Millennium Actress / 20027.775 voti

Gen'ya Tachibana, il boss di uno studio televisivo è intenzionato a realizzare un documentario sulla stella cinematografica del secolo passato, la famosa Chiyoko Fujiwara, ormai settantenne, e insieme al cameraman Kyōji Ida raggiunge l'abitazione di questa, situata in un luogo piuttosto sperduto. Infatti la bellissima Chiyoko, dopo una lunga carriera cinematografica, si ritirò misteriosamente nell'anonimato. Una volta giunti a casa dell'anziana donna, Genya Tachibana, che aveva lavorato in passato con la donna, si fa trasportare dal racconto della donna che mischia vita privata ad aneddoti relativi al suo lavoro, fino a confondere sempre più le sue esperienze personali con la trama di tutti i suoi film...

Actress / 1956

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

Joyu / 2016

Documentary about stage actor Izumi Aoyagi

Actress / 1947

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society. This is another version of Kenji Mizoguchi's film "The Love of Sumako the Actress" ("Joyû Sumako no koi"), from the same year. Both tells the story of the famous actress Sumako Mitsui (1886-1919), considered the first great modern theater actress in Japan. Mizoguchi himself is said to have preferred Kinugasa's version.

Actress / 1987

Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi.

Don't Look Up / 19965.01 voti

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Matsuo Suzuki to 30-pun no Joyuu / 2021

In commemoration of WOWOW's 30th anniversary, Suzuki Matsuo, the artistic director of Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon in Tokyo and the leader of Otona Keikaku, will write, direct, and perform in an original omnibus comedy drama. Each episode is 30 minutes long and is performed with a single actress. The four actresses who will be invited into the world of...

Sexy Diary / 1965

A famous actress is being blackmailed with incriminating photos by a gangster trio and takes terrible revenge.

Confessions Among Actresses / 1971

In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them has experienced a traumatic event which contributes to their particular enjoyment of becoming someone else in dramatic roles.

女優iの憂鬱/ COMPLY+-ANCE / 2020

Girls, Be Ambitious! / 2022

Aspiring AV actresses Liz Ai Ai and Berry fail to break into the industry and somehow end up joining a wrestling club, where they use their AV-style “special moves” to rise to superstardom. Starring Kimi HSIA, Gemma WU and Tiara HUANG, with stunts directed by Japanese wrestling promotion Stardom, this is a comedy about the struggles and tears behind the pursuit of dreams.

沢地優佳 南国熟女 / 2023

Poruno Joyû Shigan / 1983

Actress Wouldn't Cry / 2023

When scandal leaves actress Rie unemployable, she returns to her hometown for the first time in a decade for a documentary shoot. But mayhem ensues when assistant director Saki is the only person who shows up. Rie left town after getting in a fight with her father Yasuo, and now he is dealing with terminal cancer.

The Love of the Actress Sumako / 1947

The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family to be with her, while trying to keep his Art Theatre solvent.

Millennium Actress: Tracks / 2001

A documentary about the production of the famous Japanese animation "Millennium Actress" by genius director Satoshi Kon, a god-like work. Unfortunately, genius is always short-lived.

Watashi ga joyu ni naru hi / 2021

The Actress and the Poet / 1935

Among the tight-knit neighbours are a poet, his actress wife, a bachelor budding author, a tobacco shop owner-cum-landlady, an insurance salesman and his nosy and greedy wife. Enter a young and seemingly high-class couple who just so happens is open to purchasing life insurance from their swift neighbour. In the meantime, life is imitating art across the street, which may end up providing for either a happy ending or a rude split - eventually that is.

Za honban: Joyū ōdishon-hen / 1987

A girl gets a once in a lifetime chance to become an AV idol when she enters a beauty contest.

Anna Ishibashi: The Missing Actress / 2012

Spin-off short story of the "Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi!" series, which is set after FILE-02.