List of the best Misa Shimizu movies: The Sea Watches(2002), The Eel(1997), The Harimaya Bridge(2009), Rain Fall(2009), Dr. Akagi(1998) ... ...
Drama
Japan
2002
119 Minutes
Misa Shimizu Masatoshi Nagase Hidetaka Yoshioka Nagiko Tono
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19th century. Oshin is a prostitute in a brothel of a red-light district. A disgraced samurai, Fusanosuke, rushes in the brothel seeking for a refuge, because he had wounded a powerful ... See full summary »
Drama
Japan
1997
116 Minutes
Koji Yakusho Misa Shimizu Fujio Tsuneta Mitsuko Baishô Akira Emoto Shô Aikawa Ken Kobayashi Sabu Kawara Etsuko Ichihara Tomorowo Taguchi
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A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison.
Drama
USA
2009
120 Minutes
Yuiko Hara
Bennet Guillory Saki Takaoka Misa Shimizu Danny Glover Victor Grant Sakura Thomas Misono Hajime Yamazaki Miho Shiraishi Honoka Yukiko Kashiwagi
After the sudden death of his estranged son in rural Japan, an American man must go there to claim some important family items. While there, he discovers some secrets his son left behind.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Japan|USA
2009
111 Minutes
Yuko
Kippei Shiina Gary Oldman Kyoko Hasegawa Misa Shimizu Dirk Hunter Akira Emoto Shigemitsu Ogi Toshiyuki Kitami
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A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.
Drama
Japan|France
1998
129 Minutes
Gin
Akira Emoto Kumiko Aso Juro Kara Masanori Sera Jacques Gamblin Keiko Matsuzaka Misa Shimizu Yukiya Kitamura Masato Yamada Tomorowo Taguchi Masatô Ibu
At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp.