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Izumi Ashikawa

Izumi Ashikawa

Izumi Ashikawa (芦川いづみ) is a Japanese actress, she was born on October 6, 1935 in Tokyo, Japan as Sachiko Ashikawa. She has starred in more than 70 film since she stared her acting career in 1953.

She has been married to Tatsuya Fuji since August 28, 1968. They have one child.

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Two Words (2020)

A recently engaged couple deals with the stress of competing for $10,000 on a public access gameshow. ...

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Again (1984)

An anthology that embodies the essence of Toei action films with a stylish flair, this movie follows an aging hitman (Jō Shishido) on a quest to find a former rival he once shared the screen with. The story unfolds as he roams, creating a distinctive narr ...

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Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)

Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chieko Matsubara), but finds that Yumeko is fatally ill. Although Yukiko was taking care of her, she is presse ...

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My Sweetheart (1967)

It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director Ishizaki and his film crew, Mitsuo is excited to star as the lead in "My Sweetheart". One day, half way through production, he meets his friends from a popul ...

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I'll Never Cry! (1966)

The rehabilitation of a delinquent on leaving reformatory. Her redemption comes through a boy in a wheelchair; by his rehabilitation, growing comes in courage along with her patient, she grows by finding meaning in her own existence. She finally sees a new ...

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Fearless Comrades (1966)

The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but decided to leave after his best friend died a brutal death at the hands of the gang leader. He goes on a trip with a guitar in his hand and ends up in Yokohama. ...

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The Stormy Man (1966)

A remake of the 1957 classic "Man Who Raised a Storm" with Watari Tetsuya in the title role. ...

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Kill or Be Killed (1966)

When Yakuza decides to take avenge his brother, the war shall begin. ...

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A Windmill, Tulips and Love (1966)

Young Mariko is torn between two admirers, Natsukawa and Rikizo. ...

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Kill the Night Rose (1966)

An entertaining but silly and fairly forgettable action film with much tongue-in cheek James Bond influence ...

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I Love The Sun (1966)

A coming-of-age drama based on a novel by Kei Moriyama. ...

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Blood Shed (1966)

Ginjiro was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he affiliates himself with the worst of the worst. Swearing his allegiance to the notorious Kuroiwa crime syndicate, the yakuza family known for its thirst for ...

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The Tale of Genji (1966)

An eroticized adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's classic novel, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing the one object of ...

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The Four Loves (1965)

A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they leave him alone, as he wants some freedom. Each of the daughters has a romantic interest and it's noticeable that the father, too, has someone in mind. ...

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The Passionate Spinster (1965)

She'd watched them go one by one. Friend after friend. White dress after another. Yet again, Shimako was attending another wedding reception that wasn't hers. She knew the procedure: watch the bride and groom get congratulated, smile to cover up the loneli ...

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A Chain of Islands (1965)

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation uncovers a black market scheme involving counterfeit money, murder, and conspiracy. ...

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Four Young Sisters (1964)

Three girls come to Tokyo to stay with their elder sister. Actually they are running away from home because their father has married again to a very young woman. They have many romantic adventures and one finally decides against the boy she thought she lov ...

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The Flame of Devotion (1964)

The tragic tale of Kiyono, a young woman from the mountain who fell in love with Takuji, a fisherman's son, and her devotion to him during a time of war. ...

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Shutsugeki (1964)

An original warrior directed by Toshio Takagi, directed by Eisuke Takizawa of "Kiriko's Tango" by Toshio Yasumi, a comedy, cheerful widow. ...

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Welcome, My Baby (1964)

Two friends, both members of a Japanese cargo boat, return to Japan after a three-month voyage and have just 24 hours shore leave. In those hectic hours, they vie for the affections of a hotel owner's daughter but wind up with separate girl friends and att ...

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The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji (1963)

Azusa has just been discharged from the hospital and is frolicking on the beach in Jushi, finally getting her freedom. Her older sister, Kozue, looks after her. Her father Shuhei moved from Tokyo to Jushi to provide a peaceful environment for his sick daug ...

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Distant Love (1963)

A romance of a pure young lover and his heartbreak for a beautiful older woman. ...

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Beautiful Calendar (1963)

Yajima Sadako is a bright pawnbroker's daughter in the third year of high school. At school, there is a young and handsome teacher Takei who has just started, and a chemistry teacher Murao who she respects, and is enjoying every day. ...

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Beyond the Green Hills (1963)

Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to take a bite out of the forbidden fruit. Expelled from her former school, she finds herself in an all-girls ...

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Rainbow Over Kinmon (1962)

Three years had passed since Ichiro Takeo left Japan. He was a young physician with a promising future, until his medical error caused the death of a big-shot politician. He was discharged from the hospital and had since sailed around the world as an on-bo ...

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Glass-Hearted Johnny (1962)

Joe Shishido is an ambitious bike racetrack tout who becomes inadvertently involved in a triangle with a vulnerable prostitute (Izumi Ashikawa) and her brutal yakuza pimp (George Ai). ...

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I Hate But Love (1962)

A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his controlling manager, the woman he loves, follows, the two must reconcile while dodging repor ...

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Seinen no isu (1962)

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Kimagure tosei (1962)

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The Storm over Arabia (1961)

A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on location overseas, which was groundbreaking at the time. ...

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A Bold Life (1961)

Depicts the checkered story of a businessman working for a toy company in financial trouble, who overcomes hardships to win a major victory. ...

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That Guy and I (1961)

Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, she meets his father Kokichi and his mother Motoko. Motoko is a famous hair dresser, who openly flaunts her lover. When Kokichi and Motoko fight, which they d ...

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Dawn of a Canvas (1961)

A masterpiece depicting the lives of a father his daughter, he is an isolated artist and she's a model. ...

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The Man with a Shotgun (1961)

Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill. ...

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Living by Karate (1961)

Wada Kōji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss. ...

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For This We Fight (1961)

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Wait for Tomorrow (1960)

Kohei Misugi works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given his first opportunity to demonstrate his talent by the Sakura Film Company which offers him an assignment to "Cover Tokyo" with a camera. But he is disillusione ...

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The Call of the Foghorn (1960)

A sailor is stuck in harbor due to an engine failure in his boat, and he learns that a friend of his has died, reportedly from suicide. He begins to investigate the matter himself, and finds there may be more to the story... ...

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The Day of Youth (1960)

At Tokyo Gakuen University, Takema, son of Tatsunosuke, chief of the Waku gang, is a freshman who wishes to prepare himself for a better life away from gang activities despite the wishes of his father who wants him to assist strengthen the gang against the ...

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The Poem of the Blue Star (1960)

Might Guy Akira's unique action drama depicts the bizarre fate of a young doctor who vows to avenge his girlfriend, who was shot by a yakuza on a whim! ...

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The Ghost of Iwojima (1959)

The monologue and mysterious death of a man who survived and returned from Iwo Jima. A newspaper reporter writes an article about "The Man from Iwo Jima" asking the people who were close to him about his character and the painful memories off all those inv ...

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The Wild Reporter (1959)

Seven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon Hōsō, witnessed a crazed drug addict murder his wife and then commit suicide, though Toshio was able to save the lives of their two children. Just transferred from Shimizu to Tok ...

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Dream Young Man's Dream (1959)

An early contemporary yakuza action drama. ...

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Break Down that Wall (1959)

A man is wrongfully accused of murder. ...

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Tokyo no Kodoku (1959)

A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rookie of the Year honors and love. ...

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Crimson Wings (1958)

At about the same time as lwami, president of a Tokyo company is murdered by an unknown assailant, it happens that an urgent call has been received from an airline company's office on remote Hachijo Island for a special serum. A Cessna aircraft which has b ...

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The Perfect Game (1958)

College students come up with a scam to rob a gambling house. When it comes time to collect, the money isn't there, leading the young men into even more serious crime. ...

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Wolves of the Night (1958)

A unique action drama in which a ruthless yakuza encounters a woman and realizes his true love as the conflict between the yakuza intensifies. ...

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A Slope in the Sun (1958)

The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage of Shinji com ...

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Man Who Causes a Storm (1957)

Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him ...

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Small Rats of the Edo Town (1957)

The action of this historical drama takes place against the background of poverty and hunger in the city of Edo and depicts young people rebelling against the contradictions of feudal society. ...

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Temptation (1957)

Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One day, Hideko led a handsome art student, Shohei and a poor painter, Sohei. Sohei's painting was praised by a great printer at the completion cere ...

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Shiroi natsu (1957)

Hey, please, hold me... A thrilling physical farewell gift that a pure-hearted adult received while trembling!! Set in a simple rural town's post office, this youthfully bright and humorous story depicts the intricacies of life experienced by a rookie youn ...

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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can't pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a "commission" for his ...

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Muhō Ichidai (1957)

The movie is about a man who started a brothel to make money out of his poor circumstances in the late Meiji period. ...

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Dancing Sisters (1957)

It's been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her ...

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Saigo no sentō-ki (1956)

The first postwar war movie depicting the tragedy of a special force that shook the world at the end of the Pacific War, with thrill and speed ...

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Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956)

A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off in ...

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Family of Sorrow (1956)

Japanese drama film, originally released in two parts. ...

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Crossroad (1956)

Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt to perfect his crime, he drives to a remote quarry to bury his wife's body, but along the way, he finds an ...

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The Balloon (1956)

Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress and a new lover who sings at a nightclub. When Murakami's daughter befriends the mistress, the affair throw ...

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The Baby Carriage (1956)

Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to being regarded as an outcast, the heroine sets about to spiritually legitimize the girl. ...

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Policeman's Diary, Part 2 (1955)

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station. ...

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The juvenile (1955)

A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers ...

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Vanished Glory (1955)

In the first group of Yoshitake Ichi and Taketatsu Sada Preparatory Training, the team leader was Sou Adachi, a veteran warrior with strict training. Yoshitake's father was called, and his mother lived in the house where he used to work, but Midori, a fema ...

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Ghost Story of Youth (1955)

A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi's popular novel. Chiharu, a ballerina, and Shinichi, a thorough rationalist and childhood friend. A woman named Tomi Funakoshi appears in front of the two, who are thinking of getting marri ...

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