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Natsuko Kahara is a Actor Japonais born on 3 january 1921

Natsuko Kahara

Natsuko Kahara
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Nationality Japon
Birth 3 january 1921
Death 20 february 1991 (at 70 years)

Natsuko Kahara (賀原夏子, Kahara Natsuko) née le 3 janvier 1921 et morte le 20 février 1991, est une actrice japonaise.

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Natsuko Kahara a tourné dans plus de 60 films entre 1946 et 1985.

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Filmography of Natsuko Kahara (20 films)

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Tomorrow
Tomorrow (1988)

Directed by Kazuo Kuroki
Genres Drama
Actors Kaori Momoi, Shirō Sano, Kunie Tanaka, Yoshio Harada, Wakaba Irie, Natsuko Kahara
Roles Midwife
Rating72% 3.613683.613683.613683.613683.61368
On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of people in Nagasaki the day before that fateful event. It presents the human drama of people's lives, and their feelings of joy and sadness. These include a newlywed couple, an expectant mother, and lovers who must say farewell because the boy is called to serve in the army. Each of these people, like others in the city, hoped to live with their dreams for ‘tomorrow’. But tomorrow never comes for them, as their lives are brought to an abrupt and unexpected end. Knowing how the story ends, in this case, doesn't detract from it at all; rather, it enhances the emotional impact, which is further heightened by the poignant musical score from Teizo Matsumura. 'Ashita' is the first film in Kazuo Kuroki's 'War Requiem Trilogy,' which also includes 'Utsukushii Natsu Kirishima' (2002) and 'Chichi to Kuraseba' (2004).
Lullaby of the Earth, 1h51
Directed by Yasuzō Masumura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Meiko Kaji, Mieko Harada, Natsuko Kahara, Eiji Okada, Kinuyo Tanaka
Roles Grandmother
Rating68% 3.4304653.4304653.4304653.4304653.430465
The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world when her grandmother dies. Notwithstanding her healthy distrust of all strangers, which her upbringing instilled in her, it is not long before a cunning racketeer finds her weak point, that temptation which she cannot resist, that weakness, different as it may be, that each of us has, and brings her into his power. What follows is a depiction of her cruel descent into the depths of moral decay, as she becomes a collaborator in a system of exploitation, unbridled lust, vanity, and greed, in which she and other victims are always the losers.
Tenchu!
Tenchu! (1969)
, 2h20
Directed by Hideo Gosha
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yukio Mishima, Yujiro Ishihara, Mitsuko Baishō, Kei Yamamoto
Rating73% 3.6861153.6861153.6861153.6861153.686115
Okada Izo is a ronin born into poverty who joins the Tosa loyalists, a group headed by Hanpeita Takechi. Izo soon becomes a well known and successful killer, and he is stubbornly loyal to Takechi. However, Ryoma Sakamoto warns him that he is merely "Takechi's dog" and that Takechi will end up betraying him. As Takechi becomes more and more determined to succeed, it becomes necessary to sacrifice Izo, which he does by having him arrested and later trying to poison him. Izo, disillusioned, confesses to his murders for the Tosa Loyalists, and he is condemned to Crucifixion. Before being killed, he is told that Takechi will be forced to commit seppuku.
Moment of Terror, 1h40
Directed by Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Hideko Takamine, Eitarō Ozawa, Yōko Tsukasa, Daisuke Katō, Natsuko Kahara, Kumeko Urabe
Roles Fumie
Rating72% 3.6015853.6015853.6015853.6015853.601585
À la suite du décès accidentel de son époux, Kuniko Bannai doit élever seule son fils, Takeshi, un garçon de six ans fort dissipé. Or, pour son malheur, Kinuko Kakinuma, l'épouse d'un industriel, conduisant sa voiture de sport en compagnie d'un jeune amant, Ogasawara, renverse Takeshi et le blesse mortellement. Celle-ci ne veut croire qu'à un léger accident et poursuit donc sa route. Son mari, craignant de compromettre sa carrière, demande à son chauffeur de se dénoncer à la place de sa femme. D'un autre côté, le frère de Kuniko, Kōji, un petit malfrat habitué des mauvais coups, obtient, au terme d'une dure transaction, un dédommagement financier important... Mais, Kuniko n'est guère plus heureuse : « Mon fils était tout pour moi, il n'est plus là, je veux m'amuser avant de mourir », dit-elle. Toutefois, lorsqu'elle apprend la vérité, grâce à l'une de ses voisines, témoin de l'accident, un désir de vengeance s'empare d'elle. Elle rôde, désormais, autour de la demeure des Kakinuma et parvient à se faire engager chez eux comme femme de ménage.
A Woman's Life, 2h6
Directed by Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Hideko Takamine, Akira Takarada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Natsuko Kahara, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Yuriko Hoshi
Roles Kimiko, la mère de Koichi
Rating75% 3.790823.790823.790823.790823.79082
Nobuko Shimizu tient un salon de coiffure dans la banlieue de Tokyo. Elle vit seule avec sa belle-mère Kimiko et son fils unique Kohei âgé de vingt-quatre ans. Ce dernier est vendeur de voiture pour la société Nisshō Motors depuis qu'il est sorti de l'université. Kohei tombe amoureux de Midori, une jeune femme travaillant dans un cabaret de Shinjuku et lors d'un diner au restaurant, il annonce à sa mère qu'il veut se marier avec elle. Nobuko a d'autres ambitions pour son fils, elle voit en Midori une femme vénale et s'y oppose fermement. Une dispute éclate et Kohei quitte le domicile familial pour s'installer avec Midori, coupant tous les ponts avec sa mère. Quelque temps plus tard, il meurt dans un accident de voiture.
A Wanderer's Notebook, 2h4
Directed by Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Hideko Takamine, Akira Takarada, Daisuke Katō, Kinuyo Tanaka, Yumi Shirakawa, Keiju Kobayashi
Rating75% 3.770813.770813.770813.770813.77081
Fumiko Hayashi (Hideko Takamine) is a young woman can't find a decent job, meanwhile being dumped by her boyfriend and writing on the side. People say her writing on poverty is good, but she can't sell it and continues with dead end factory and bar hostess jobs and occasional heavy drinking. She gets together with another aspiring writer Fukuya (Akira Takarada) who can't sell his work either. Despite she doing all she can for him and his disease tuberculosis, he abuses her verbally and eventually physically. She walks out, comes back, walks out again. A kind man, Nobuo Sadaoka (Daisuke Katō) helps her occasionally, but she rejects his proposal. After these struggles, the film ends up with her literary success.
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, 1h51
Directed by Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Noriko Sengoku, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Katō, Reiko Dan
Roles Fujie
Rating80% 4.04514.04514.04514.04514.0451
Keiko, a young widow, becomes a hostess in Ginza nightclubs (mizu shōbai) to make ends meet. The story recounts the struggles to maintain her independence in a male-dominated society.
The Bad Sleep Well, 2h31
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about families, Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyōko Kagawa, Takashi Shimura, Tatsuya Mihashi, Chishū Ryū
Roles Mrs. Furuya
Rating79% 3.996443.996443.996443.996443.99644
The film begins with a group of news reporters watching, and gossiping, at an elaborate wedding reception for Yoshiko Iwabuchi (Kyoko Kagawa), the daughter of Vice President Iwabuchi (Masayuki Mori, the villain character) of the Unexploited Land Development Corporation, a construction company, and Koichi Nishi, the president's secretary (a bespectacled Toshiro Mifune). The police interrupt the wedding when corporate assistant officer Wada, who is the wedding reception's master of ceremony, is arrested on charges of bribery in a kickback scheme. The reporters comment this incident is similar to an earlier scandal involving Iwabuchi, administrative officer Moriyama, and contract officer Shirai. That earlier case was hushed up after the apparent suicide of Assistant Chief Furuya, by jumping off the corporate office building, creating a dead end in the investigation before any of the company's higher-ups could be implicated.
The Approach of Autumn, 1h19
Directed by Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Nobuko Otowa, Kamatari Fujiwara, Natsuko Kahara, Daisuke Katō, Kin Sugai
Roles Sakae Yamada
Rating74% 3.715483.715483.715483.715483.71548
Shigeko, veuve depuis peu, quitte Nagano pour Tôkyô où elle confie son fils Hideo à un oncle. Le jeune et timide garçon se sent perdu dans cette grande ville. Il se lie d’amitié avec Junko, la fille de la directrice de l’hôtel où travaille sa mère.
The Twilight Story, 2h
Directed by Shirō Toyoda
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Fujiko Yamamoto, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Michiyo Aratama, Nobuko Otowa, Keiko Awaji, Eijirō Tōno
Roles Otane, la femme de Yoshizo
Rating66% 3.344163.344163.344163.344163.34416
1936, Japon. Junpei Taneda est un professeur de collège malheureux dans sa vie de couple. Il est marié à Mitsuko depuis dix ans et élève le fils que sa femme a eu alors qu'elle était la maîtresse de M. Takuma, un président d'université. Un jour, alors qu'un orage éclate, il fait la connaissance d'Oyuki, une prostituée de Tamanoi, célèbre quartier des plaisirs de Tokyo. Oyuki est une ancienne geisha d'Utsunomiya tombée dans la prostitution pour subvenir aux besoins de sa mère malade. Elle tombe amoureuse du professeur Taneda qu'elle croit célibataire.
Floating Weeds, 1h59
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Films about television, Transport films
Actors Ganjirō Nakamura, Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Chishū Ryū, Haruko Sugimura
Roles Yae
Rating78% 3.9437453.9437453.9437453.9437453.943745
The film takes place during a hot summer in 1958 at a seaside town on the Inland Sea. A troupe of travelling theatre arrives by ship, headed by the troupe's lead actor and owner, Komajuro (Ganjiro Nakamura). The rest of the troupe goes around the town to publicise their kabuki performances.
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan, 1h57
Directed by Tadashi Imai
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Tanie Kitabayashi, Teruko Kishi, Seiji Miyaguchi, Taiji Tonoyama, Osamu Takizawa, Jun Tatara
Roles Miko
Rating73% 3.6562653.6562653.6562653.6562653.656265
L'histoire de deux enfants métis d'un soldat noir américain et d'une femme japonaise. Ils sont élevés par leur grand-mère dans un village de montagne. « (...) Le drame des enfants de sang mêlé dans une société qui ne leur accorde ni intérêt ni compréhension... » (Donald Richie)
Summer Clouds, 2h8
Directed by Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Chikage Awashima, Yōko Tsukasa, Isao Kimura, Michiyo Aratama, Keiju Kobayashi, Kumi Mizuno
Roles Yasue
Rating73% 3.674853.674853.674853.674853.67485
Yaé est une veuve de guerre. Elle vit à la campagne dans sa belle-famille avec son fils unique. À l'occasion d'une réforme de l'héritage chez les paysans, un journaliste vient l'interroger pour faire un reportage. Ils tombent progressivement amoureux, au fur et à mesure de rencontres où elle lui raconte la vie des paysans à cette époque de modernisation du Japon, à travers l'histoire de sa famille.