world. Keiko Tatsumiya (the heroine of the original story), is an old woman living homeless on the streets of Tokyo. When she senses the presence of Yasunori Kato, she must regain her resolve to face the demon-god and vanquish his spirit once and for all.
Why Not? (1981)
, 2h31Directed by Shōhei Imamura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films
Actors Kaori Momoi, Ken Ogata, Shigeru Izumiya, Yūko Tanaka, Mitsuko Baishō, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Roles Yamikumo-dayu
Rating67%
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ee ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji Restoration. It examines the effects of the political and social upheaval of the time, and culminates in a revelrous march on the Tokyo Imperial Palace, which turns into a massacre. Characteristically, Imamura focuses not on the leaders of the country, but on characters in the lower classes and on the fringes of society.
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
, 2h20Directed by Shōhei Imamura, Taku Shinjō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Rentarō Mikuni, Mitsuko Baishō, Taiji Tonoyama, Kazuko Shirakawa
Roles Sachiko Yoshizato
Rating76%
The film's story is told in a series of flashbacks. In the opening scenes, Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata), is a prisoner of the police. A huge crowd of journalists and an angry mob greets him as he enters a cell. The police quiz him but he refuses to answer. The story goes back to the initial murders. Enokizu tricks and then kills two men and steals a large sum of money. He puts on a suit and disappears. Enokizu travels to another city. At the train station, he asks a taxi driver to take him to an inn where he can get a prostitute. Enokizu is sexually insatiable. He tells the innkeeper, a woman called Haru (Mayumi Ogawa), that he is a professor at Kyoto University. The police, searching for Enokizu, put out bulletins with his face on television. The prostitute thinks the professor is Enokizu, but she is told not to go to the police because of her job.
The Youth Killer (1976)
, 2h12Directed by Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Mieko Harada, Etsuko Ichihara, Ryōhei Uchida, Kazuko Shirakawa, Kaori Momoi, Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Roles la mère de Keiko
Rating67%
Jun Saiki tient en gérance un bar appartenant à son père près de l'aéroport de Narita dont la construction se termine malgré la forte résistance au projet de la part d'opposants. Il travaille aux côtés de Keiko, sa petite amie mais ses parents désapprouvent cette relation. Alors qu'il retourne récupérer sa voiture au garage de son père, une énième dispute éclate au sujet de Keiko. Son père qui a engagé un détective privé lui apprend que Keiko aurait été violée par l'amant de sa mère. La dispute tourne au drame, Jun tue son père d'un coup de couteau puis sa mère revenue de faire les courses. Jun et Keiko font disparaitre les corps en mer depuis une jetée et prennent la fuite.
Ichijo's Wet Lust (1972)
, 1h9Directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Actors Kazuko Shirakawa
Roles Mari
Rating53%
Famous real-life stripper Sayuri Ichijō appears as herself in this fictional account of her daily life. The story involves Ichijō's relationships with two men: Her boyfriend, and the strip-club owner. Ichijō considers her work in striptease to be an art-form and pushes the boundaries of legality. Harumi, a younger stripper determined to outdo Ichijō, contributes to the ever-increasing extremity of the strip acts, which result in continuous problems with the police, and numerous arrests.
Dewdrops on the Petals (1972)
, 1h11Directed by Noboru Tanaka
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Actors Kazuko Shirakawa
Roles Akiko
Rating65%
Yukie is a young woman who works at her father's flower shop. She uses her job to hide from her problems including a marriage troubled by her sexual frigidity. Her husband and her best friend engage in an affair, and Yukie goes to her father for advice on how to save her marriage.
, 1h4Directed by Shōgorō Nishimura
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Actors Kazuko Shirakawa
Roles Ritsuko Kasai
Rating60%
A working-class housewife is sexually unsatisfied by her husband, and seeks fulfillment through extramarital relationships. Her affairs are discovered by a female brothel-owner who then blackmails the woman into working in her stable of prostitutes.