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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-11-16

Place of Birth

Tokyo City, Japan

Akira Hitomi

Known for

Invitation to the Enchanted Town

Invitation to the Enchanted Town

Live-action adaptation of Ko Kojima's manga "Sennin buraku".

Dodes'ka-den

Dodes'ka-den

On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an imaginary trolley, a homeless father and son designing a dream house, a young woman brutalized at home, drunks, schemers, and saints of small kindnesses. Kurosawa crafts a ragged mosaic of hardship, fantasy, and flickers of grace that keep people moving forward.

Human Revolution II

Human Revolution II

Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.

Last Days of the Tokugawa Regime: Tenamonya Confusion

Last Days of the Tokugawa Regime: Tenamonya Confusion

The fourth "Tenamonya" feature. Adapted from the popular television comedy, Fujita stars in this film based on historical events.

Youth Season Continued

Youth Season Continued

The Second movie based on a popular TV show about Pintemps Cosmetics and their struggles to make new successful products, filled with singing, dancing, and laughter.

Monstrous! Who Am I?!

Monstrous! Who Am I?!

Comedy starring the Crazy Cats' Kei Tani as a salaryman suffering from amnesia.

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. After the studio's top leading lady is embroiled in a scandal, Koharu is suddenly thrust into the limelight when she replaces her in a film and gains instant fame and fortune. But the going is not always easy, and she soon seeks help from unexpected quarters.

Great Incidents

Great Incidents

Comedy starring the manzai team of Chick and Tack, and set in the world of salarymen.

Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters

Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters

After helping a pregnant girl escape from their reform school and facing the resulting punishment, a clique of delinquent girls eventually reunites a year later in Tokyo to face different challenges in the form of yakuza and… street vendors.

Nikutai no shokei

Nikutai no shokei

A series of murders occurred in which housewives who were working as prostitutes. A magazine journalist investigating the truth begins to harbor suspicions about his sister-in-law, and then an unexpected killer is revealed.

Obon's Dipping Contest

Obon's Dipping Contest

Comedy based on a popular manga.

Tora-san's Matchmaker

Tora-san's Matchmaker

After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a young nurse there. Tora-san, dispatched to bring Mitsuo back home, himself falls in love with an attractive but troubled woman visiting her father.

Crazy Big Discovery

Crazy Big Discovery

When the yakuza murder a bar hostess who, through a computer error, had amassed a huge fortune , the Crazy Cats make a robot duplicate of her.

Western King, Eastern Leader

Western King, Eastern Leader

Tora-san Goes Religious?

Tora-san Goes Religious?

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise. Thinking he's found his true calling, Tora-san decides to join the order, and falls for the priest's divorced daughter.