Akiko Nomura
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Known For:Acting
Birthday:1927-01-02
Place of Birth:Kanda, Tokyo, Japan
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Also Known As:増見昭子

Kwaidan (1965)
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...

Sleeping Man (1996)
Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors care for him as new events occur every day.

The Political Game (1989)
This is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and scriptwriter. Noritaka Sakamoto was in charge of photography, and...

Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal (1977)
A comedy farce depicting the noise that occurs when two unemployed circus participants discover a debt bond in a basket with parrots, which they...

Yamada baba ni hanataba o (1990)
Yamada is the old mistress of a prestigious all-girl high school, who finds a natural enemy in Kamizaki, an outgoing first-year student. However,...

I Am A Man of Honor (1977)
The sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo, travel around Japan in highly decorated...

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi (1965)
Young widow Ine is suffering under the harsh treatment of her mother in law. As a former Geisha, Ine had struggled to be accepted into the...

Lost Love (1967)
Shimamura is a young man whose family went broke and lost their house. One day, as he returns to his former house to get a camellia blooming from the...

The Million Dollar Pursuit (1968)
Burned out butcher Hazama meets a woman at a restaurant and is asked to help her deliver a bag of diamonds.

Red Beard (1965)
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him...

Nowhere Man (1991)
Sukezo, a former manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed by the river. He tries hard to be successful, but...

The Far Road (1977)
Set in the time of steam locomotives and covering a period of almost 30 years, this sensitive film tells the story of the wife of a railroad worker...

The Class of the Sewage Canal (1972)
The struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak their minds freely.

Oh, My Son! (1979)
A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.

Door To Door (2009)
Based on a true story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable, but threw all of his effort into working as a...

Love and Death (1971)
Yuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend’s girlfriend, Natsuko. The attraction is mutual but due to the...

Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu (1971)
Laughter is brought about by a teacher-husband and student-wife couple.

Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30 (2016)
A man is murdered after stealing documents from the Olympic Department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 31 (2016)

Cash Calls Hell (1966)
Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to...

The Wanderers (1973)
Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill...

Beyond the Shining Sea (1986)
Heartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she makes a dangerous match with the husband of her frigid...

The Shadow Within (1970)
When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him.

Tora-san, His Tender Love (1970)
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.

The Hotelman's Holiday (1958)
A longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.

Hanayome (2012)
Chiyo, a 59 year old mother of 4, had lost her husband seven years ago. She will soon lose her home so she is offered by her eldest son, Ryoichi to...

Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 29 (2015)

Love Stopped the Runaway Train (1973)
Based on a novel by Ayako Miura.

Terror in the Streets (1970)
Yuri Ebara is inexplicably laid off, abandoned by her closest friend, and is suddenly asked to move out of her apartment. As she nears rock bottom,...

Kid Commotion (1935)
Kodakara Sodo (The Treasure That Is Children) is a 1935 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Torajiro Saito....

Nomugi Pass (1979)
The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya...

Atami Murder Case (1986)
Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to...

The Castle of Sand (1974)
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

Let's Go, Grandma! (1975)
Let's Go, Grandma! plays like an exuberant, goofy update to Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story. Kinuyo Tanaka plays the titular Grandma, who, after selling...

Haru and Natsu (2005)
As Haru emigrates from Japan with her family to the coffee plantations in Brazil, Natsu is left behind in the care of spiteful relatives. Losing all...

Kaseifu wa mita! (1983)
The legendary suspense series that got one of the highest audience ratings. The main character, Akiko Ishizaki, is a housekeeper dispatched to an...

Yokomizo Seishi Series (1977)
TV series starring Ikko Furuya, based on the Kosuke Kindaichi mystery novel series by Seishi Yokomizo.

Ohanahan (1966)
The 6th NHK Asadora. Starring Fumie Kashiyama as a woman, born in the Meiji era, who raises a family by herself.