Keiko Yanagawa
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Keiko Yanagawa.
Born: April 11, 1936
Known For
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
Chûshingura
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Woman of Design
Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.
The Big Boss
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.
Young Guy in Hawaii
Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii.
Living Skeleton
A ship is attacked at sea for its cargo by a group of thieves who murder a newlywed doctor and rape his wife. Three years later her twin sister is kidnapped by the same pirates, who begin to die strange deaths...
The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru
1962 Japanese movie
Romance Express
Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a straightforward but indecisive hero. The passengers also include the bubbly Dan Reiko, and Ozawa Eitaro as a dour company president. Based on the novel "Seven and a half hours", by Shishi Bunroku.
Beyond the Hills
Story of young love in the hills.
Filmography
as Tadokoro
as Kuramori Masako
as Sanae Suetsugu
as 治彦の妻・しず子
as 英子
as Kimiko Yoshino (Hinode Life Secretary)
as Kazuko Otake
as Junko Sugai
as Takeko Hayashi
as Yukiko
as Fumiko Furuike
as Kanako Yamaoka
as Noriko Matsuda
as Mitsuko Ando
as Kosuzu
as Yoko
as Saeko Watanabe