Mariko Okada

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Ozu - Vol. 4 review by A customer from Hampton

Not one of Ozu's best - but still Ozu 12 December 2007
... Familiar too will be many of the actors, although Shima Iwashta and the feisty Mariko Okada are a refreshing change from some of Ozu's favourite actresses. Don't see this ... Read customer review

The Geisha House on DVD (1999)
Starring: Junko Fuji, Mai Kitajima, Maki Miyamoto
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
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Kinji Fukasaku's drama follows the plight of a young girl abducted by a middle-aged man.

56% from 622 members

Illusion Of Blood on DVD (1996)
Starring: Junko Ikeuchi, Mariko Okada, Mayumi Ozora
Director: Shiro Toyoda
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In this chilling film by Shiro Toyoda, a samurai warrior (Tatsuya Nakadai) is haunted by the apparition of his first wife. Toyoda also directed Nakadai in PORTRAIT OF HELL.

49% from 95 members

A Taxing Woman (1987)
Starring: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa
Director: Juzo Itami
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A Taxing Woman is the subtly hilarious tale of Ryoko, Tokyo's hardest working female tax inspector. The ruthless diligence of this innocent looking heroine is matched only by the intricate deceptions of Gondo, tax cheat extraordinaire. When Ryoko chances on one of Tokyo's busiest "love hotels," ..read more »

58% from 11 members
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Ozu - Vol. 4 - An Autumn Afternoon on DVD (1962)
Starring: Chishu Ryu, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
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Widower Shuhei Hirayama (Chishu Ryu) gradually comes to realize that his 24 year-old daughter should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life and so prepares to arrange a marriage for her.

78% from 231 members

Ozu - Vol. 4 - Late Autumn on DVD (1960)
Starring: Chishu Ryu, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
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Ayako Miwa (Yoko Tsukasa) gives up thoughts of marriage in order to care for her widowed mother Akiko (Setsuko Hara). However, Akiko wishes her daughter to marry even though she will be left alone into old age and when the well-meaning relatives of her deceased husband step into the fray suitors ..read more »

78% from 269 members

Duel At Ganryu Island (1956)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Koji Tsurata, Kaoru Yachigusa
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
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The continuing story of the Samurai swordsman. He has now reached a point in his life where the search for inner truth is of primary importance and he now uses his fighting skills to protect others.

64% from 507 members
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Duel At Ichijoji Temple (1955)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Koji Tsurata, Kaoru Yachigusa
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
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The story of a gifted swordsman who initiated the two sword fighting technique. He develops from a ruthless warrior to a more mature and compassionate fighter.

63% from 527 members
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Ozu - Vol. 4 (2 discs) on DVD
Starring: Chishu Ryu, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
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Late Autumn (aka: Akibiyori): Ayako Miwa (Yoko Tsukasa) gives up thoughts of marriage in order to care for her widowed mother Akiko (Setsuko Hara). However, Akiko wishes her daughter to marry even though she will be left alone into old age and when the well-meaning relatives of her deceased husband ..read more »

77% from 260 members

Late Autumn / A Mother Should be Loved -...
Starring: Kuniko Miyake, Setsuko Hara, Yoko Tsukasa
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
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In director Yasujiro Ozu's drama LATE AUTUMN (AKIBIYORI), a still-beautiful widow has a daughter who is sufficiently past the favored age for marriage to be in danger of becoming an old maid according to the norms of Japanese culture. Three mature men, friends of the family, get together to discuss ..read more »

50% from 2 members

Mikio Naruse Collection (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Mariko Okada
Director: Mikio Naruse
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Acclaimed Japanese director Mikio Naruse's career spanned from the end of the silent era through to the sixties, producing 89 films. His work is imbued with the bleak cynicism associated with shomin-geki (working-class drama), yet the struggle for a life better than the one dealt by fate, is ..read more »

80% from 190 members

The Geisha House - 3.0 stars
Illusion Of Blood - 2.5 stars
A Taxing Woman - 3.0 stars
Ozu - Vol. 4 - An Autumn Afternoon - 4.0 stars
Ozu - Vol. 4 - Late Autumn - 4.0 stars

Setsuko Hara - 5 times - show films
Yoko Tsukasa - 5 times - show films
Miyuki Kuwano - 4 times - show films
Keiji Sada - 4 times - show films
Chishu Ryu - 3 times - show films

Yasujiro Ozu - 5 times - show films
Mikio Naruse - 4 times - show films
Hiroshi Inagaki - 2 times - show films
Juzo Itami - 1 times - show films
Shiro Toyoda - 1 times - show films