List of the best Kôji Mitsui movies: Woman in the Dunes(1964), Dragnet Girl(1933), Floating Weeds(1959), The Lower Depths(1957) ... ...
Drama
Japan
1964
125 Minutes
Eiji Okada Kyôko Kishida Kôji Mitsui Hiroko Ito Sen Yano Ginzô Sekiguchi Kiyohiko Ichiha Tamatsu Tamura Hiroyuki Nishimo
entomologist widow villager wife brother dark disheartening creepy japan small town sand pit abduction escape love escape forbidden love 20th century
An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.
Romance, Crime, Drama
1933
100 Minutes
Hiroshi
Kinuyo Tanaka Joji Oka Sumiko Mizukubo Kôji Mitsui Yumeko Aizome Yoshio Takayama Koji Kaga
Drama
1959
115 Minutes
Kichinosuke
Ganjirô Nakamura Haruko Sugimura Hiroshi Kawaguchi Machiko Ky? Ayako Wakao Kôji Mitsui Mutsuko Sakura Mantaro Ushio Haruo Tanaka Hitomi Nozoe Chishu Ryu
The leader (Ganjirô Nakamura) of a traveling acting troupe meets his former mistress (Haruko Sugimura) and their illegitimate son (Hiroshi Kawaguchi).
Drama
Japan
1957
125 Minutes
Yoshisaburo the Gambler
Toshirô Mifune Isuzu Yamada Kyoko Kagawa Ganjirô Nakamura Minoru Chiaki Kamatari Fujiwara Akemi Negishi Nijiko Kiyokawa Kôji Mitsui Eijiro Tono Haruo Tanaka
landlady thief sister husband actor gambler striking passionate boardinghouse japan infidelity jealousy love triangle sibling rivalry poverty decadence rivalry revenge 19th century
In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.