Masami Taura
Know for: Acting
Born: 1932-10-06
Place of birth: Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
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Wedding Day (1956)
Shinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a lethargic life in Oiso. His family is concerned with...
Early Spring (1956)
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
Kenkagarasu (1954)
Historical drama about two samurai who fight over everything yet unite together to fight an evil lord.
A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed...
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.
Sunny house (1954)
On the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded by barracks and tin pens. Mitsu's husband died in the...
The Tattered Wings (1955)
A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense...
Love du Jour (1957)
The proprietress of a long-established sushi restaurant in Asakusa is a war widow who has raised three children. A film that lightheartedly depicts a...
When It Rains, It Pours (1957)
Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When her eldest daughter loses her fiancé due to...
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass (1954)
The timid first love of high school students! A whisper of love between a young man and a girl! The experiences of a middle-aged couple with a child!...
Flying in the Air (1957)
The movie depicts the youth of kamikaze pilots who scattered young lives in the sky.
The Garden of Women (1954)
A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky (1954)
This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.
Hunting Rifle (1961)
Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband's child. Saiko embarks...
北上川悲歌 (1961)
Japanese "kayo" film based on the song by Tsuzuko Sugawara.
The Izu Dancer (1960)
Love story between a student and girl whose parents are itinerant entertainers. Set in Japan in the 1920's.
The Adorable Trio (1957)
Japanese romantic comedy film.
Next Door to Happiness (1955)
The Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer section of modern Tokyo. Their troubles start when the...
Mother's Ambition (1955)
The Kumakichi Ishida family lived happily in a small house in Shibuya while their mansion in Azabu was requisitioned by the occupation forces. When...
A Case of Honor (1957)
The obstinate black market trader Okyo lives together with her son Seitaro, who works as a mechanic for a bus company. She also looks after her son's...
Different Sons (1961)
In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money, and romance. Their father's sudden...
Aces Wild (1961)
Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descendant left behind in Osaka and a brother...